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Over 100,000 students reportedly absent from national IPEDS records likely inflate Wisconsin figures. Remaining discrepancies are also linked to the higher-cost services WTCS provides, including adult and part-time support, alongside program cost pressures. 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Additional factors include the higher-cost services WTCS campuses provide compared with typical two-year colleges.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How do FTE and headcount differences affect the funding comparison?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"WTCS funding comparisons rely on FTE counts, which can make per-student spending look higher when many students are part-time. Multiple part-time students may be counted as one FTE, spreading revenues across fewer reported students.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What do the report’s FY2022 funding figures show for Wisconsin’s four-year versus two-year institutions?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"In FY2022, Wisconsin four-year public campuses ranked 43rd nationally for tax and tuition funding per student, below the national average. 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Yet our review has found more than 100,000 technical college students being served in Wisconsin are absent in national data, likely inflating the funding figures. Accounting for the missing students would leave spending levels in Wisconsin somewhat higher than nationally but much closer to  \nwhat is typical for other two-year colleges.  \nPrevious  \ntax and  \nForum research has found that per student tuition funding for public colleges and  \nuniversities in Wisconsin has largely lagged the national average in recent years. A look at new national data shows that was once again true in 2022.  \nYet, despite the state’s lackluster ranking for public higher education funding overall, one surprising finding in recent years has been the state’s consistently high ranking for funding going to two-year public colleges. When compared to other two-year colleges nationally, the funding per full-time student for the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) ranks in the top 10 among states nationally.  \nTo better understand this high ranking, we looked at a range of factors, including those that WTCS officials have said help to explain it: the relatively costly technical education that the state’s 16 technical college districts provided to a large number of part-time students as well as a range of free services – some mandated by state law – that are provided to adults.  \nFirst, we examine funding data from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) on public institutions, particularly two-year colleges. Then, to help explain those figures, we draw on information from WTCS officials as well as more extensive data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) provided by the Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  \nOur review finds that WTCS campuses serve more than 100,000 students who are not reported to IPEDS, a  \nhuge discrepancy that likely makes technical college spending per pupil in Wisconsin look much higher than it actually is. In addition, the IPEDS data show that the specific services provided by WTCS campuses tend tobe more expensive than those of typical two-year colleges nationally, which also likely explains at least apart of the higher spending in Wisconsin.  \nThis finding matters because it suggests that technical colleges and public higher education institutions overall in the state are doing more with their existing funding than has been previously understood. It also matters because of pressure to address ongoing labor challenges often cited by state leaders as well as to limit education spending to reasonable levels.  \nThe big picture  \nIn fiscal year 2022 (running from July 2021 to June 2022), all public higher education institutions in Wisconsin received operating funds of $16,768 per fulltime equivalent (FTE) student in state and local tax and net tuition revenues, according to the latest SHEEO data. That amount, which does not include federal pandemic aid, was 2.2% less than the U.S. average of $17,152 per pupil (see Figure 1 on page 2) .  \nNationally, Wisconsin ranked 32nd among the 50 states in 2022 for overall higher education funding per student, down from 26th highest in 2021. The SHEEO data presented here are adjusted for regional cost of living differences and look at tax and tuition funding used for operations. They exclude revenues used for capital projects and debt payments, research, medical  \neducation, hospitals, and financial aid and tuition discounts.  \nAs we have noted in our previous research, funding for four-year public campuses in Wisconsin falls in the bottom 10 states nationally while funding for two-year campuses ranks in the top 10. In 2022, the four-year Universities of Wisconsin campuses received $16,","cbCaitT5gaa9yf45","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitT5gaa9yf45","pdf",220867,"English","# The big picture\n## FY2022 operating funds and national comparisons\n# Explaining the Numbers\n## Enrollment, FTE vs headcount, and inflated spending\n## Cost drivers for technical education","[{\"question\":\"Why does Wisconsin appear to have higher technical college spending per student than the national average?\",\"answer\":\"A large discrepancy stems from more than 100,000 WTCS students not being reported in national IPEDS data, which likely inflates Wisconsin’s funding-per-pupil figures. Additional factors include the higher-cost services WTCS campuses provide compared with typical two-year colleges.\"},{\"question\":\"How do FTE and headcount differences affect the funding comparison?\",\"answer\":\"WTCS funding comparisons rely on FTE counts, which can make per-student spending look higher when many students are part-time. Multiple part-time students may be counted as one FTE, spreading revenues across fewer reported students.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the report’s FY2022 funding figures show for Wisconsin’s four-year versus two-year institutions?\",\"answer\":\"In FY2022, Wisconsin four-year public campuses ranked 43rd nationally for tax and tuition funding per student, below the national average. Two-year campuses in WTCS ranked fifth-highest nationally and were substantially above the U.S. average for tax and tuition funding per full-time equivalent student.\"}]","Understanding technical college funding in Wisconsin - key findings and analysis | PDF",1792062658,13]