Program Payoff

Minnesota State University-Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota. 31 certificate and associate programs, public. 31 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Minnesota.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $11,349 $26,353 (15) $84,280
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Undergraduate certificate $23,000 not published $76,350
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Accounting and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $81,600
Accountants and Auditors
American Sign Language Undergraduate certificate not published $76,460
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Anthropology Undergraduate certificate not published $89,950
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $99,340
General and Operations Managers
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services Undergraduate certificate not published $89,380
Speech-Language Pathologists
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $130,050
Software Developers
Computer Programming Undergraduate certificate not published $130,050
Software Developers
Computer Software and Media Applications Undergraduate certificate not published $130,050
Software Developers
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications Undergraduate certificate not published $130,050
Software Developers
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Undergraduate certificate not published $97,860
Project Management Specialists
Criminal Justice and Corrections Undergraduate certificate not published $43,380
Security Guards
Design and Applied Arts Undergraduate certificate not published $63,860
Graphic Designers
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $78,280
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Engineering, General Undergraduate certificate not published $172,130
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $99,340
General and Operations Managers
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $66,410
Interpreters and Translators
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Undergraduate certificate not published $76,460
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $76,750
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Geography and Cartography Undergraduate certificate not published $152,600
Managers, All Other
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Undergraduate certificate not published $136,450
Natural Sciences Managers
Gerontology Undergraduate certificate not published $89,950
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Undergraduate certificate not published $99,340
General and Operations Managers
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate certificate not published $99,140
Mechanical Engineers
Medical Illustration and Informatics Undergraduate certificate not published $91,750
Computer Occupations, All Other
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $79,790
Social Workers, All Other
Philosophy Undergraduate certificate not published $136,450
Natural Sciences Managers
Research and Experimental Psychology Undergraduate certificate not published $89,950
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $84,280
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language Undergraduate certificate not published $76,350
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.