Colleges in Minnesota: admission rates, test scores and cost

35 colleges in Minnesota that mostly award bachelor's degrees and report an admission rate, most selective first. Net price is the average a year after grants and scholarships; at public colleges it's the price for in-state students.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release).

Colleges in Minnesota, most selective first
College	Admission rate	SAT middle 50%	Average net price	Graduation rate
Carleton College	20%	1450–1560	$25,295	89%
Crown College	23%	Not reported	$25,963	47%
Macalester College	28%	1350–1510	$27,851	91%
Bethany Lutheran College	39%	1040–1180	$21,589	58%
St Olaf College	48%	1300–1470	$21,546	83%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design	49%	1130–1340	$26,849	54%
Bemidji State University	56%	Not reported	$16,327 in-state	51%
Minnesota State University Moorhead	59%	Not reported	$17,601 in-state	53%
Gustavus Adolphus College	61%	Not reported	$24,148	77%
Southwest Minnesota State University	62%	Not reported	$16,501 in-state	49%
Concordia College at Moorhead	63%	Not reported	$22,280	70%
University of Minnesota-Rochester	71%	950–1380	$13,319 in-state	61%
University of Minnesota-Morris	75%	Not reported	$10,989 in-state	58%
Winona State University	76%	Not reported	$17,413 in-state	59%
Concordia University-Saint Paul	79%	Not reported	$16,222	50%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	80%	1300–1500	$17,330 in-state	85%
Augsburg University	82%	Not reported	$23,390	55%
University of St Thomas	85%	1260–1423	$31,532	74%
Martin Luther College	87%	Not reported	$18,652	75%
Hamline University	88%	1133–1391	$22,756	53%
Bethel University	88%	1190–1300	$30,995	72%
University of Minnesota-Crookston	88%	Not reported	$11,170 in-state	44%
Minnesota State University-Mankato	88%	Not reported	$19,702 in-state	56%
University of Minnesota-Duluth	89%	1180–1350	$17,395 in-state	64%
Saint Johns University	91%	941–1228	$26,748	71%
College of Saint Benedict	92%	1048–1233	$25,301	83%
St Catherine University	92%	850–1140	$19,090	67%
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	93%	Not reported	$20,422	64%
Bethany Global University	93%	Not reported	$16,255	67%
The College of Saint Scholastica	93%	Not reported	$26,830	67%
University of Northwestern-St Paul	94%	868–1271	$23,688	75%
Herzing University-Minneapolis	94%	Not reported	$19,744	57%
Saint Cloud State University	95%	1025–1260	$16,062 in-state	45%
Metropolitan State University	99%	Not reported	$26,556 in-state	46%
North Central University	99%	Not reported	$26,221	59%

Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who finished within six years. A dash means the college didn't report that number.

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