Which Minnesota North College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates leave with a median of $10,545 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Minnesota North College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Minnesota North College cost?

Tuition and fees are $6,022 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $10,432 a year.

How many Minnesota North College programs report graduate pay?

4 associate's programs and 6 certificate programs at Minnesota North College report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Minnesota North College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Hibbing, MN
2,013 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Minnesota North College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays the most in the first year ($59,186), and Dental Hygiene and Assisting the least ($34,237). The median program pays $43,445. Minnesota North College also has 4 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$6,022Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$10,432Per year

Graduation rate42%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 4 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	NursingAbout 65 graduates a year	$61,116	$72,680	$24,226	18th of 23
2	Criminal JusticeAbout 13 graduates a year	$54,328	$62,955	Not reported	1st of 11
3	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 1 graduates a year	$34,396	$63,793	Not reported	2nd of 2
4	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 329 graduates a year	$27,079	$40,200	$13,249	19th of 23

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.

All 6 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 1 graduates a year	$59,186	Not reported	$25,125	2nd of 4
2	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 24 graduates a year	$47,380	$75,619	Not reported	1st of 1
3	Environmental Management and PolicyAbout 19 graduates a year	$45,589	$62,202	Not reported	1st of 1
4	Practical NursingAbout 139 graduates a year	$41,300	$48,294	Not reported	13th of 18
5	Electrician TrainingAbout 20 graduates a year	$39,258	$60,068	$12,000	11th of 11
6	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 16 graduates a year	$34,237	$35,897	$10,545	5th of 5

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Criminal Justice$59,186
Heavy Equipment Maintenance$47,380
Environmental Management and Policy$45,589
Practical Nursing$41,300
Electrician Training$39,258

Lowest median debt

Dental Hygiene and Assisting$10,545
Electrician Training$12,000
Criminal Justice$25,125

Largest programs

Practical NursingAbout 139 graduates a year
Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 24 graduates a year
Electrician TrainingAbout 20 graduates a year
Environmental Management and PolicyAbout 19 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 16 graduates a year

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $59,186 in their first year, the most of 6 Minnesota North College certificate 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