Fox Valley Technical College Business Programs

Fox Valley Technical College is a public institution located in Appleton, Wisconsin. Appleton is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Fox Valley Technical College Rankings

FVTC is ranked #84 out of 1,477 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Out of the 43 colleges in Wisconsin, it is ranked at #5.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

FVTC has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#14	Best Business Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at FVTC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Human Resource Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards FVTC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#9	Best General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Schools	College Factual
#12	Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#13	Best Business Support & Assistant Services Schools	College Factual
#27	Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#68	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#151	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is Fox Valley Technical College?

Contact details for FVTC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1825 N Bluemound Dr, Appleton, WI 54912-2277
Phone:	920-735-5600
Website:	https://www.fvtc.edu

How Do I Get Into FVTC?

You can apply to FVTC online at: https://www.fvtc.edu/apply

As long as you submit the requested materials to Fox Valley Technical College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Fox Valley Technical College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At FVTC, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $5,070 a year. That adds up to $20,280 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at FVTC is 7.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Fox Valley Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,711 undergraduate students at FVTC, with 1,825 being full-time and 9,886 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,825 full-time undergraduates at FVTC, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Fox Valley Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	75
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	83
White	1,499
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	91

Over 48 countries are represented at FVTC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, Colombia, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Fox Valley Technical College

In 2019-2020, 4,911 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at FVTC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of FVTC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Fox Valley Technical College was 33.0%. This is the #722 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at FVTC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at FVTC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at FVTC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Knowledge Management	#7
Management Information Systems	#15
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	#24
Office Administration	#27
Entrepreneurship	#42
Supply Chain Management	#43
Entrepreneurial Studies	#58
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	#75
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#83
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#105
Marketing	#106
Business Support & Assistant Services	#108
Accounting	#130
Accounting	#220
General Business Administration and Management	#460

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Fox Valley Technical College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	68	66	134
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	65	0	45	110
Digital Marketing	41	0	0	41
Professional Sales	40	0	0	40
Accounting	0	37	0	37
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	30	0	30
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	23	0	23
Receptionist	22	0	0	22
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	0	0	15	15
Supply Chain Management	0	13	0	13
Knowledge Management	0	13	0	13
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	12	0	12
Office Administration	0	10	0	10
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	9	0	9
Meeting and Event Planning	0	7	0	7
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling	0	6	0	6
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	0	5	5
Banking and Financial Support Services	0	5	0	5
Entrepreneurship	0	2	0	2
Farm/Farm & Ranch Management	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	169	235	131	535

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.