For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Minnesota Colleges is 69.33%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 24.24%. A total of 147,958 have applied, 102,578 admitted, and 24,870 students have enrolled one of Minnesota Colleges.

Of the Minnesota colleges, Carleton College is the tightest school to admit with 16.63% acceptance rate, and Macalester College has the second lowest acceptance rate of 28.42%.

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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Minnesota Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis, MN3,4232,619612 76.51%23.37%
Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, MN2,7232,111468 77.52%22.17%
Bethany Global UniversityBloomington, MN10410044 96.15%44.00%
Bethany Lutheran CollegeMankato, MN665389176 58.50%45.24%
Bethel UniversitySaint Paul, MN2,1991,594445 72.49%27.92%
Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MN8,5831,427532 16.63%37.28%
College of Saint BenedictSaint Joseph, MN1,6891,483324 87.80%21.85%
Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, MN3,7742,473444 65.53%17.95%
Concordia University-Saint PaulSaint Paul, MN2,5361,752302 69.09%17.24%
Crown CollegeSaint Bonifacius, MN1,278851207 66.59%24.32%
Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, MN460451324 98.04%71.84%
Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, MN3,7812,794463 73.90%16.57%
Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, MN3,8403,093477 80.55%15.42%
Herzing University-MinneapolisSt. Louis Park, MN210198136 94.29%68.69%
Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, MN8,4342,397552 28.42%23.03%
Martin Luther CollegeNew Ulm, MN215180142 83.72%78.89%
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and ScienceRochester, MN553530 63.64%85.71%
Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, MN612500131 81.70%26.20%
Minneapolis College of Art and DesignMinneapolis, MN668380160 56.89%42.11%
Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, MN3,8982,207632 56.62%28.64%
Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, MN11,1527,8822,307 70.68%29.27%
North Central UniversityMinneapolis, MN544494172 90.81%34.82%
Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, MN4,8104,583771 95.28%16.82%
Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, MN1,5921,373383 86.24%27.90%
Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, MN1,0711,037215 96.83%20.73%
Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, MN1,5581,427326 91.59%22.85%
St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, MN1,5121,399346 92.53%24.73%
St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, MN5,5243,116869 56.41%27.89%
The College of Saint ScholasticaDuluth, MN1,6531,597367 96.61%22.98%
University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, MN1,739995187 57.22%18.79%
University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, MN9,5127,6761,977 80.70%25.76%
University of Minnesota-MorrisMorris, MN2,6992,096273 77.66%13.02%
University of Minnesota-RochesterRochester, MN1,198859193 71.70%22.47%
University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN38,05028,5046,737 74.91%23.64%
University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, MN1,3491,248398 92.51%31.89%
University of St ThomasSaint Paul, MN9,4817,3001,573 77.00%21.55%
Winona State UniversityWinona, MN5,3673,9581,175 73.75%29.69%
Average3,9992,77267269.33%24.24%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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