Electrician training in Minnesota
21 electrician training programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
14 schools offer these electrician programs, and Minnesota has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.
Electricians install, maintain and repair electrical power, communications, lighting and control systems. Most learn the trade in a four- or five-year apprenticeship with paid on-the-job training, and most states require electricians to pass a test and be licensed.1 In Minnesota, every program asks for a diploma or other schooling first, and 3 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 21 programsHow much does electrician training cost in Minnesota?
$12,016 to $14,098 is what most electrician training programs in Minnesota cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 19 programs with a price. All of them: $3,563 to $55,499
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 67%
- Working 6 months later
- 81%
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $38,100
- Length
- 120 weeks
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Minnesota may also offer electrician training. How these figures are made
Electrician training in Minneapolis, Duluth, Albert Lea and other Minnesota cities
Choosing an area filters the list below. 3 more programs are in 3 other areas, 3 in smaller cities and towns and 2 online.
All 21 electrician training programs in Minnesota approved for WIOA funding
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21 programs
Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$39,400Price if you pay yourself$55,499Program website, Electrical Construction & Maintenance at Dunwoody College of TechnologyMore details about Electrical Construction & Maintenance at Dunwoody College of Technology
- Finished
- 63%
- Working at 6 months
- 81%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,838
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,511
- Students counted
- 556
- a year, estimated
- $39,400
- price
- $55,499
Construction Electrician
Anoka Technical College
Anoka
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$38,700Price if you pay yourself$14,102Program website, Construction Electrician at Anoka Technical CollegeMore details about Construction Electrician at Anoka Technical College
- Finished
- 59%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,684
- Length
- 120 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 528
- a year, estimated
- $38,700
- price
- $14,102
Electrical Technology
Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Wadena
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$38,100Price if you pay yourself$12,247Program website, Electrical Technology at Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeMore details about Electrical Technology at Minnesota State Community and Technical College
- Finished
- 66%
- Working at 6 months
- 51%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,518
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 474
- a year, estimated
- $38,100
- price
- $12,247
Electrical Technology
Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Moorhead
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$38,100Price if you pay yourself$12,247Program website, Electrical Technology at Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeMore details about Electrical Technology at Minnesota State Community and Technical College
- Finished
- 66%
- Working at 6 months
- 51%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,518
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 474
- a year, estimated
- $38,100
- price
- $12,247
Electrical Construction and Maintenance Technology
Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$37,600Price if you pay yourself$14,094Program website, Electrical Construction and Maintenance Technology at Dakota County Technical CollegeMore details about Electrical Construction and Maintenance Technology at Dakota County Technical College
- Finished
- 66%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,412
- Length
- 120 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 427
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- $37,600
- price
- $14,094
Electrical Technology
Saint Paul College
St. Paul
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$37,400Price if you pay yourself$12,324Program website, Electrical Technology at Saint Paul CollegeMore details about Electrical Technology at Saint Paul College
- Finished
- 74%
- Working at 6 months
- 80%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,341
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 411
- a year, estimated
- $37,400
- price
- $12,324
Commercial and Residential Wiring
Lake Superior College
Duluth
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$32,300Price if you pay yourself$12,435Program website, Commercial and Residential Wiring at Lake Superior CollegeMore details about Commercial and Residential Wiring at Lake Superior College
- Finished
- 30%
- Working at 6 months
- 76%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,075
- Length
- 120 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 361
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- $32,300
- price
- $12,435
Electrical Maintenance Technician
Riverland Community College
Albert Lea
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$45,000Price if you pay yourself$10,851Program website, Electrical Maintenance Technician at Riverland Community CollegeMore details about Electrical Maintenance Technician at Riverland Community College
- Finished
- 80%
- Working at 6 months
- 81%
- Earned in a quarter
- $11,259
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 334
- a year, estimated
- $45,000
- price
- $10,851
Electrician - Construction
Riverland Community College
Albert Lea
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$45,000Price if you pay yourself$12,546Program website, Electrician - Construction at Riverland Community CollegeMore details about Electrician - Construction at Riverland Community College
- Finished
- 80%
- Working at 6 months
- 81%
- Earned in a quarter
- $11,259
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 334
- a year, estimated
- $45,000
- price
- $12,546
Electrical Construction Technology
St. Cloud Technical & Community College
St. Cloud
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$42,400Price if you pay yourself$11,784Program website, Electrical Construction Technology at St. Cloud Technical & Community CollegeMore details about Electrical Construction Technology at St. Cloud Technical & Community College
- Finished
- 75%
- Working at 6 months
- 89%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,598
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 239
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- $42,400
- price
- $11,784
Electrical Technology
Ridgewater College
Based in Willmar, MN
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$40,900Price if you pay yourself$9,968Program website, Electrical Technology at Ridgewater CollegeMore details about Electrical Technology at Ridgewater College
- Finished
- 81%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,228
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 179
- a year, estimated
- $40,900
- price
- $9,968
Electrician
Ridgewater College
Hutchinson
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$40,900Price if you pay yourself$12,294Program website, Electrician at Ridgewater CollegeMore details about Electrician at Ridgewater College
- Finished
- 81%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,228
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 179
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- $40,900
- price
- $12,294
Electrician
Ridgewater College
Willmar
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$40,900Price if you pay yourself$12,294Program website, Electrician at Ridgewater CollegeMore details about Electrician at Ridgewater College
- Finished
- 81%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,228
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 179
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- $40,900
- price
- $12,294
Electrician
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
Canby
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$33,000Price if you pay yourself$14,311Program website, Electrician at Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeMore details about Electrician at Minnesota West Community and Technical College
- Finished
- 53%
- Working at 6 months
- 74%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,248
- Length
- 120 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 163
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- $33,000
- price
- $14,311
Electrician
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
Jackson
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$33,000Price if you pay yourself$14,311Program website, Electrician at Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeMore details about Electrician at Minnesota West Community and Technical College
- Finished
- 53%
- Working at 6 months
- 74%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,248
- Length
- 120 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 163
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- $33,000
- price
- $14,311
Construction Electricity
Northland Community and Technical College
East Grand Forks
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$32,200Price if you pay yourself$12,576Program website, Construction Electricity at Northland Community and Technical CollegeMore details about Construction Electricity at Northland Community and Technical College
- Finished
- 78%
- Working at 6 months
- 28%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,052
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 159
- a year, estimated
- $32,200
- price
- $12,576
Electrical Construction and Maintenance
Northwest Technical College
Bemidji
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$29,100Price if you pay yourself$14,608Program website, Electrical Construction and Maintenance at Northwest Technical CollegeMore details about Electrical Construction and Maintenance at Northwest Technical College
- Finished
- 49%
- Working at 6 months
- 71%
- Earned in a quarter
- $7,273
- Length
- 120 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 146
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- $29,100
- price
- $14,608
Residential Wiring
Northwest Technical College
Bemidji
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$32,700Price if you pay yourself$3,563Program website, Residential Wiring at Northwest Technical CollegeMore details about Residential Wiring at Northwest Technical College
- Finished
- 59%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,163
- Length
- 30 weeks, 20 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 140
- a year, estimated
- $32,700
- price
- $3,563
Electrical Instrumentation
Northwest Technical College
Based in Bemidji, MN
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$32,700Price if you pay yourself$5,345Program website, Electrical Instrumentation at Northwest Technical CollegeMore details about Electrical Instrumentation at Northwest Technical College
- Finished
- 59%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,163
- Length
- 60 weeks, 30 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 140
- a year, estimated
- $32,700
- price
- $5,345
Electrical Maintenance and Construction
Minnesota North College
Hibbing
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourselfNot reportedProgram website, Electrical Maintenance and Construction at Minnesota North CollegeMore details about Electrical Maintenance and Construction at Minnesota North College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 120 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- Not reported
- Students counted
- 68
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- Not reported
Electrician
Summit Academy OIC
Minneapolis
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourselfNot reportedProgram website, Electrician at Summit Academy OICMore details about Electrician at Summit Academy OIC
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 30 weeks, 30 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- Not reported
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- Not reported
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for electrician training in Minnesota
WIOA funding can pay for electrician training in Minnesota
Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3
Ask at an American Job Center
Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).4
Paid electrician apprenticeships
An apprenticeship is a job: you're paid to learn, with a raise as your skills grow, and most include classroom teaching. You apply to the employer or the program sponsor. Ask what you'll pay for the classroom part and what you'll earn on the job.5
Financial aid and grants for electrician training
Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67
GI Bill for electrician training
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply
Quick facts: Electrician training in Minnesota
- programs with a price cost under $10,000
- 3 of 19
- lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
- 29th of 31
- other states where the typical program's graduates earned less
- 10 of 14
- electrician training programs here, against the typical state's 9
- 21 vs 9
State comparisons use the same figures as the electrician training by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).
Where the Minnesota electrician program numbers come from
Which Minnesota electrician programs are on this list?
These are the electrician programs Minnesota approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Minnesota offers.
How Minnesota electrician program prices are reported
The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.
What the graduate results of these programs measure
The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.
Why do some electrician programs say "Not reported"?
Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.
Why the kind of school is left off each program
The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.
Other training in Minnesota
- CDL training24 programs
- CNA classes39 programs
- Medical assistant training16 programs
- Phlebotomy training20 programs
- Welding classes68 programs
- HVAC training30 programs
- Medical billing and coding training11 programs
- LPN programs32 programs
- EMT classes15 programs
- Dental assistant programs16 programs
- Auto mechanic classes43 programs
Sources for the facts about electrician training in Minnesota
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Electricians
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Labor, Apprenticeship.gov: Discover Apprenticeship: Earn While You Learn Today (fact sheet)
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List