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Pine Technical & Community College

Pine City, MN238 online only

Pine Technical & Community College is a public community college in Pine City, MN, with about 1,675 students on campus.

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Students on campus
1,675
plus 238 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$12,798
tuition and fees $4,738; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
36%
lower than at 83% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,232
higher than at 51% of U.S. colleges
In brief

Pine Technical & Community College, in brief

Rent in Pine City is below the state median

Median rent in Pine City is $680 a month, 47% below the state median. Living in Pine City ↓

The only college for 30 miles

No other degree-granting college with students on campus is within 30 miles of Pine Technical & Community College. Nearby ↓

Pine Technical & Community College focuses on health professions

40% of the degrees Pine Technical & Community College awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, mechanics and repair, is 14%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 40%Mechanic & repair 14%Business 10%Engineering tech 9%Precision production 8%Liberal arts 7%Everything else 12%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing41 graduates a year · typical debt $15,500
$83k4 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities38 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services14 graduates a year
—not reported
Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians9 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management7 graduates a year
—not reported
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians4 graduates a year
—not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians4 graduates a year
—not reported
Business/Commerce, General4 graduates a year
—not reported
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Pine Technical & Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Pine Technical & Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $18,479 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,738Books & supplies $2,500Other costs $11,241

After grants, the average family on aid pays $12,798.

Tuition and fees are $4,738 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$11,682

About $23,364 over 2 years · 37% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
36%
within 3 years · Pell students 32%
Come back for year two
52%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,232
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$14,392
about $153 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

4.9%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$153 a month against about $3,090 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

40%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 39% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$38k
Middle income$30–75k
$46k
Higher incomeover $75k
$55k
Who goes there

The students

574 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 74%Hispanic 5%Black 11%Asian 2%Two or more 4%

Women and men

Women 53%Men 47%
21 : 1
students per teacher
15%
get Pell grants (lower income)
9%
take federal loans
12%
undergrads 25 or older
40%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Pine City

3% of Pine City’s 3,820 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Pine City pages.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.