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Best Colleges in Minnesota

The strongest colleges and universities in Minnesota, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Minnesota, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

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Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 80% $16,778 1300-1500 See record
2 Carleton College Northfield, MN 20% $25,407 1450-1560 See record
3 Macalester College Saint Paul, MN 29% $32,149 1350-1510 See record
4 St Olaf College Northfield, MN 48% $23,874 1300-1470 See record
5 College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN 92% $26,640 1048-1233 See record
6 Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN 61% $22,900 1290 See record
7 University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN 85% $29,155 1260-1423 See record
8 Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN 91% $25,672 941-1228 See record
9 Martin Luther College New Ulm, MN 87% $18,463 1090 See record
10 Bethel University Saint Paul, MN 88% $28,556 1190-1300 See record
11 The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN 93% $27,846 1120 See record
12 Bethlehem College & Seminary Minneapolis, MN - - - See record
13 University of Northwestern-St Paul Saint Paul, MN 93% $27,705 868-1271 See record
14 North Central University Minneapolis, MN 99% $25,817 - See record
15 Dunwoody College of Technology Minneapolis, MN 99% $26,939 1120 See record
16 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN 93% $11,704 - See record
17 University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN 89% $18,743 1180-1350 See record
18 University of Minnesota-Morris Morris, MN 75% $8,837 1150 See record
19 St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN 92% $19,764 850-1140 See record
20 Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead, MN 63% $24,902 1190 See record
21 Hamline University Saint Paul, MN 88% $20,744 1133-1391 See record
22 University of Minnesota-Rochester Rochester, MN 71% $13,744 950-1380 See record
23 Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN 59% $17,997 1090 See record
24 Winona State University Winona, MN 75% $17,503 - See record
25 Bethany Global University Bloomington, MN 93% $37,790 - See record
26 Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, MN 39% $20,148 1040-1180 See record
27 Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN 88% $19,139 1150 See record
28 Rasmussen University-Minnesota St. Cloud, MN - $17,962 - See record
29 Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN 82% $23,873 - See record
30 Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis, MN 48% $29,926 1130-1340 See record
31 University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston, MN 88% $12,212 - See record
32 Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN 56% $15,261 1090 See record
33 Herzing University-Minneapolis St. Louis Park, MN 94% $16,670 - See record
34 Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN 79% $18,462 - See record
35 Crown College Saint Bonifacius, MN 23% $26,672 - See record
36 Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN 62% $15,291 1050 See record
37 Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN 99% $16,863 1020 See record
38 Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN 95% $13,529 1025-1260 See record
39 Academy College Bloomington, MN - $29,093 - See record
40 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Cloquet, MN - $12,677 - See record