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Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Minnesota

49 Minnesota hospitals of 15 employers hiring on this site are in counties HRSA designates a primary care or mental health shortage area as a whole. A registered nurse working full time at a facility located in a HPSA can apply for HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program: 60% of qualifying nursing loans repaid for two years of service, 25% more for a third.

15
Employers hiring
60%
Of nursing loans repaid for two years
25% more for a third

Minnesota hospitals hiring in shortage counties

Highest HPSA score first. Each employer opens its open jobs.

Hospitals hiring in shortage counties in Minnesota
HospitalEmployerPrimary care HPSA scoreMental health HPSA score
Avera Marshall Regional Medical CtrMarshallAvera HealthNot designated19
Avera Tyler HospitalTylerAvera HealthNot designated19
Buffalo HospitalBuffalo · 5 Medicare starsAllina HealthNot designated19
Centracare - BensonBensonCentraCareNot designated19
Centracare - RedwoodRedwood FallsCentraCareNot designated19
Centracare Health - MonticelloMonticelloCentraCareNot designated19
Centracare- Rice Memorial HospitalWillmar · 3 Medicare starsCentraCare919
Essentia Health Holy Trinity HospitalGracevilleEssentia HealthNot designated19
Olivia Hospital & ClinicOlivia · 2 Medicare starsHealthPartners1319
Ortonville Area Health ServicesOrtonvilleOrtonville Area Health ServicesNot designated19
Sanford Bagley Medical CenterBagleySanford Health1319
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji · 4 Medicare starsSanford HealthNot designated19
Sanford Jackson Medical CenterJacksonSanford Health1319
Sanford Luverne Medical CenterLuverneSanford HealthNot designated19
Sanford Tracy Medical CenterTracySanford HealthNot designated19
Sanford Westbrook Medical CenterWestbrookSanford HealthNot designated19
Sanford Worthington Medical CenterWorthington · 4 Medicare starsSanford HealthNot designated19
St Josephs Area Health ServicesPark Rapids · 3 Medicare starsCommonSpirit Health1219
Windom Area HealthWindomSanford HealthNot designated19
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea · 5 Medicare starsMayo ClinicNot designated18
Mayo Clinic Health System - FairmontFairmont · 5 Medicare starsMayo Clinic1318
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato · 5 Medicare starsMayo ClinicNot designated18
Mayo Clinic Health System St. JamesSt. JamesMayo Clinic1118
New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm · 5 Medicare starsAllina HealthNot designated18
Northfield HospitalNorthfield · 4 Medicare starsNorthfield Hospital & Clinics818
United Hospital DistrictBlue Earth · 5 Medicare starsUnited Hospital DistrictNot designated18
Essentia Health AdaAdaEssentia Health1417
Essentia Health FosstonFosstonEssentia Health717
Lifecare Medical CenterRoseauLifeCare Medical Center917
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical CenterThief River FallsSanford Health917
Cambridge Medical CenterCambridge · 4 Medicare starsAllina HealthNot designated16
Centracare - Long Prairie HospitalLong PrairieCentraCareNot designated16
Centracare - Paynesville HospitalPaynesvilleCentraCareNot designated16
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSt. Cloud · 4 Medicare starsCentraCareNot designated16
Centracare Health System - Melrose HospitalMelrose · 5 Medicare starsCentraCareNot designated16
Centracare Health System - Sauk CentreSauk CentreCentraCareNot designated16
Essentia Health SandstoneSandstoneEssentia Health1616
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd · 3 Medicare starsEssentia HealthNot designated16
Fairview Northland Regional HospitalPrinceton · 4 Medicare starsFairview Health ServicesNot designated16
Mille Lacs Health SystemOnamiaMille Lacs Health SystemNot designated16
St Gabriels HospitalLittle Falls · 4 Medicare starsCommonSpirit HealthNot designated16
Welia HealthMora · 3 Medicare starsWelia Health816
Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit LakesDetroit Lakes · 4 Medicare starsEssentia Health1015
Sanford Wheaton Medical CenterWheatonSanford Health1515
St Francis Medical CenterBreckenridgeCommonSpirit Health1015
Mayo Clinic Health System - WasecaWasecaMayo Clinic12Not designated
Mayo Clinic Health System - Cannon FallsCannon FallsMayo Clinic9Not designated
Mayo Clinic Health System in Red WingRed Wing · 4 Medicare starsMayo Clinic9Not designated
Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake CityLake CityMayo Clinic7Not designated

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Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Minnesota: common questions

Which hospitals in Minnesota are in Nurse Corps shortage areas?

Of the hospitals hiring on this site, 49 are in Minnesota counties HRSA designates a shortage area as a whole, the highest scores first: Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr in Marshall (a mental health HPSA (score 19)), Avera Tyler Hospital in Tyler (a mental health HPSA (score 19)), Buffalo Hospital in Buffalo (a mental health HPSA (score 19)) and Centracare - Benson in Benson (a mental health HPSA (score 19)).

What is Nurse Corps loan repayment, and which hospitals count?

HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program repays 60% of a registered nurse's outstanding qualifying nursing education loans over two years of full-time service at a Critical Shortage Facility, and an additional 25% for an optional third year (HRSA; 42 U.S.C. 297n). A Critical Shortage Facility is, in HRSA's words, "a public or private health care facility located in, designated as, or serving a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)", a primary care or mental health one. Awards are competitive: HRSA gives preference by financial need, the nurse's specialty or type of facility, and the HPSA score.

Which employers run them?

Avera Health (2), Allina Health (3), CentraCare (9), Essentia Health (6), HealthPartners (1), Ortonville Area Health Services (1), Sanford Health (10) and CommonSpirit Health (3) and 7 more. Each opens its open jobs. A nurse applies to HRSA, which decides each award.

Nurse Corps shortage area hospitals in other states

Each state's hospitals hiring in counties HRSA designates a shortage area as a whole.

Sources and method

A hospital is listed when its county, as Medicare records it, is a primary care or mental health HPSA that HRSA designates as a whole county. Shortage areas drawn by census tract or population group, and facilities designated or serving a HPSA, are not placed here, so a Minnesota hospital missing here can still count. Every state.

  1. Health Resources and Services Administration, Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program
  2. 42 U.S.C. 297n, Nurse Corps loan repayment
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration, HPSA designations (primary care and mental health), 9 Nov 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Minnesota. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/nurse-corps-loan-repayment-hospitals/minnesota

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