Largest Minnesota Colleges

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is the largest Minnesota college with 54,955 students. The percentage of online students is 3.60% at the school.

Minnesota State University-Mankato with 14,590 students and Saint Cloud State University with 10,420 students are following it in the largetst Minnesota college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Minnesota online colleges.

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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is the largest school with 54,955 students and Minnesota State University-Mankato has the second largest population with 14,590 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Minnesota State University-Mankato also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,862 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,845 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 79.49% and the average SAT score is 1,220 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Minnesota Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Minnesota Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN Public, four-years	54,955 2,938	39,248	15,707	24,390	30,565	1,978	16 to 1
2 -	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN Public, four-years	14,590 171	12,676	1,914	6,350	8,240	2,379	21 to 1
3 -	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN Public, four-years	10,420 1,421	8,569	1,851	4,528	5,892	1,587	16 to 1
4 -	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN Public, four-years	9,675 600	8,810	865	4,802	4,873	221	16 to 1
5 -	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN Private, four-years	9,025 767	5,906	3,119	4,430	4,595	771	13 to 1
6 -	Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN Public, four-years	6,930 329	6,518	412	2,623	4,307	825	15 to 1
7 -	Winona State University Winona, MN Public, four-years	6,154 952	5,403	751	1,874	4,280	873	16 to 1
8 -	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN Public, four-years	4,682 865	3,729	953	1,650	3,032	1,293	17 to 1
9 -	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN Private, four-years	4,133 1,019	1,100	3,033	1,338	2,795	1,801	17 to 1
10 -	Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN Public, four-years	4,023 554	3,677	346	1,670	2,353	1,443	16 to 1
	Average	12,459	9,564	2,895	5,366	7,093	1,317	16 to 1

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