72.20% of Applicants Accepted to Minnesota Colleges in 2025 Admission

161,602

Applicants

116,681

Admitted

72.20%

Acceptance Rate

22.49%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Minnesota colleges is 72.20%, 116,681 accepted out of 161,602 applicants.

For Minnesota college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 10,699 (7.09%) compared to last year, from 150,903 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 949, which is more than 3.75% last year.

Minnesota colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.48% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Minnesota colleges. The yield decreased by 0.88%.

Among Minnesota colleges, Carleton College has the lowest acceptance rate of 20.41% with 1,456 accepted students out of 7,133 applicants. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has the most number of applicants of 41,496 and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,391.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Minnesota Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Carleton College7,133
669		1,456
16		507
-31		20.41%
-1.87%		34.82%
-2.54%
Crown College2,261
1,207		515
-147		196
-9		22.78%
-40.03%		38.06%
7.09%
Macalester College8,968
869		2,558
273		560
42		28.52%
0.31%		21.89%
-0.78%
Bethany Lutheran College1,319
438		514
65		175
-15		38.97%
-11.99%		34.05%
-8.27%
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science141
17		55
7		55
10		39.01%
0.30%		100.00%
6.25%
St Olaf College6,623
667		3,200
94		859
34		48.32%
-3.83%		26.84%
0.28%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design854
-31		414
-14		161
-8		48.48%
0.12%		38.89%
-0.60%
Bemidji State University3,812
952		2,134
113		516
36		55.98%
-14.68%		24.18%
0.43%
Minnesota State University Moorhead3,751
-903		2,204
-245		602
-4		58.76%
6.14%		27.31%
2.57%
Gustavus Adolphus College5,294
844		3,229
479		490
-9		60.99%
-0.81%		15.17%
-2.98%
Southwest Minnesota State University2,811
181		1,748
-65		388
20		62.18%
-6.76%		22.20%
1.90%
Concordia College at Moorhead4,763
329		2,984
188		556
118		62.65%
-0.41%		18.63%
2.96%
University of Minnesota-Rochester1,269
48		901
24		183
20		71.00%
-0.83%		20.31%
1.72%
University of Minnesota-Morris2,956
-521		2,215
-235		222
-51		74.93%
4.47%		10.02%
-1.12%
Winona State University6,642
483		5,014
794		1,213
51		75.49%
6.97%		24.19%
-3.35%
Concordia University-Saint Paul3,540
810		2,792
748		464
87		78.87%
4.00%		16.62%
-1.82%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities41,496
1,633		33,091
2,386		7,391
655		79.75%
2.72%		22.34%
0.40%
Augsburg University4,118
-219		3,376
57		628
-56		81.98%
5.45%		18.60%
-2.01%
University of St Thomas9,774
961		8,343
857		1,737
56		85.36%
0.42%		20.82%
-1.64%
Martin Luther College226
8		197
17		174
24		87.17%
4.60%		88.32%
4.99%
Hamline University3,475
290		3,045
184		483
88		87.63%
-2.20%		15.86%
2.05%
Bethel University1,754
112		1,540
46		415
-15		87.80%
-3.19%		26.95%
-1.83%
University of Minnesota-Crookston1,565
-321		1,375
274		242
18		87.86%
29.48%		17.60%
-2.75%
Minnesota State University-Mankato9,098
124		8,046
-150		2,364
-43		88.44%
-2.89%		29.38%
0.01%
University of Minnesota-Duluth8,999
-503		7,987
219		1,799
-22		88.75%
7.00%		22.52%
-0.92%
Saint Johns University1,685
88		1,527
82		335
-30		90.62%
0.14%		21.94%
-3.32%
College of Saint Benedict1,840
-12		1,684
-8		363
-16		91.52%
0.16%		21.56%
-0.84%
St Catherine University2,441
738		2,242
640		421
44		91.85%
-2.22%		18.78%
-4.75%
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota1,441
91		1,337
138		252
-20		92.78%
3.97%		18.85%
-3.84%
Bethany Global University70
-77		65
-73		4
-24		92.86%
-1.02%		6.15%
-14.14%
The College of Saint Scholastica2,387
779		2,219
711		375
26		92.96%
-0.82%		16.90%
-6.24%
University of Northwestern-St Paul1,301
107		1,216
119		376
12		93.47%
1.59%		30.92%
-2.26%
Herzing University-Minneapolis96
-82		90
-77		62
-53		93.75%
-0.07%		68.89%
0.03%
Saint Cloud State University5,976
950		5,665
893		938
41		94.80%
-0.15%		16.56%
-2.24%
Metropolitan State University698
156		689
166		233
75		98.71%
2.22%		33.82%
3.61%
Dunwoody College of Technology533
-54		527
-51		356
-24		98.87%
0.40%		67.55%
1.81%
North Central University492
-129		487
-77		144
-78		98.98%
8.16%		29.57%
-9.79%