-17%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Minnesota North College fell 17% between 2006 and 2009 (36.4% → 30.2%).
Minnesota · Public · Predominantly associate's
Minnesota North College
Hibbing, Minnesota. 1,942 undergraduate students. 85 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Minnesota North College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+210%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Minnesota North College rose 210% between 2021 and 2024 (649 → 2.0k).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Minnesota North College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.4% → 0.0%).
-15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Minnesota North College fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.1k → $6.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Minnesota
Each tile compares this institution to the Minnesota median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$45,570+20% · 6→10y
Minnesota median $48,321$38,107
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry41.9%-12% · '99→'09
Minnesota median 54.7%$8,694+357% · '97→'20
At program completion1,942+53% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS62.7%+12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,004+145% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,302SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.5%Median federal debt $8,694 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,570 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+12%
Minnesota North College · retention rose
55.0% → 61.5%
+53%
Minnesota North College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,312 → 2,013
+145%
Minnesota North College · in-state tuition rose
$2,453 → $6,022
+33%
Minnesota North College · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,541 → $6,022
+357%
Minnesota North College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $12,000
-100%
Minnesota North College · cohort default rate fell
25.3% → 0.0%
-44%
Minnesota North College · pell share fell
55.7% → 31.1%
+39%
Minnesota North College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$32,700 → $45,570
+37%
Minnesota North College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,900 → $42,222
+38%
Minnesota North College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,600 → $38,107
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$75,619Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$72,680Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$63,793Criminal Justice and Corrections.$62,955Natural Resources Management and Policy.$62,202Engineering, General.$61,555Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$60,068Precision Metal Working.$53,094Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$52,835Natural Resources Management and Policy.$52,766Forestry.$50,795Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$48,921Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$48,294Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$41,796Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$40,200Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$39,493Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$38,221Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$35,897Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.$32,387
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
19 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Minnesota North College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$38,795
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 27
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $10,981
- HS-only baseline · MN
- $39,400
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Minnesota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Minnesota North College graduates earn $X” — not “Minnesota North College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Minnesota North College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.