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Pine Technical & Community College

Pine City, Minnesota Public 2-year Remote rural area

Overview

Pine Technical & Community College is a public two-year institution in Pine City, Minnesota. The campus sits in a remote rural area. It enrolled 1,794 students in fall 2024. It is part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

Pine Technical & Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 33 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business/Commerce, Registered Nursing, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. It awarded 413 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 52% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 21 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,794
Students enrolled
52%
First-year retention
413
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
33
Programs and majors
21:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 33

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
Business, Management and Marketing 6
Health Professions 6
Precision Production 3
Engineering Technologies 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Computer and Information Sciences 5
Family and Consumer Sciences 2
Construction Trades 1
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
52%
First-year retention, part-time students
41%
Student-to-faculty ratio
21:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
103
Certificates under 1 year
209
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
101

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,794
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,794
Full-time, fall 2024
24%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,527
Full-time, 2024-25
18%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
58%
Men
42%
White
71%
Hispanic or Latino
4%
Black or African American
6%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
11%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
14%
Students taking some online courses
19%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Remote rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional
President
Joe Mulford
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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