Hennepin Technical College
Public Community College in Brooklyn Park, MN. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $49,460.
Students who entered Hennepin Technical College land at a median of $49,460 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 42%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,433.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 42%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 59% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 21:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,827 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,666 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($7,924 versus $15,484), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 56% of students at an average of $4,941. 27% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 326 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 | $7,924 |
| $30–48k | $8,495 |
| $48–75k | $9,629 |
| $75–110k | $12,069 |
| $110k+ | $15,484 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 761 of these 2,827 students, totalling $5,255,915 — an average of $6,907 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hennepin County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)