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Anoka Technical College

Anoka, Minnesota·Public, 2-year·Plains·anokatech.edu
6-yr Graduation
66%
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Total enrollment
1,970
peer median 2,329
Avg net price
$16,953
+$2.5k vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
66%
Full-time retention
62%

Pell equity

1.0pp gap
Pell recipients
66%38 of 58
Non-Pell (all)
67%75 of 112
Subsidized loan, no Pell
68%15 of 22
No Federal Aid
67%60 of 90

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 49 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 42 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
49
Passing
7
14.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

49programs
  • Passing7 · 14.3%
  • No Data42 · 85.7%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
6
No data
42

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

7
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+19.7%
$43,672 vs $36,491
Legal Support Services
Associate Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
+38.3%
$50,480 vs $36,491
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+38.9%
$50,695 vs $36,491
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Engineering Technologies/Technicians
+51.3%
$55,198 vs $36,491
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+73.0%
$63,129 vs $36,491
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Engineering Technologies/Technicians
+74.4%
$63,639 vs $36,491
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Engineering Technologies/Technicians
+114.2%
$78,180 vs $36,491

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
47%
$23,570 debt · $50,695 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
34%
$14,875 debt · $43,672 earn
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Engineering Technologies/Technicians
28%
$17,500 debt · $63,639 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
21%
$13,500 debt · $63,129 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
18%
$9,333 debt · $51,699 earn
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers
Undergraduate Certificate · Construction Trades
17%
$12,000 debt · $71,694 earn
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
11%
$6,250 debt · $57,298 earn
Precision Metal Working
Undergraduate Certificate · Precision Production
9%
$5,500 debt · $64,648 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1999Next review Aug 2034

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 5

  1. Apr 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (PNUR) - Practical nursing programs
  2. Aug 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  3. Apr 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
  4. Dec 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
  5. May 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$13,923
$30–48k$15,280
$48–75k$16,842
$75–110k$20,762
$110k+$20,884

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$16,953
+$2,545vs Community College median $14,408
Federal loans
27.3%
In-state tuition
$6,267
Out-of-state
$6,267

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 941 students received $3.8M in Pell grants, alongside $4.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
941
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.8M
$3,782,527 total
Direct Loans
$4.2M
1,105 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.5M
518 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.7M
586 loan awards
Parent PLUS$6K
1 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 571 borrowers who entered repayment, 16 (2.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.8%
+0.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
571
Defaulted
16
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.3%
2017
13.5%
2018
6.5%
2019
2.8%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Anoka Technical College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs43
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

163 total completions
01Health Professions
6942.3%
02Engineering Tech
3521.5%
03Precision Production
2012.3%
04Business
106.1%
05Family/Consumer Sci
84.9%
06Legal Professions
84.9%
07Parks/Recreation
74.3%
08Mechanic
31.8%
09Computer Sciences
31.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
1,970
12-mo unduplicated
2,882
Undergraduate
2,882
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
41%1,172
Women
59%1,710

Race / ethnicity composition

White
61.3%
Black
17.5%
Hispanic
7.5%
Asian
7.1%
Two or more
4.4%
Unknown
1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%
Non-resident
0.1%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.55
1 offenses · 1,822 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.55Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Aggravated assault
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
19.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
51

Anoka Technical College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Anoka Technical College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectAnoka Technical College
66%—1,970$16,953Community College
Dakota County Technical College
——2,894$13,548Community College
St Cloud Technical and Community College
——4,030$9,635Community College
North Central Missouri College
——1,951$13,626Community College
State Technical College of Missouri
——2,346$15,190Community College
Lake Area Technical College
——2,312$15,979Community College
Peer group median66%—2,329$14,408

Institutions like Anoka Technical College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Anoka Technical College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Anoka Technical College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Email
research [at] anokatech.edu
Phone
763-433-1100
Address
1355 West Highway 10, Anoka, MN 55303

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness supports Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College through assisting faculty, administration, and staff to improve institutional culture, climate, and quality by providing data and institutional research services.

Visit IR office page
Team
4 members
  • Claire Gibbons
    Dean
  • Shari L. Jorissen
    Director
  • Kevin Miller
    Research Analyst
  • Katie Rossow
    Research Analyst

Frequently asked questions about Anoka Technical College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Anoka Technical College.

What is the graduation rate at Anoka Technical College?

Anoka Technical College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 66% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Anoka Technical College?

Anoka Technical College reports a total enrollment of 1,970 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Anoka Technical College?

The average net price at Anoka Technical College is $16,953 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Anoka Technical College located?

Anoka Technical College is located in Anoka, Minnesota 55303.

Who runs Institutional Research at Anoka Technical College?

Anoka Technical College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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