Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Minnesota Colleges to Get In is 72.69% for the academic year 2024-2025.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $33,394 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,280 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MNPublic, 4-year | 98.71% 2.22% | 33.82% | - | $9,840 ($9,840) | 6,660 | 44.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 2 - | Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MNPublic, 4-year | 94.80% 0.15% | 16.56% | 1,130 | $10,245 ($10,245) | 10,732 | 40.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 3 2 | University of Northwestern-St Paul Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year | 93.47% 1.59% | 30.92% | 1,040 | $37,920 | 3,234 | 68.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 4 - | The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MNPrivate, 4-year | 92.96% 0.82% | 16.90% | - | $41,778 | 2,930 | 71.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 5 6 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MNPrivate, 4-year | 92.78% 3.97% | 18.85% | - | $45,080 | 4,505 | 66.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 6 3 | St Catherine University Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year | 91.85% 2.22% | 18.78% | 1,080 | $38,428 | 3,651 | 61.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 7 1 | College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MNPrivate, 4-year | 91.52% 0.16% | 21.56% | 1,160 | $55,756 | 1,429 | 77.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 8 1 | Saint Johns University Collegeville, MNPrivate, 4-year | 90.62% 0.14% | 21.94% | 1,100 | $55,816 | 1,572 | 75.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 9 4 | University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MNPublic, 4-year | 88.75% 7.00% | 22.52% | 1,290 | $20,134 ($14,608) | 9,253 | 65.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 10 3 | Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MNPublic, 4-year | 88.44% 2.89% | 29.38% | - | $18,942 ($9,572) | 15,271 | 54.00% | 21 to 1 |
| Average | 92.39% | 23.12% | 1,133 | $33,394 ($11,066) | 5,924 | 62.10% | 15 to 1 |