South Central College

South Central College is a two-year community college and trade school located on an impressive campus in North Mankato, MN. It has accessible to anyone admissions, as 100% of applicants are accepted. It has a small student body with full-time enrollment of 1,321 undergraduates. South Central undergraduates can choose from 39 unique majors across six academic disciplines. The most common choices are Liberal Arts and Humanities, Welding, and Nursing, with 19% of graduates receiving an Associate's degree in Liberal Arts and Humanities. 9% and 5% of students study Welding and Nursing, respectively. If you plan to focus your studies on architecture at a college in Minnesota but don't have high test scores, South Central is the perfect choice for you, because its architecture program ranks one of the best in the state. Furthermore, South Central placed 11th in MN according to our best community colleges list. For those of you with residences in Minnesota, tuition is $5,765 per year. Non-Minnesota residents need to cough up $5,216 per year. Before you decide against applying due to the price, keep in mind that 83% South Central students are awarded at least some scholarship or grant funding. 31% of South Central College students stick it out to commencement day and start the next phase of their lives: work. Two years after graduating, graduates make an average annual wage of $30,500. After four additional years of experience, their average annual wage rises 18.4% to $36,100; however, that is still 10% short of the national median. Many of you may also want to find that it doesn't offer early decision. Secondly, students are able to study abroad for a semester, and it does not offer a teacher certification program. Regarding expenses, be aware that the average amount of institutional grant aid awarded is $930. Our team of researchers rated South Central an 8.24 for its party scene and our research team rated South Central a 7.52 out of 10 overall. In closing, two years after receiving their diplomas, 9% of alumni do not have a job and six years after receiving their diplomas, the highest-earning 1/4th of graduates take home $50,000 or more.