Public · Community college

Anoka Technical College

Anoka, Minnesota · Large suburb

12%
Transfer rate: $16,953
Avg net price: 66%
Grad / completion: $47,746
Median earnings

Anoka Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Anoka, Minnesota (large suburb setting), enrolling 1,684 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,684 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Anoka, Minnesota

Anoka is a city in and the county seat of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Colonists first settled the site that is now Anoka in 1844. By the mid-1850s, Anoka had a school, a store and a flour mill. In 1856, C. C. Andrews called it a "large and handsome village" and noted that pine logs were floated down the Rum River to sawmills there. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 18 miles to Minneapolis, MN
To Great Lakes shore: 123 miles
Nearest airport: 25 miles to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) · major hub

How Anoka Technical College compares

#86 · Community Colleges with the Highest Graduate Earnings

Graduation rate66%

Higher than 56% · #7 of 42 in Minnesota

First-year retention62%

Higher than 27%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$47,746

Higher than 88% · #11 of 40 in Minnesota

Average net price$16,953

Cheaper than 44% · #32 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota

Median debt at graduation$11,000

Lower than 36%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment1,684

Larger than 80%

Percentiles compare Anoka Technical College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Minnesota.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women96557%
Men71943%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White61%
Black18%
Hispanic7.5%
Asian7.1%
Other or multiracial6.6%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,684
Student–faculty ratio: 19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 33%
First-generation students: 37%
Students over 25: 45%
Median family income: $30,099
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $84,897
Endowment: $130,000

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $6,267
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,460
Total cost of attendance: $22,247
Average net price: $16,953

Outcomes

Graduated: 66%
First-year retention: 62%
Transferred to another college: 12%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $45,073
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $47,746
Median debt at graduation: $11,000
Students with federal loans: 27%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 43%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

66%

Low-income (Pell)

38%

First-generation

39%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 1
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year

0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Aggravated assault

0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$13,923

$30–48k

$15,280

$48–75k

$16,842

$75–110k

$20,762

$110k+

$20,884

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,485

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 2% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,485. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 166 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $47,746
Typical debt at graduation: $11,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 23%
Out-earn a HS grad: 65%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$42,939

Men

$56,245

Men out-earn women by $13,306 (31%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 82°F
Winter low: 2°F
Annual rain: 28.8″
Annual snow: 44.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Andover 1N, MN US station (6.5 mi from campus).

What Anoka Technical College graduates study — and earn

Precision Metal WorkingCert.

174 grads$50k 1 yr$57k 5 yr$9k debt

174$49,632$56,646$8,692 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

137 grads$43k 1 yr$44k 5 yr$12k debt

137$42,648$44,193$12,000 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

82 grads$42k 1 yr— 5 yr$19k debt

82$41,583—$18,755 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

53 grads$29k 1 yr$50k 5 yr$20k debt

53$29,147$49,938$19,500 Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCert.

50 grads$44k 1 yr$84k 5 yr$13k debt

50$43,686$83,815$12,850 Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCert.

48 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

48———Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

35 grads$63k 1 yr— 5 yr$24k debt

35$62,699—$23,673 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

25 grads$38k 1 yr$37k 5 yr$24k debt

25$38,417$36,541$24,326 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

21 grads$45k 1 yr$50k 5 yr$29k debt

21$44,570$49,793$28,997 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.

21 grads— 1 yr$49k 5 yr$19k debt

21—$48,792$19,000 Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

21 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

21———Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCert.

20 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

20———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.