Lake Superior College

Duluth, Minnesota

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 2,471 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $55,700 a year after finishingNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Carpentry and construction

  • CarpentersCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
  • CarpentersAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,626
  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $38,841 a year after finishingNationally: $34,692
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $53,458 a year after finishingNationally: $46,417

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 18 finishedGraduates here earned $59,150 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279

Electrician

  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $48,141 a year after finishingNationally: $55,611

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 46 finishedGraduates here earned $53,014 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedGraduates here earned $73,852 a year after finishingNationally: $57,072
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
  • Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
  • Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

Industrial and equipment maintenance

  • Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159

Massage therapy

  • Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $34,840 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $42,223 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Pilot and air transportation

  • Air TransportationCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972
  • Air TransportationAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $37,164 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 113 finishedGraduates here earned $66,046 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Truck and bus driving

  • Ground TransportationCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $48,785 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (19)
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,380
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • ChemistryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,707
  • Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $57,892
  • Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $54,362
  • Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $52,388
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,650
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 276 finishedGraduates here earned $38,902 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $44,556
  • Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,531
  • Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,150
  • Public HealthAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,417
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,424
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$14,166$30–48k$13,937$48–75k$17,076$75–110k$18,498Over $110k$23,668Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$17,272per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$23,807sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,931Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
20%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
45%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$46,8356 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$49,94210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$14,134federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Lake Superior College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.

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