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Rochester Community and Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • Public college
  • Rochester, MN
  • 3,365 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Rochester Community and Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,020), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($34,094). The median program pays $46,805. Rochester Community and Technical College also has 5 certificate programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$6,389Per year, for all students
Average net price after aid$14,435Per year
Graduation rate29%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 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 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 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.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

  1. Nursing$70,020
  2. Construction Finishing and Inspection$62,398
  3. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$60,676
  4. Criminal Justice$50,418
  5. Dental Hygiene and Assisting$46,805

Lowest median debt

  1. Liberal Arts and General Studies$13,250
  2. Criminal Justice$14,470
  3. Business Administration$14,640
  4. Dental Hygiene and Assisting$18,500
  5. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$21,000

Largest programs

  1. Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 228 graduates a year
  2. NursingAbout 108 graduates a year
  3. Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 34 graduates a year
  4. Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 31 graduates a year
  5. Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 30 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,020 in their first year, the most of 9 Rochester Community and 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

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