Associate's · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Is Accounting and Related Services at Saint Paul College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,007
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $54,235
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $38k (likely $38k – $51k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.4 years (likely 2.3–19.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$20k (likely −$108k – $94k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $94k (likely −$86k – $316k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 38%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Saint Paul College
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services (Undergraduate certificate)$106,325
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Undergraduate certificate)$69,776
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Associate's)$63,738
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$63,304
- Precision Metal Working (Undergraduate certificate)$62,541
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$61,879
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Undergraduate certificate)$56,550
- Human Resources Management and Services (Associate's)$55,104
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$54,742
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$53,765
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$53,658
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications (Associate's)$52,173
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in Minnesota
- Hennepin Technical College$59,204
- Normandale Community College$59,082
- Century College$57,635
- St Cloud Technical and Community College$56,802
- Rasmussen University-Minnesota$53,756
- South Central College$51,971
- North Hennepin Community College$51,469
- Minneapolis Community and Technical College$51,345
- Ridgewater College$50,108
- Lake Superior College$48,861