Program Payoff

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota. 10 certificate and associate programs, public. 10 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Minnesota.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Criminal Justice and Corrections Undergraduate certificate $57,318 (15) $43,380
Security Guards
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $83,400
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Community Organization and Advocacy Undergraduate certificate not published $84,220
Social and Community Service Managers
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Undergraduate certificate not published $97,860
Project Management Specialists
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $65,270
Dental Assistants
Design and Applied Arts Undergraduate certificate not published $63,860
Graphic Designers
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services Undergraduate certificate not published $76,460
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $79,790
Social Workers, All Other
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $84,280
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Security Science and Technology Undergraduate certificate not published $81,600
Accountants and Auditors

"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.