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Minnesota West Community and Technical College

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Pipestone, MN3,438 students
Acceptance Rate
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Median SAT
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Net Price After Aid
$11.9k
Sticker $12.3k
Graduation Rate
48%
6-year, full-time

Minnesota West Community and Technical College is a public institution in Pipestone, MN and 3,438 students. The average net price after financial aid is $11,898 per year.

About Minnesota West Community and Technical College

A public 4-year rural university in Pipestone, MN.

Minnesota West Community and Technical College campus
Campus · Pipestone

Minnesota West Community and Technical College is a college in Pipestone, MN. It enrolls roughly 3,438 students.

PlainsRuralPublic4-yearHealth
Acceptance Rate
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Total Enrollment
3,438
Small
Retention
70%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
48%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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What strengthens an application here

  1. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

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Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Minnesota West Community and Technical College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Minnesota West Community and Technical College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
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Tuition $12,332
Average net price after aid
$11,898
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$9,087
$30,001 – $48,000
$9,159
$48,001 – $75,000
$10,508
$75,001 – $110,000
$15,758
$110,001 +
$16,729

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
16%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
13%
Avg loan $9,500 / year
Avg Grant Aid
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Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Minnesota West Community and Technical College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
19:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Health
43% of degrees awarded
Retention
70%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Minnesota West Community and Technical College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White25%
  • Asian25%
  • Hispanic5%
  • Black3%
  • Two or more races28%
  • International14%

Gender

  • Female43%
  • Male57%
International
39%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
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Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
3,438

Outcomes after graduation

What Minnesota West Community and Technical College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$45.3k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
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Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
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Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
48%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$45.3k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$9.5k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$11.9k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$45k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 48% graduation rate is below the national average.

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