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Automotive program at Rochester Community and Technical College

Rochester, MN · Public 2-year · (507) 285-7245 · 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: 12
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 23 graduates: $37,029
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard: $51,818
Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $127 a month over 10 years: $12,000
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools: $51,586
Typical pay for automotive service technicians and mechanicsBLS OEWS May 2025, Rochester, MN: $49,920

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

Rochester Community and Technical College awarded 12 automotive credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 7 career program of 10 we list.

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 program	Tuition and fees	Length	Completed	Employed, 2nd quarter	Median earnings, 2nd quarter	Students who exited
Automotive TechnicianSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 60 credits or more or 90 quarter credits or more or 1 800 contact hours or more · In person · CIP 47.0604	$11,323	120 weeks, 50 hours a week	56.4%	82.7%	$7,927	110

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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