Program Payoff

Southwest Minnesota State University

Marshall, Minnesota. 16 certificate and associate programs, public. 16 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Minnesota.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Accounting and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $81,600
Accountants and Auditors
Accounting and Related Services Associate's degree not published $81,600
Accountants and Auditors
Agricultural Business and Management Associate's degree not published $76,750
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Undergraduate certificate not published $76,350
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $99,340
General and Operations Managers
Business Administration, Management and Operations Associate's degree not published $99,340
General and Operations Managers
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $99,340
General and Operations Managers
Hospitality Administration/Management Undergraduate certificate not published $77,820
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Human Resources Management and Services Undergraduate certificate not published $78,760
Human Resources Specialists
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree not published $84,280
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Marketing Undergraduate certificate not published $87,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Marketing Associate's degree not published $87,510
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Undergraduate certificate not published $76,710
Training and Development Specialists
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $84,280
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness Undergraduate certificate not published $43,620
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 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.