Private nonprofit · Community college

White Earth Tribal and Community College

Mahnomen, Minnesota · Remote rural

#1 best value in Minnesota

0%
Transfer rate: $1,811
Avg net price: 10%
Grad / completion: $18,044
Median earnings

White Earth Tribal and Community College is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Mahnomen, Minnesota (remote rural setting), enrolling 110 undergraduates. It is a Tribal college. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private nonprofitSmall · 110 undergradsRemote ruralCold winters

About Mahnomen, Minnesota

Mahnomen is a city in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States, along the Wild Rice River. A post office called Mahnomen has been in operation since 1904. Mahnomen City Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Remote rural
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 50 miles to Fargo, ND
To Great Lakes shore: 185 miles
Nearest airport: 49 miles to Hector (FAR)

How White Earth Tribal and Community College compares

Graduation rate10%

Higher than 1% · #41 of 42 in Minnesota

First-year retention50%

Higher than 11%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$18,044

Higher than 3% · #40 of 40 in Minnesota

Average net price$1,811

Cheaper than 98% · #1 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment110

Larger than 30%

Percentiles compare White Earth Tribal and 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

Women6155%
Men4945%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White12%
Hispanic2.7%
Other or multiracial85%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 110
Student–faculty ratio: 9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 76%
First-generation students: 48%
Students over 25: 66%
Median family income: $13,134
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $58,689

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $5,490
Room & board: $7,175
Books & supplies: $2,200
Total cost of attendance: $20,963
Average net price: $1,811

Outcomes

Graduated: 10%
First-year retention: 50%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: —
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $18,044
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Meal plan (year): $500
Application fee: Free

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

$2,710

$30–48k

-$1,483

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $18,044
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 11%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 78°F
Winter low: -2°F
Annual rain: 26.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mahnomen, MN US station (0.8 mi from campus).

What White Earth Tribal and Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

21 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

21———Legal Support ServicesCert.

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCert.

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

2———Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———

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.