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Nursing, associate's programs in Minnesota

Among 20 Minnesota associate's programs in Nursing with federal earnings data, South Central College graduates earn the highest median, $85,685 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $18,385. Pine Technical & Community College follows at $82,601. The national median for associate's graduates in the same program is $80,813. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

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$85,685
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$80,813
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Nursing, associate's programs in Minnesota: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)
South Central College$85,685+6%$18,385
Pine Technical & Community College$82,601about the same$15,500
Minnesota West Community and Technical College$80,513about the same$10,500
Normandale Community College$80,400about the same$15,372
Northwest Technical College$80,193about the same$16,637
Minneapolis Community and Technical College$79,962about the same$21,000
North Hennepin Community College$79,699about the same$16,447
Anoka-Ramsey Community College$79,142about the same$18,169
Inver Hills Community College$78,820about the same$16,250
St Cloud Technical and Community College$77,952−4%$20,000
Central Lakes College-Brainerd$77,488−4%$19,391
Lake Superior College$76,770−5%$20,125
Minnesota North College$76,648−5%$13,427
Northland Community and Technical College$76,472−5%$21,250
Minnesota State College Southeast$76,188−6%$20,752
Rochester Community and Technical College$74,705−8%$18,145
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College$71,548−11%$21,025
Minnesota State Community and Technical College$71,406−12%$19,000
Ridgewater College$69,504−14%$15,250
Alexandria Technical & Community College$68,050−16%$16,000

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Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).