Ridgewater College
Willmar, Minnesota
- Two-year college
- Public
- Town
- 2,162 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.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agriculture, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,346
- Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $52,027 a year after finishingNationally: $36,907
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
- Agricultural MechanizationCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,245
- Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
- Agricultural Public ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reported
- Plant SciencesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $51,146
- Plant SciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,993
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $45,031 a year after finishingNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $46,404 a year after finishingNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $35,752 a year after finishingNationally: $30,190
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- 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/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $27,239 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $51,988 a year after finishingNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $56,138 a year after finishingNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $69,525 a year after finishingNationally: $63,073
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,933
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 13 finishedGraduates here earned $56,493 a year after finishingNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Massage therapy
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,155
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 32 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedGraduates here earned $40,448 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Plumbing and pipefitting
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,980
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $46,896 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 76 finishedGraduates here earned $69,192 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 45 finishedGraduates here earned $52,031 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (23)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Education, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $53,127
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $43,067
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,650
- International/Globalization StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,332
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 199 finishedGraduates here earned $39,816 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MarketingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,966
- MarketingAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $38,094
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $38,181
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $37,810
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $40,188
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,477
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 42 finishedGraduates here earned $35,778 a year afterNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $17,043per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $23,671sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $6,340Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 23%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 57%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $45,6626 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $50,06210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $12,000federal 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 Ridgewater 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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