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22 schools in Minnesota offer machining & CNC-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 15 registered apprenticeship programs in Minnesota train machining & CNC apprentices — see apprenticeships. Federal program data groups machining & cnc with welding — schools below may offer any of these.
Occupation pay is what working machining & CNC professionals in Minnesota earn (all experience levels) — school "earnings" figures above are medians for each school's recent federally-aided students across all its programs, which read lower.
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverland Community College | Austin | public | $7,427 | 42% | $45,247 |
| South Central College | North Mankato | public | $9,082 | 35.5% | $45,068 |
| St Cloud Technical and Community College | Saint Cloud | public | $9,635 | 34.8% | $46,874 |
| Hennepin Technical College | Brooklyn Park | public | $10,272 | 37.4% | $49,460 |
| Minnesota North College | Hibbing | public | $10,432 | 41.1% | $45,570 |
| Ridgewater College | Willmar | public | $10,046 | 46.9% | $43,827 |
| Century College | White Bear Lake | public | $10,906 | 32.9% | $46,424 |
| Minnesota West Community and Technical College | Granite Falls | public | $11,191 | 48.3% | $45,285 |
| Northwest Technical College | Bemidji | public | $10,996 | 45.2% | $42,930 |
| Dakota County Technical College | Rosemount | public | $13,548 | 52.4% | $51,938 |
| Minnesota State Community and Technical College | Fergus Falls | public | $12,556 | 40.5% | $45,591 |
| Alexandria Technical & Community College | Alexandria | public | $13,691 | 63.8% | $49,393 |
| Saint Paul College | Saint Paul | public | $11,495 | 33.3% | $38,399 |
| Pine Technical & Community College | Pine City | public | $12,798 | 38.6% | $41,232 |
| Northland Community and Technical College | Thief River Falls | public | $13,975 | 45.2% | $44,425 |
| Rochester Community and Technical College | Rochester | public | $14,435 | 31.1% | $45,287 |
| Central Lakes College-Brainerd | Brainerd | public | $13,869 | 42.3% | $42,162 |
| Lake Superior College | Duluth | public | $15,492 | 41.2% | $46,449 |
| Minneapolis Community and Technical College | Minneapolis | public | $13,812 | 26.3% | $40,086 |
| Anoka Technical College | Anoka | public | $16,953 | 43.5% | $47,746 |
| Minnesota State College Southeast | Winona | public | $16,140 | 44.5% | $43,613 |
| Dunwoody College of Technology | Minneapolis | private nonprofit | $26,939 | 63.9% | $61,511 |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Figures are institution-wide federal medians for each school as a whole — not machining & CNC graduates specifically. Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.
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