Largest Minnesota Private Colleges

University of St Thomas is the largest private Minnesota college with 9,025 students. The percentage of online students is 8.54% at the school.

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota with 4,133 students and St Catherine University with 3,577 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 St Thomas is the largest school with 9,025 students and Saint Mary's University of Minnesota has the second largest population with 4,133 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University of St Thomas stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Saint Mary's University of Minnesota also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $47,955 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,087 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 76.99% and the average SAT score is 1,289 at the schools.

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

Table. Largest Minnesota Private 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 St Thomas Saint Paul, MN Private, four-years	9,025 767	5,906	3,119	4,430	4,595	771	13 to 1
2 -	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
3 -	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN Private, four-years	3,577 700	2,404	1,173	234	3,343	1,043	10 to 1
4 -	Bethel University Saint Paul, MN Private, four-years	3,546 268	2,592	954	1,345	2,201	837	12 to 1
5 1	University of Northwestern-St Paul Saint Paul, MN Private, four-years	3,253 253	3,161	92	1,260	1,993	1,295	15 to 1
6 1	The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN Private, four-years	3,207 505	1,938	1,269	909	2,298	945	10 to 1
7 -	Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN Private, four-years	3,088 258	2,358	730	1,248	1,840	521	14 to 1
8 1	St Olaf College Northfield, MN Private, four-years	3,046 93	3,046	-	1,274	1,772	-	12 to 1
9 1	Hamline University Saint Paul, MN Private, four-years	2,638 475	1,765	873	890	1,748	471	13 to 1
10 1	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN Private, four-years	2,175 126	2,175	-	917	1,258	-	10 to 1
	Average	3,769	2,645	1,405	1,385	2,384	961	13 to 1

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