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Electrician program at Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN · Public 2-year · (800) 722-1151 · School website

On Minnesota's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (2 to under 4 years)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
35
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 21 graduates
$46,852
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
$77,727
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$53,078
Typical pay for electriciansBLS OEWS May 2025, Minnesota
$78,160

Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.

About this program

Ridgewater College awarded 35 electrician credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its third largest career program of 14 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (2 to under 4 years)46.0302 Electrician19Not reportedNot reported
Associate degree46.0302 Electrician16Not reportedNot reported

On Minnesota's WIOA eligible training provider list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Electrical TechnologySub-bachelor's postsecondary award 60 credits or more or 90 quarter credits or more or 1 800 contact hours or more · Online only · CIP 46.0302$9,968120 weeks, 50 hours a week81.4%88.5%$10,228113
ElectricianAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · In person · CIP 46.0302$13,789120 weeks, 16 hours a week51.1%87.2%$8,66494
ElectricianSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 60 credits or more or 90 quarter credits or more or 1 800 contact hours or more · In person · CIP 46.0302$12,294120 weeks, 50 hours a week81.4%88.5%$10,228113

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).

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