Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, Minnesota
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 3,365 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
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $44,669 a year after finishingNationally: $35,931
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $62,251 a year after finishingNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $57,759 a year after finishingNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Information Science/StudiesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,425
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 35 finishedGraduates here earned $58,015 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $63,662 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 44 finishedGraduates here earned $49,928 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $50,500 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 36 finishedGraduates here earned $63,394 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $57,057 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 34 finishedGraduates here earned $43,569 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 109 finishedGraduates here earned $72,562 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $41,533 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
Other programs (34)
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,988
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $33,380
- BiotechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,861
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 50 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $35,276
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $50,359
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 211 finishedGraduates here earned $40,810 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,556
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $38,048
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $45,150
- MusicCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $36,701
- Natural SciencesCertificate · 0 finished
- Natural SciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,703
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,291
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $34,827
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $40,188
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,303
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $43,039 a year afterNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $18,037per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $24,589sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $6,616Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 17%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 35%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $44,3786 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $49,42710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $13,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 34%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Rochester Community and Technical 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 6, 2026.
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