The Aspen Institute Names NWTC as a Finalist for $1 Million 2025 Aspen Prize
Signature Recognition Celebrates 10 High-Achieving Community Colleges from Across the Country
Attending an accredited college helps ensure you are getting a quality education, have access to federal financial aid, and can transfer credits to other institutions. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is accredited or certified by a number of organizations, including those listed below.
NWTC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a regional institutional accreditor. HLC Institutional Accreditor Letter
The United States Department of Education recognizes Northeast Wisconsin Technical College as an institution of higher education.
The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Board recognizes NWTC as a comprehensive technical college.
NWTC is approved by the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) to offer online and distance learning courses.
Additionally, many of the College's degree and diploma programs are accredited or certified by the appropriate industry and professional standards organizations.
Browse our individual programs and degrees to find out more.
INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education, named NWTC a recipient of this award, recognizing the College's innovations in helping underrepresented students pursue STEM careers.
National prize is given annually to an ATD Network college that shows sustained, substantive improvement in student outcomes; narrowing and closing of equity gaps; and outstanding commitment to equity-centered cultural change.
NWTC's transition from semesters to eight-week terms, “The 8-Week Advantage: Turning Change into Transformation,” was judged a Top 10 Bellwether Finalist in the category of Planning, Governance & Finance.
Education Advisory Board (EAB)’s Collaborative Citizenship Award recognizes an institution that shares practices & approaches to student success and strives to help peers succeed.
NWTC was one of four community colleges in Achieving the Dream’s Network to earn Leader College of Distinction status, the highest designation offered to institutions in the ATD Network.
The Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is a national honor that recognizes outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Signature Recognition Celebrates 10 High-Achieving Community Colleges from Across the Country
NWTC provides insight behind successful approaches to maritime training
New Welding Rodeo initiative to propel talent pool of shipbuilders
Kaelynn Hauser took several dual credit classes in high school – earning both college and high school credit for those classes.
Five students in the Civil Engineering Technology program traveled to the nation's capital to compete in a two-day surveying competition.
NWTC received the inaugural Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Green Bay SHRM for its commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce.
The College has been recognized as a 2021 Tree Campus by The Arbor Day Foundation for creating practices to ensure proper land use and urban tree management.