Public · Community college

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Minneapolis, Minnesota · Large city

29%
Transfer rate: $13,812
Avg net price: 20%
Grad / completion: $40,086
Median earnings

Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota (large city setting), enrolling 5,268 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 5,268 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowy

About Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. Two Indigenous nations inhabited the area now called Minneapolis. Archaeologists have evidence that since 1000 AD, they were the Dakota (one half of the Sioux nation), and, after the 1700s, the Ojibwe (also known as Chippewa, members of the Anishinaabe nations). During the Gilded Age, the Walker Art Center began as a private art collection in the home of lumberman T. B. Walker, who extended free admission to the public. Around 1940, the center's focus shifted to modern and contemporary art. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 1 mile to Minneapolis, MN
To Great Lakes shore: 135 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) · major hub

How Minneapolis Community and Technical College compares

#53 · Community Colleges with the Best Transfer Rates

Graduation rate20%

Higher than 4% · #39 of 42 in Minnesota

First-year retention56%

Higher than 17%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,086

Higher than 69% · #28 of 40 in Minnesota

Average net price$13,812

Cheaper than 55% · #24 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota

Median debt at graduation$17,954

Lower than 9%

Student–faculty ratio27 : 1

Lower than 8%

Undergraduate enrollment5,268

Larger than 92%

Percentiles compare Minneapolis Community and 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

Women2,89055%
Men2,37845%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White31%
Black37%
Hispanic15%
Asian5.0%
Other or multiracial13%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 5,268
Student–faculty ratio: 27 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 40%
First-generation students: 39%
Students over 25: 38%
Median family income: $19,886
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $85,959
Endowment: $4,618,000

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $6,161
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,000
Total cost of attendance: $19,683
Average net price: $13,812

Outcomes

Graduated: 20%
First-year retention: 56%
Transferred to another college: 29%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,872
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $40,086
Median debt at graduation: $17,954
Students with federal loans: 20%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

20%

Low-income (Pell)

17%

First-generation

18%

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: $20

Campus safety

Safety grade: B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 1.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 6
Property offenses (2022–2024): 15

Reported offenses in an average year

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

7.0reported offenses a year

2.0 violent a year5.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft

4.3

Aggravated assault

1.0

Burglary

0.7

Rape

0.3

Fondling

0.3

Robbery

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

$13,019

$30–48k

$12,987

$48–75k

$13,617

$75–110k

$17,005

$110k+

$19,137

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

$1,843

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,843. 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 429 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): $40,086
Typical debt at graduation: $17,954
Debt vs. one year's pay: 45%
Out-earn a HS grad: 50%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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

$38,923

Men

$41,362

Men out-earn women by $2,439 (6%) 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: 83°F
Winter low: 8°F
Annual rain: 34.4″
Annual snow: 40.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lower ST Anthony Falls, MN US station (1.9 mi from campus).

What Minneapolis Community and Technical College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

300 grads$29k 1 yr$42k 5 yr$18k debt

300$28,858$42,364$17,500 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

94 grads$62k 1 yr$76k 5 yr$26k debt

94$61,817$76,123$25,500 Design and Applied ArtsCert.

80 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

80———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

70 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

70———Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCert.

48 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

48———Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCert.

43 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

43———Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCert.

42 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

42———Computer ProgrammingCert.

42 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

42———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

42 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

42———Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssoc.

37 grads$40k 1 yr$61k 5 yr$19k debt

37$39,603$61,141$18,990 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

35 grads$36k 1 yr$45k 5 yr— debt

35$35,725$45,032—Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCert.

31 grads— 1 yr$61k 5 yr— debt

31—$60,988—

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.