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Minnesota Colleges by the Numbers

42 college profiles in our Minnesota directory. Available measures vary by school. Open a profile to check each figure’s year, student group and source.

State overview and medians

Minnesota has 42 college profiles in this directory; available measures vary by school — from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities at 31,855 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. Among the listed schools with reported rates, the lowest historical acceptance rate is at Carleton College at 20.4% admitted; the highest is at North Central University at 99%. Reported tuition (in-state for public schools) runs from $3,257 at the cheapest campus to $68,892 at the most expensive — a $65,635 spread inside Minnesota alone.

Minnesota's ten-year earnings benchmark of $58,351 sits 8% above the national median of reported school-level earnings in the reference group, not the median income of all college students. In the Fall 2024 filings for Minnesota, 0 listed schools reported requiring test scores and 10 reported not considering them. 5 had no recorded policy. Check each school's current admissions requirements.

Each Minnesota profile names its data years and student groups. Check these before comparing Minnesota schools.

Minnesota medians

Acceptance rate	Tuition (in-state)	Median annual earnings, 10 years after entry	6-year graduation: first-time, full-time entrants
85.4%	$22,520	$58,351	60.5%

Medians across 40 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Minnesota; the directory below lists 42 published profiles. These are medians of school-level figures, not medians across all students. Missing measures are excluded from each median.

All Minnesota colleges in our data

Admissions and score ranges: Fall 2024. Tuition is published price, not total attendance cost; public-school prices are in-state. Scroll the table sideways for more measures.

College	City	Acceptance	SAT section sums / ACT	Tuition	Undergrads	Annual earnings, 10 years after entry
Academy College	Bloomington	—	—	$18,680	56	$48,300
Augsburg University	Minneapolis	82%	not considered	$45,452	2,494	$58,829
Bemidji State University	Bemidji	56%	ACT 18–24	$10,237	3,139	$53,755
Bethany Global University	Bloomington	92.9%	not considered	$11,000	81	—
Bethany Lutheran College	Mankato	39%	1040–1180	$31,360	669	$46,110
Bethel University	Saint Paul	87.8%	1190–1300	$44,226	1,871	$63,764
Capella University	Minneapolis	—	—	$14,400	18,364	$42,189
Carleton College	Northfield	20.4%	1450–1560	$68,892	2,086	$75,525
College of Saint Benedict	Saint Joseph	91.5%	1048–1233	$55,756	1,370	$63,260
Concordia College at Moorhead	Moorhead	62.6%	ACT 21–26	$31,170	1,829	$59,317
Concordia University-Saint Paul	Saint Paul	78.9%	not considered	$25,600	3,018	$59,871
Crown College	Saint Bonifacius	22.8%	not considered	$31,410	796	$48,057
Dunwoody College of Technology	Minneapolis	98.9%	ACT 18–26	$27,836	1,533	$61,511
Gustavus Adolphus College	Saint Peter	61%	ACT 24–30	$56,076	1,878	$65,607
Hamline University	Saint Paul	87.6%	1133–1391	$50,004	1,776	$61,106
Herzing University-Minneapolis	St. Louis Park	93.8%	not considered	$13,450	740	$36,909
Macalester College	Saint Paul	28.5%	1350–1510	$68,104	2,131	$63,878
Martin Luther College	New Ulm	87.2%	ACT 21–28	$18,120	725	$47,491
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Rochester	39%	not considered	$3,257	309	$79,652
Metropolitan State University	Saint Paul	98.7%	ACT 16–21	$9,840	5,616	$64,705
Minneapolis College of Art and Design	Minneapolis	48.5%	1130–1340	$45,484	705	$40,873
Minnesota State University Moorhead	Moorhead	58.8%	ACT 18–25	$10,428	3,072	$50,527
Minnesota State University-Mankato	Mankato	88.4%	ACT 21–25	$9,572	11,703	$56,922
North Central University	Minneapolis	99%	not considered	$32,220	709	$45,064
Northwestern Health Sciences University	Bloomington	—	—	$12,015	271	$48,666
Oak Hills Christian College	Bemidji	—	—	$19,440	75	$35,983
Saint Cloud State University	Saint Cloud	94.8%	1025–1260	$10,245	5,088	$55,813
Saint Johns University	Collegeville	90.6%	941–1228	$55,816	1,395	$76,786
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	Winona	92.8%	not considered	$45,080	1,073	$58,170
Southwest Minnesota State University	Marshall	62.2%	ACT 16–23	$10,361	2,315	$51,342
St Catherine University	Saint Paul	91.8%	850–1140	$51,454	2,473	$59,282
St Olaf College	Northfield	48.3%	1300–1470	$59,760	3,093	$65,543
The College of Saint Scholastica	Duluth	93%	ACT 19–25	$41,778	1,765	$65,934
University of Minnesota-Crookston	Crookston	87.9%	not considered	$13,288	1,729	$58,056
University of Minnesota-Duluth	Duluth	88.8%	1180–1350	$14,610	7,336	$62,616
University of Minnesota-Morris	Morris	74.9%	ACT 20–26	$14,526	936	$50,919
University of Minnesota-Rochester	Rochester	71%	950–1380	$15,016	568	$69,020
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis	79.7%	1300–1500	$17,214	31,855	$69,020
University of Northwestern-St Paul	Saint Paul	93.5%	868–1271	$37,920	1,442	$50,755
University of St Thomas	Saint Paul	85.4%	1260–1423	$54,398	6,245	$73,739
Walden University	Minneapolis	—	—	$12,762	9,136	$42,810
Winona State University	Winona	75.5%	not considered	$10,576	5,144	$58,532

Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" describes that historical cycle. SAT endpoints sum section percentiles and are not total-score percentiles or admission cutoffs. A dash means the measure is unavailable in this source, not zero. School profiles explain missing and withheld values.

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release. The summary snapshot does not verify the exact observation years for earnings; it must not be read as current pay. Annual earnings cover federally aided students who worked and were not enrolled when measured, 10 years after entry, and may be shared across institutions. See each profile for its source limitations. Retrieved 2026-09-01.