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Southwest Minnesota State University (Minnesota): 77 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
Southwest Minnesota State University (Higher Ed: Baccalaureate or Higher), 1501 State St, Marshall has 77 programs on Minnesota’s Training Provider Results list leading to: Associate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others; Bachelor's or baccalaureate degree normally requiring 3-5 years of full-time study such as B.A. B.S. and others; Post-bachelor's or post-baccalaureate certificate; Sub-bachelor's postsecondary award 1-29 semester or trimester credits or 1-44 quarter credits or 1-899 contact hours. The table prints what the provider reported for each: the published cost, how many students exited, the share who completed, the share employed in the second quarter after exit, and their median earnings in that quarter — as reported, with the federal definition of every column below. Nothing is ranked, imputed or estimated. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Published cost basis | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) | Avg WIOA ITA $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accounting | $16,005 | 120 wk · 50 hrs | 6 | 67% | 83% | $5,228 | — |
| 2 | Accounting | $5,869 | 30 wk · 22 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Accounting | $20,962 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 104 | 60% | 63% | $10,431 | — |
| 4 | Agribusiness Management | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 65 | 77% | 57% | $9,397 | — |
| 5 | Agricultural Communications and Leadership | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 10 | 80% | 90% | $10,904 | — |
| 6 | Agricultural Education | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 32 | 53% | 72% | $8,646 | — |
| 7 | Agriculture | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 65 | 77% | 57% | $9,397 | — |
| 8 | Applied Computational Mathematics | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 11 | 55% | 55% | $7,809 | — |
| 9 | Art | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 58 | 57% | 57% | $5,720 | — |
| 10 | Art Teacher Education | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 16 | 44% | 75% | $8,324 | — |
| 11 | Autism Spectrum Disorders | $5,304 | 180 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Biology | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 217 | 32% | 48% | $4,500 | — |
| 13 | Business Administration | $16,005 | 120 wk · 50 hrs | 12 | — | 67% | $2,456 | — |
| 14 | Business Administration | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 345 | 50% | 59% | $9,734 | — |
| 15 | Charter School Leadership | $8,398 | 180 wk · 19 hrs | 98 | 84% | 81% | $19,870 | — |
| 16 | Chemistry | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 22 | 36% | 64% | $3,138 | — |
| 17 | Chemistry Education | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Coaching | $4,268 | 30 wk · 16 hrs | 21 | 62% | 62% | $4,905 | — |
| 19 | Communication Arts & Literature Educ-Comm Studies | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Communication Arts Literature/Secondary English | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 19 | 53% | 74% | $6,555 | — |
| 21 | Communication Studies | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 39 | 41% | 49% | $6,024 | — |
| 22 | Communication Studies:Broadcasting & Digital Media | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 45 | 44% | 53% | $3,660 | — |
| 23 | Community Psychology and Health Promotion | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 55 | 42% | 67% | $9,153 | — |
| 24 | Computer Science | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 129 | 43% | 39% | $7,429 | — |
| 25 | Culinology | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 36 | 42% | 64% | $8,694 | — |
| 26 | Early Childhood Education | $20,645 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 246 | 48% | 80% | $7,319 | — |
| 27 | Early Childhood Special Education | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 42 | 45% | 88% | $9,453 | — |
| 28 | Ed Admin and Leadership: Special Ed Director | $3,978 | 180 wk · 9 hrs | 14 | 86% | 93% | $21,000 | — |
| 29 | Ed Admin and Leadership: Superintendent | $3,978 | 180 wk · 9 hrs | 98 | 84% | 81% | $19,870 | — |
| 30 | Educational Studies | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 60 | 67% | 73% | $8,842 | — |
| 31 | Elementary Teacher Education | $20,962 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 280 | 43% | 75% | $6,745 | — |
| 32 | Emotional or Behavioral Disorders | $5,304 | 180 wk · 12 hrs | 9 | — | 89% | $14,072 | — |
| 33 | English | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 34 | 53% | 68% | $5,748 | — |
| 34 | Entrepreneurship | $4,001 | 30 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Environmental Science | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 46 | 46% | 59% | $5,240 | — |
| 36 | Exercise Science | $20,969 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 327 | 57% | 61% | $5,817 | — |
| 37 | Finance | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 83 | 77% | 75% | $9,467 | — |
| 38 | Forensic Accounting & Fraud Investigation | $6,402 | 30 wk · 24 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | General Studies | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 145 | 10% | 47% | $4,048 | — |
| 40 | Health Education | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 22 | 91% | 77% | $11,362 | — |
| 41 | History | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 62 | 60% | 60% | $6,939 | — |
| 42 | Hospitality Management | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 57 | 54% | 61% | $7,672 | — |
| 43 | Human Resource Management | $4,001 | 30 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | Justice Administration | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 141 | 50% | 56% | $8,086 | — |
| 46 | Law Enforcement Administration | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 141 | 50% | 56% | $8,086 | — |
| 47 | Learning Disabilities | $5,304 | 180 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Liberal Arts and Sciences | $16,005 | 120 wk · 50 hrs | 70 | 76% | 70% | $3,815 | — |
| 49 | Life Science/Biology Education | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 10 | 30% | 50% | $10,302 | — |
| 50 | Literature Studies | $4,862 | 180 wk · 11 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 51 | Management | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 345 | 50% | 59% | $9,734 | — |
| 52 | Marketing | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 122 | 49% | 52% | $6,480 | — |
| 53 | Marketing | $16,005 | 120 wk · 50 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 54 | Mathematics | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 17 | 47% | 47% | $7,181 | — |
| 55 | Mathematics | $7,956 | 180 wk · 18 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 56 | Mathematics Education | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 18 | — | 83% | $3,899 | — |
| 57 | Medical Laboratory Science | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 15 | 27% | 53% | $2,306 | — |
| 58 | Music | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 18 | 28% | 67% | $3,300 | — |
| 59 | Music Teacher Education | $36,278 | 180 wk · 27 hrs | 15 | 33% | 73% | $10,014 | — |
| 60 | Nursing | $30,887 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 340 | 88% | 88% | $20,497 | — |
| 61 | Philosophy | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 16 | 50% | 81% | $6,603 | — |
| 62 | Physical Education | $22,259 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 66 | 50% | 36% | $6,880 | — |
| 63 | Physical Education Teaching | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 70 | 39% | 66% | $7,350 | — |
| 64 | Political Science | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 30 | 53% | 63% | $4,269 | — |
| 65 | Professional Writing | $3,201 | 30 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 66 | Professional Writing and Communication | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 16 | 75% | 56% | $7,385 | — |
| 67 | Psychology | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 156 | 51% | 77% | $5,242 | — |
| 68 | Reading | $6,630 | 180 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 69 | Social Work | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 138 | 49% | 76% | $7,657 | — |
| 70 | Sociology | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 40 | 68% | 78% | $4,008 | — |
| 71 | Special Education-Academic & Behavioral Strategist | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 140 | 47% | 89% | $10,104 | — |
| 72 | Strength and Conditioning | $4,535 | 30 wk · 17 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 73 | Teaching English as a Second Language | $6,630 | 180 wk · 15 hrs | 5 | — | 100% | $18,917 | — |
| 74 | Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) K-12 | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 21 | 52% | 76% | $8,337 | — |
| 75 | Technology for Training and Learning | $6,630 | 180 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 76 | Theatre Arts | $32,010 | 180 wk · 24 hrs | 34 | 71% | 71% | $6,018 | — |
| 77 | Writing Studies | $4,420 | 180 wk · 10 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov (state Eligible Training Provider performance reports, form ETA-9171), snapshot taken 2026-09-02; the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is tuition and fees for a non-WIOA participant where the provider reported it (books and supplies added only when reported separately), otherwise the average WIOA training-account dollars per participant — the basis is printed under each figure. The provider’s own program page is linked where it reported one; RetrainMap has not verified those links.
How to read the columns — the federal data dictionary
Definitions from the TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0 (2024-05-15), as shipped in the dataset’s data_dictionary.csv. Median earnings are one calendar quarter, not a year. Percentages of small cohorts are noisy — read the exited count first. A dash means the federal file prints −1 (suppressed: small cohort, not reported, or flagged) — blank here, never zero.
- all_completed_pct (federal field field_c_completed_percent)
- Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_employed_q2_pct (federal field field_c_q2_employment_percent)
- Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_median_earnings_q2_usd (federal field field_c_median_earnings)
- Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125)
- avg_ita_cost_per_wioa_participant_usd (federal field field_c_cost_per_wioa)
- Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135)
- non_wioa_tuition_fees_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_tuition_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111)
- non_wioa_books_supplies_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_supplies_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Books and Supplies (DE112)
- length_weeks (federal field field_program_length_weeks)
- Length of the training program in weeks, as completed by a full-time student (DE114); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- length_hours (federal field field_program_length_hours)
- Length of the training program in clock/contact hours (DE113); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- all_students_exited (federal field field_c_total_exited)
- Total number of individuals exited from the training program (DE121)
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Sources and dates
- U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration — Training Provider Results program index, https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/ · snapshot 2026-09-02 · normalised in the RetrainMap Training Provider Outcomes dataset (suppressed −1 cells blank; percentages 0–100; nothing imputed)
- TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0, 2024-05-15 — https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/assets/ETP_Data_Dictionary.pdf
Other providers in Minnesota: the Minnesota provider index.