Community colleges
Community Colleges in Minnesota
CampusPin lists 28 public community colleges among Minnesota's 79 colleges, about 35.4% of the state's institutions. Community colleges are the most affordable on-ramp to higher education, with a median published in-state tuition of $6,178 in this snapshot.
Minnesota community colleges by the numbers
- Community colleges
- 28
- Share of state colleges
- 35.4%
- Median published in-state tuition
- $6,178
- National public 2-year median
- $4,288
- Lowest published tuition
- Pine Technical & Community College ($4,738)
Counts and shares come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution snapshot; the tuition median is the published in-state figure from the tuition-by-state snapshot. Those cover every community college in the state. Here a community college means a public two-year college; private two-year and career schools are not counted. The list below covers all 28 of them. Published prices are before financial aid, net price is typically lower, and lower tuition is not a measure of quality.
What work without a bachelor's degree pays in Minnesota
69% of jobs in Minnesota are in occupations the federal government reports as typically entered with an associate degree, a certificate, some college, a high-school diploma, or no formal credential. 30% of that employment pays more than $56,920, the median wage across all occupations there.
- Jobs not typically needing a bachelor's
- 69%
- Of those, paying above the local median
- 30%
- Minnesota median wage, all occupations
- $56,920
- Best-paid such occupation in Minnesota
- Air traffic controllers ($176,840) — typically entered with an associate's degree
These figures describe occupations, not graduates. They do not measure what community-college students in Minnesota earn, and they are not evidence that any credential caused the pay. Typical entry education is a national assignment describing what people entering an occupation usually hold, not a requirement and not a guarantee that a particular employer accepts it. A median describes everyone working in an occupation, experienced and new alike, so it is not a starting salary, and wages are not adjusted for cost of living.
All community colleges in Minnesota
- Alexandria Technical & Community College, Alexandria · $6,236 published in-state tuition
- Anoka Technical College, Anoka · $6,267 published in-state tuition
- Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids · $5,682 published in-state tuition
- Central Lakes College-Brainerd, Brainerd · $6,249 published in-state tuition
- Century College, White Bear Lake · $6,214 published in-state tuition
- Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount · $6,679 published in-state tuition
- Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet · $6,006 published in-state tuition
- Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park · $5,940 published in-state tuition
- Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights · $6,146 published in-state tuition
- Lake Superior College, Duluth · $5,785 published in-state tuition
- Leech Lake Tribal College, Cass Lake · $4,850 published in-state tuition
- Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis · $6,161 published in-state tuition
- Minnesota North College, Hibbing · $6,022 published in-state tuition
- Minnesota State College Southeast, Winona · $6,432 published in-state tuition
- Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Fergus Falls · $5,908 published in-state tuition
- Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Granite Falls · $6,491 published in-state tuition
- Normandale Community College, Bloomington · $6,329 published in-state tuition
- North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park · $5,061 published in-state tuition
- Northland Community and Technical College, Thief River Falls · $6,289 published in-state tuition
- Northwest Technical College, Bemidji · $6,254 published in-state tuition
- Pine Technical & Community College, Pine City · $4,738 published in-state tuition
- Red Lake Nation College, Red Lake · $6,640 published in-state tuition
- Ridgewater College, Willmar · $6,121 published in-state tuition
- Riverland Community College, Austin · $6,298 published in-state tuition
- Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester · $6,389 published in-state tuition
- Saint Paul College, Saint Paul · $6,326 published in-state tuition
- South Central College, North Mankato · $6,146 published in-state tuition
- St Cloud Technical and Community College, Saint Cloud · $6,124 published in-state tuition
Why start at a Minnesota community college?
Community colleges typically offer open or less-selective admission, the lowest published tuition of any sector, and transfer pathways that let students complete lower-division coursework before moving to a four-year university. They also serve working and returning students with part-time, evening, and online options. Confirm transfer-credit and articulation agreements with each college and your target university. Because two-year colleges anchor the low-cost end of every state's mix, our cost and outcomes by state research puts that affordability in context against each state's overall medians.
Community colleges in nearby states
Data sources & methodology
Community-college counts and shares for Minnesota come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution and tuition-by-state snapshots; the college list is compiled live from each institution's record.
Sources used across this page
Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.
IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.
Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. Community Colleges in Minnesota. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/community-colleges-in/minnesota