Which Riverland Community College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Truck Driving and Equipment Operation graduates leave with a median of $4,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Riverland Community College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Riverland Community College cost?

Tuition and fees are $6,298 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,427 a year.

How many Riverland Community College programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Riverland Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Riverland Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Austin, MN
2,003 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Riverland Community College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Electrician Training pays the most in the first year ($47,288), and Practical Nursing the least ($44,726). The median program pays $45,619. Riverland Community College also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$6,298Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$7,427Per year

Graduation rate52%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 55 graduates a year	$69,481	Not reported	$25,000	5th of 23
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 216 graduates a year	$38,856	Not reported	$15,375	3rd of 23

Program names link to the program's own page, and Minnesota ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

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

All 3 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	Electrician TrainingAbout 47 graduates a year	$47,288	Not reported	$12,000	5th of 11
2	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationAbout 34 graduates a year	$45,619	Not reported	$4,750	4th of 4
3	Practical NursingAbout 39 graduates a year	$44,726	Not reported	$22,356	5th of 18

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.

Common questions

Electrician Training graduates earn a median of $47,288 in their first year, the most of 3 Riverland Community 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