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Ridgewater College
Willmar, MN · Public · 2,162 students · mostly associate degrees
8th-cheapest of 82 Minnesota colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$10,046
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$15,694
Graduation rate
50%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$43,827
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$12,000
Pell grant recipients
32%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
81 programsElectrician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma29 grads/yr$77,727Instrumentation Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree26 grads/yr$73,764Instrumentation Technology/Technician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma5 grads/yr$73,528Clinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree80 grads/yr$69,504Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree22 grads/yr$63,210Apiculture · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma9 grads/yr$56,311Machine Tool Technology/Machinist · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma36 grads/yr$54,714Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma21 grads/yr$51,792Accounting · Associate's Degree16 grads/yr$50,108Farm/Farm and Ranch Management · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma17 grads/yr$50,046General Studies · Associate's Degree195 grads/yr$48,951Selling Skills and Sales Operations · Associate's Degree13 grads/yr$47,662Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma16 grads/yr$44,191Design and Visual Communications, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma10 grads/yr$41,332Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Associate's Degree19 grads/yr$40,575Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant · Associate's Degree38 grads/yr$40,054Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma31 grads/yr$29,574Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Associate's Degree16 grads/yr$26,033
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.