Which Minnesota State College Southeast certificate program has the lowest debt?

Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $12,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Minnesota State College Southeast certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Minnesota State College Southeast cost?

Tuition and fees are $6,432 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,140 a year.

How many Minnesota State College Southeast programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and 4 certificate programs at Minnesota State College Southeast report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Minnesota State College Southeast Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Winona, MN
1,388 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 Minnesota State College Southeast certificate programs report what graduates earn. Welding and Machining pays the most in the first year ($49,342), and Precision Systems Repair the least ($28,137). The median program pays $45,158. Minnesota State College Southeast also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$6,432Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$16,140Per year

Graduation rate47%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Minnesota
NursingAbout 30 graduates a year	$74,091	$75,887	$36,785	2nd of 23
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 8 graduates a year	$59,857	$59,526	Not reported	6th of 12

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 4 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	Welding and MachiningAbout 26 graduates a year	$49,342	$52,462	$12,500	7th of 13
2	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationAbout 29 graduates a year	$47,171	$55,663	Not reported	3rd of 4
3	Practical NursingAbout 14 graduates a year	$43,145	$52,157	$23,302	9th of 18
4	Precision Systems RepairAbout 41 graduates a year	$28,137	$38,782	$17,500	1st of 1

Common questions

Welding and Machining graduates earn a median of $49,342 in their first year, the most of 4 Minnesota State College Southeast 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