69.33% of Applicants Accepted to Minnesota Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of Minnesota colleges is 69.33% and the admission yield is 24.24%. A total of 147,958 applicants have applied to Minnesotacolleges (four-years) and 102,578 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 24,870 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For Minnesota college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 4,071 (2.83%) compared to last year, from 143,887 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 34, which is more than 0.14% last year.

Minnesota colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.73% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Minnesota colleges. The yield decreased by 0.92%.

Among Minnesota colleges, Carleton College has the lowest acceptance rate of 16.63% with 1,427 accepted students out of 8,583 applicants. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has the most number of applicants of 38,050 and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,737.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Minnesota Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Minnesota. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Minnesota Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Augsburg University	3,423 -102	2,619 -73	612 71	76.51% 0.14%	23.37% 3.27%
Bemidji State University	2,723 152	2,111 184	468 -70	77.52% 2.57%	22.17% -5.75%
Bethany Lutheran College	665 -49	389 -50	176 -23	58.50% -2.98%	45.24% -0.09%
Bethel University	2,199 149	1,594 -224	445 -59	72.49% -16.19%	27.92% 0.20%
Carleton College	8,583 668	1,427 38	532 -23	16.63% -0.92%	37.28% -2.68%
Concordia College at Moorhead	3,774 -4	2,473 -247	444 -29	65.53% -6.47%	17.95% 0.56%
Concordia University-Saint Paul	2,536 51	1,752 65	302 14	69.09% 1.20%	17.24% 0.17%
Martin Luther College	215 18	180	142 -9	83.72% -7.65%	78.89% -5.00%
Gustavus Adolphus College	3,781 -18	2,794 37	463 -88	73.90% 1.33%	16.57% -3.42%
Hamline University	3,840 -653	3,093 -341	477 10	80.55% 4.12%	15.42% 1.82%
Macalester College	8,434 -612	2,397 -431	552 -49	28.42% -2.84%	23.03% 1.78%
Minnesota State University-Mankato	11,152 1,293	7,882 1,032	2,307 194	70.68% 1.20%	29.27% -1.58%
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	55 2	35 9	30 8	63.64% 14.58%	85.71% 1.09%
Metropolitan State University	612 -38	500 67	131 -2	81.70% 15.08%	26.20% -4.52%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	38,050 2,145	28,504 2,209	6,737 -146	74.91% 1.68%	23.64% -2.54%
University of Minnesota-Crookston	1,739 543	995 419	187 19	57.22% 9.06%	18.79% -10.38%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design	668 30	380 -38	160 -3	56.89% -8.63%	42.11% 3.11%
Herzing University-Minneapolis	210 47	198 44	136 30	94.29% -0.19%	68.69% -0.14%
University of Minnesota-Duluth	9,512 -98	7,676 32	1,977 -52	80.70% 1.16%	25.76% -0.78%
University of Minnesota-Morris	2,699 80	2,096 104	273 -20	77.66% 1.60%	13.02% -1.69%
Minnesota State University Moorhead	3,898 755	2,207 -47	632 19	56.62% -15.09%	28.64% 1.44%
North Central University	544 -9	494 -26	172 -16	90.81% -3.22%	34.82% -1.33%
University of Northwestern-St Paul	1,349 -66	1,248 83	398 2	92.51% 10.18%	31.89% -2.10%
College of Saint Benedict	1,689 -16	1,483 -82	324 -65	87.80% -3.99%	21.85% -3.01%
Saint Cloud State University	4,810 582	4,583 595	771 -66	95.28% 0.96%	16.82% -4.17%
Saint Johns University	1,592 50	1,373 6	383 -25	86.24% -2.41%	27.90% -1.95%
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	1,071 -516	1,037 -515	215 -19	96.83% -0.96%	20.73% 5.65%
St Olaf College	5,524 -970	3,116 36	869 114	56.41% 8.98%	27.89% 3.38%
Crown College	1,278 367	851 258	207 43	66.59% 1.50%	24.32% -3.34%
The College of Saint Scholastica	1,653 -434	1,597 59	367 12	96.61% 22.92%	22.98% -0.10%
University of St Thomas	9,481 827	7,300 764	1,573 224	77.00% 1.47%	21.55% 0.91%
St Catherine University	1,512 -49	1,399 230	346 33	92.53% 17.64%	24.73% -2.05%
Southwest Minnesota State University	1,558 -114	1,427 -95	326 -95	91.59% 0.56%	22.85% -4.81%
Dunwoody College of Technology	460 44	451 39	324 27	98.04% -1.00%	71.84% -0.25%
Winona State University	5,367 32	3,958 -145	1,175 77	73.75% -3.16%	29.69% 2.93%
University of Minnesota-Rochester	1,198 75	859 -42	193 19	71.70% -8.53%	22.47% 3.16%
Bethany Global University	104 -91	100 -85	44 -23	96.15% 1.28%	44.00% 7.78%

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