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Normandale Community College

Bloomington, Minnesota · Small city

#5 for grad earnings in Minnesota

28%
Transfer rate: $12,972
Avg net price: 27%
Grad / completion: $50,207
Median earnings

Normandale Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Bloomington, Minnesota (small city setting), enrolling 7,044 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 7,044 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Bloomington, Minnesota

Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. In the 1780s, a village called Titanka Tannina existed in what is now Bloomington, at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek. 'Titanka Tannina' is Dakota for 'the Old Village', likely meaning that Titanka Tannina was the first Dakota community on the Minnesota River. Benefiting from its proximity to major transportation routes and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Bloomington is a major hospitality center with nearly 8,000 hotel rooms. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 11 miles to Minneapolis, MN
To Great Lakes shore: 144 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) · major hub

How Normandale Community College compares

#66 · Community Colleges with the Best Transfer Rates #52 · Community Colleges with the Highest Graduate Earnings

Graduation rate27%

Higher than 9% · #35 of 42 in Minnesota

First-year retention62%

Higher than 26%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$50,207

Higher than 91% · #5 of 40 in Minnesota

Average net price$12,972

Cheaper than 58% · #20 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota

Median debt at graduation$12,000

Lower than 29%

Student–faculty ratio31 : 1

Lower than 4%

Undergraduate enrollment7,044

Larger than 94%

Percentiles compare Normandale Community 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

Women3,94356%
Men3,10144%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White36%
Black30%
Hispanic16%
Asian8.7%
Other or multiracial9.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 7,044
Student–faculty ratio: 31 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 28%
First-generation students: 35%
Students over 25: 16%
Median family income: $30,952
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $86,832
Endowment: $947,000

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $6,329
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,000
Total cost of attendance: $18,694
Average net price: $12,972

Outcomes

Graduated: 27%
First-year retention: 62%
Transferred to another college: 28%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $42,298
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $50,207
Median debt at graduation: $12,000
Students with federal loans: 11%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 44%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

27%

Low-income (Pell)

17%

First-generation

16%

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: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 1

Reported offenses in an average year

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

0.3reported offenses a year

0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

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

$11,011

$30–48k

$11,745

$48–75k

$12,815

$75–110k

$15,643

$110k+

$18,510

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

$1,554

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 8% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,554. 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 853 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): $50,207
Typical debt at graduation: $12,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 24%
Out-earn a HS grad: 60%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 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

$46,809

Men

$54,010

Men out-earn women by $7,201 (15%) 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: 9°F
Annual rain: 31.6″
Annual snow: 51.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Minneapolis/ST Paul AP, MN US station (6.2 mi from campus).

What Normandale Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

701 grads$34k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$13k debt

701$33,809$46,456$12,778 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

64 grads$65k 1 yr$85k 5 yr$25k debt

64$65,052$84,586$25,125 Business/Commerce, GeneralAssoc.

57 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$21k debt

57——$20,700 Computer ScienceAssoc.

38 grads— 1 yr$88k 5 yr$16k debt

38—$87,668$15,708 MarketingAssoc.

36 grads— 1 yr$65k 5 yr— debt

36—$64,865—Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

34 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

34———Human Resources Management and ServicesCert.

30 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

30———Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

23 grads$63k 1 yr$50k 5 yr$31k debt

23$62,751$50,282$31,000 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

23 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

23———Engineering, GeneralAssoc.

22 grads— 1 yr$76k 5 yr— debt

22—$76,152—Accounting and Related ServicesAssoc.

22 grads— 1 yr$62k 5 yr$21k debt

22—$62,222$21,128 Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCert.

21 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

21———

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.