Minnesota State University-Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota · Public

Of 66 assessed programs, 65 leave graduates out-earning a typical Minnesota high-school graduate (about $37,835/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 144 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$12,339
$30k to $48k	$12,750
$48k to $75k	$15,137
$75k to $110k	$18,921
$110k and up	$22,798
All families (average)	$19,139

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

66 of 210 programs could be assessed 31% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Minnesota high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$82,429	+$44,594	clears the bar	$13,225	0.3 yrs	327
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$70,486	+$32,651	clears the bar	$20,300	0.6 yrs	148
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$52,859	+$15,024	clears the bar	$19,608	1.3 yrs	126
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$68,772	+$30,937	clears the bar	$21,500	0.7 yrs	117
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$74,852	+$37,017	clears the bar	$21,492	0.6 yrs	104
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$56,119	+$18,284	clears the bar	$22,779	1.2 yrs	100
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$60,198	+$22,363	clears the bar	$25,000	1.1 yrs	99
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$57,506	+$19,671	clears the bar	$21,722	1.1 yrs	98
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$64,585	+$26,750	clears the bar	$21,500	0.8 yrs	98
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$73,726	+$35,891	clears the bar	$21,505	0.6 yrs	94
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$95,398	+$57,563	clears the bar	$20,290	0.4 yrs	89
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$48,632	+$10,797	clears the bar	$25,000	2.3 yrs	84
Air Transportation	Bachelor's Degree	$103,858	+$66,023	clears the bar	$19,500	0.3 yrs	75
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$56,858	+$19,023	clears the bar	$19,871	1.0 yrs	73
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$50,337	+$12,502	clears the bar	$22,500	1.8 yrs	70
Dental Assisting and Hygiene	Bachelor's Degree	$72,882	+$35,047	clears the bar	$21,355	0.6 yrs	59
Construction Management	Bachelor's Degree	$102,090	+$64,255	clears the bar	$24,675	0.4 yrs	57
Special Education	Master's Degree	$62,401	+$24,566	clears the bar	$21,516	0.9 yrs	56
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Bachelor's Degree	$57,266	+$19,431	clears the bar	$25,736	1.3 yrs	56
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	$45,379	+$7,544	clears the bar	$11,349	1.5 yrs	53
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$74,989	+$37,154	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	48
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	Bachelor's Degree	$52,041	+$14,206	clears the bar	$22,375	1.6 yrs	48
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$55,396	+$17,561	clears the bar	$21,000	1.2 yrs	44
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$59,187	+$21,352	clears the bar	$20,500	1.0 yrs	43
Engineering, General	Bachelor's Degree	$82,903	+$45,068	clears the bar	$13,936	0.3 yrs	37
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$47,822	+$9,987	clears the bar	$26,125	2.6 yrs	37
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$85,286	+$47,451	clears the bar	$23,562	0.5 yrs	36
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$56,113 1-year earnings	+$18,278	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$60,121	+$22,286	clears the bar	$19,344	0.9 yrs	35
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$83,189	+$45,354	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$51,630	+$13,795	clears the bar	$21,805	1.6 yrs	32
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$62,812	+$24,977	clears the bar	$34,700	1.4 yrs	31
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$85,655	+$47,820	clears the bar	$24,896	0.5 yrs	30
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	Bachelor's Degree	$54,532	+$16,697	clears the bar	$25,500	1.5 yrs	29
Accounting	Master's Degree	$88,187	+$50,352	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$52,001	+$14,166	clears the bar	$18,500	1.3 yrs	28
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$125,059	+$87,224	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$59,997	+$22,162	clears the bar	$21,840	1.0 yrs	27
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$99,934	+$62,099	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$58,922	+$21,087	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Social Work	Master's Degree	$71,402	+$33,567	clears the bar	$27,558	0.8 yrs	25
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	$60,662	+$22,827	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Nursing	Master's Degree	$106,311 1-year earnings	+$68,476	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
History	Bachelor's Degree	$52,550	+$14,715	clears the bar	$21,241	1.4 yrs	22
Education	Master's Degree	$65,106	+$27,271	clears the bar	$20,169	0.7 yrs	21
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$51,618	+$13,783	clears the bar	$25,625	1.9 yrs	20
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$32,199	-$5,636	falls short	$23,425	insufficient data	20
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$59,887	+$22,052	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$68,079	+$30,244	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$59,174	+$21,339	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$80,482	+$42,647	clears the bar	$25,530	0.6 yrs	14
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$80,795	+$42,960	clears the bar	$20,407	0.5 yrs	14
Teacher Education (by level)	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$51,245	+$13,410	clears the bar	$23,000	1.7 yrs	13
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$75,574	+$37,739	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$83,115	+$45,280	clears the bar	$27,100	0.6 yrs	11
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$70,257	+$32,422	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$56,022	+$18,187	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$50,694	+$12,859	clears the bar	$22,775	1.8 yrs	9
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$55,905	+$18,070	clears the bar	$18,825	1.0 yrs	9
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$53,250	+$15,415	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$65,513	+$27,678	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
English	Bachelor's Degree	$45,688	+$7,853	clears the bar	$21,374	2.7 yrs	8
Business Administration	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$51,079	+$13,244	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	$37,959	+$124	clears the bar	$26,100	210.5 yrs	6
Educational Administration	First Professional Degree	$98,373	+$60,538	clears the bar	$32,314	0.5 yrs	insufficient data
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$52,554	+$14,719	clears the bar	$37,178	2.5 yrs	insufficient data
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	77
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	73
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Accounting	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Management Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Computer Software and Media Applications	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
IT Administration and Management	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Computer Programming	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
American Sign Language	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Outdoor Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biotechnology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Urban Studies/Affairs	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Design	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
School Counseling	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Research Psychology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Human Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Theatre	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Food Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Computer Software and Media Applications	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Public Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Urban Studies/Affairs	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
History	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Cognitive Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Geology and Earth Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Music	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Computer Programming	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Human Development and Family Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Human Development and Family Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($37,835/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.