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Anoka Technical College

Public Community College in Anoka, MN. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $47,746.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Anoka Technical College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$47,746
Median debt at grad
$11,000
Graduation rate
66.5%
Federal loan default
0%

Ten years after entry, the median Anoka Technical College student earns $47,746 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate of 67% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,000.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
62%
Transfer-out rate
12%
Student:faculty
19:1

Six-year completion runs to 67% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. The part-time picture is harder: 52% return, against 62% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$16,988
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
60%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
33%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,522 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Net price lands at $16,988 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($13,923 versus $20,884), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 60% of students at an average of $4,926. Federal borrowing reaches 33% of students.

Entering first-year students

A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.

% receiving grants
52%
Average grant
$6,170

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 146 students

Net price by family income

The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.

Family income band Average net price
$0–30k $13,923
$30–48k $15,280
$48–75k $16,842
$75–110k $20,762
$110k+ $20,884

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 498 of these 1,522 students, totalling $3,295,305 — an average of $6,617 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Anoka County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,242/mo
1 bedroom
$1,405/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,709/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
80
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Anoka Technical College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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