Which Hennepin Technical College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair graduates leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Hennepin Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Hennepin Technical College cost?

Tuition and fees are $5,940 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $10,272 a year.

How many Hennepin Technical College programs report graduate pay?

10 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at Hennepin Technical College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Hennepin Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Brooklyn Park, MN
3,157 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Hennepin Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Electromechanical Technology pays the most in the first year ($71,199), and Allied Health and Medical Assisting the least ($37,273). The median program pays $55,225. Hennepin Technical College also has 5 certificate programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$5,940Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$10,272Per year

Graduation rate42%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 10 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Minnesota. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Minnesota
1	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 35 graduates a year	$71,199	$84,229	$16,465	1st of 8
2	HVACAbout 27 graduates a year	$65,592	$78,403	$20,000	1st of 4
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 18 graduates a year	$59,829	$75,477	Not reported	1st of 4
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 52 graduates a year	$57,382	$60,481	$12,000	3rd of 9
5	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 12 graduates a year	$56,073	$56,616	$16,246	1st of 1
6	Practical NursingAbout 17 graduates a year	$54,376	$63,918	$24,682	1st of 1
7	Drafting and Design TechnologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$49,539	$56,219	$20,250	2nd of 4
8	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 26 graduates a year	$47,901	$44,397	Not reported	3rd of 8
9	Information TechnologyAbout 62 graduates a year	$46,775	$66,823	$20,998	2nd of 5
10	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 12 graduates a year	$37,273	Not reported	Not reported	6th of 8

Program names link to the program's own page, and Minnesota ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Minnesota programs in the field do too.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Minnesota" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Minnesota. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Minnesota
1	Criminal JusticeAbout 153 graduates a year	$56,699	$70,999	$19,854	3rd of 4
2	Welding and MachiningAbout 98 graduates a year	$52,456	$59,492	$9,329	1st of 13
3	Practical NursingAbout 63 graduates a year	$43,470	$58,267	$8,250	8th of 18
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 132 graduates a year	$42,294	$49,002	$11,129	6th of 13
5	PlumbingAbout 43 graduates a year	$40,030	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Electromechanical Technology$71,199
HVAC$65,592
Welding and Machining$59,829
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$57,382
Electrical Engineering Technology$56,073

Lowest median debt

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$12,000
Electrical Engineering Technology$16,246
Electromechanical Technology$16,465
HVAC$20,000
Drafting and Design Technology$20,250

Largest programs

Information TechnologyAbout 62 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 52 graduates a year
Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 35 graduates a year
Drafting and Design TechnologyAbout 29 graduates a year
HVACAbout 27 graduates a year

Common questions

Electromechanical Technology graduates earn a median of $71,199 in their first year, the most of 10 Hennepin Technical College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Minnesota rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels