Minnesota West Community and Technical College Electrician Training (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Electrical and Power Transmission Installers
- Public college
- Granite Falls, MN
- About 59 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Minnesota West Community and Technical College electrician training graduates earn more than graduates of most electrician training programs nationally, $51,507 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $10,177 in federal loans, close to the national median of $9,250. It is one of the higher-paying electrician training programs in Minnesota.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Minnesota and national columns are the medians across all electrician training certificate programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Minnesota West Community and Technical College graduates earn more than the national figure but about $2,835 less than the Minnesota median. Several Minnesota programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every Minnesota electrician training program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Minnesota medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 22% between the first and fifth year. Electricians in Minnesota earn a median of $78,160 across all experience levels, which shows how much room there is to grow after the first few years.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate. BLS figures cover electricians at every experience level.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $9,046 less in their first year than other graduates. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $108 a month, or 2.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
67% of graduates (29 of 43) were working in Minnesota one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Minnesota outside metro areas are about 14% below the national average, so a $51,507 salary here buys what about $59,995 buys in a typical US city.
The median Minnesota electrician earns $78,160, compared with a national median of $63,190. After adjusting for Minnesota prices, that pay is worth about $79,253, which puts Minnesota ahead.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to electrician training, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
$97,610Median pay in Minnesota. 13,580 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 67,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Electricians
$78,160Median pay in Minnesota. 14,350 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 72,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
$87,160Median pay in Minnesota. 9,110 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 48,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
$104,180Median pay in Minnesota. 2,190 people work in this job in Minnesota. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
About Minnesota West Community and Technical College
Electrician Training ranks 1st of 4 certificate programs at Minnesota West Community and Technical College by first-year earnings. The top three are Electrician Training ($51,507), Welding and Machining ($42,830), and Vehicle Maintenance and Repair ($39,165).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $51,507 one year after graduating and $63,095 five years after. Electricians in Minnesota earn a median of $78,160 across all experience levels.
The median federal loan balance is $10,177, which ranks 3rd lowest of 9 electrician training certificate programs in Minnesota. That works out to about $108 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 20% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 22%.
Most do. 67% (29 of 43) were working in Minnesota one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the electrician training program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024