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Minnesota State College Southeast

Winona, Minnesota · Public community college

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48%completion rate · Minnesota avg 48%
$12,971median debt of graduates
$42,376median earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$43,613median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
not reportedannual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing | Higher Learning Commission | Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (Accredited)
Address: 1250 Homer Rd, Winona, MN 55987 · Phone: (507) 453-2700 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
No accreditor sanctions in the last 36 months
Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.
Completion rate vs. benchmarks
Minnesota State Colle… Minnesota State Colle…: 47.5% 47.5% Minnesota average Minnesota average: 48.2% 48.2% National average National average: 62.1% 62.1%

What these trades pay once you're working

OccupationStarting (10th pct)MedianExperienced (75th)
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers$45,910$61,990$73,700
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses$51,700$63,750$71,270
Automotive service technicians and mechanics$38,310$58,390$73,250
Machinists$46,550$61,140$74,650
Skincare specialists$23,990$44,430$62,530
Welders, cutters, solderers and brazers$45,690$60,280$65,410
Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists$23,590$39,170$59,300
Radiologic technologists and technicians$67,080$83,400$98,900
Manicurists and pedicurists$27,550$36,040$44,840
Construction laborers$42,950$60,260$79,710

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Minnesota (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

ProgramCredentialGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Earnings, yr 2Median debt
Ground Transportation Certificate, 300–899 hours 29 $40,197 $46,087 not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate, 1–2 years 14 $36,437 $35,060 $13,935
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 13 not reported not reported not reported
Precision Metal Working Certificate, 1–2 years 12 $39,524 $39,009 $9,500
Precision Metal Working Certificate, 1–2 years 10 $39,524 $39,009 $9,500
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate degree 8 $49,077 $53,775 not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Certificate, 1–2 years 8 $33,722 $33,281 not reported
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 1–2 years 7 not reported not reported not reported
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 6 not reported not reported not reported
Carpenters Associate degree 4 not reported not reported not reported
Precision Metal Working Certificate, 300–899 hours 4 $39,524 $39,009 $9,500
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Associate degree 3 not reported not reported not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Certificate, 300–899 hours 2 $33,722 $33,281 not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Certificate, 2–4 years 2 $33,722 $33,281 not reported
Carpenters Certificate, 1–2 years 1 not reported not reported not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Associate degree 1 not reported not reported not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Certificate, 300–899 hours 1 $33,722 $33,281 not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.

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