In Minnesota, 14,253 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 22,983 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

Metropolitan State University has the most online students of 3,637 out of 6,294 total students (57.79%) among 10 Minnesota colleges that offer online programs.

Minnesota State University-Mankato with 2,379 online students and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities with 1,978 online students are following it in the largest online Minnesota Public Colleges ranking.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of The Largest Online Minnesota Public Colleges

Metropolitan State University has the most online students with 3,637 students and Minnesota State University-Mankato has the second highest online population with 2,379 students.

Metropolitan State University ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Minnesota State University-Mankato ranked 2nd, up 4 places from 6th last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $15,608 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,246 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 76.00% and the average SAT score is 1,205 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 53.10% and the students to faculty ratio is 16 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 The Largest Online Minnesota Public Colleges.

Table. The Largest Online Minnesota Public Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
1		Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MNPublic, 4-year 3,637
2,441		6,2945,4888062,6173,677$9,780
($9,684)
2
4		Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MNPublic, 4-year 2,379
1,221		14,59012,6761,9146,3508,240$18,860
($9,490)
3
2		University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, 4-year 1,978
20,517		54,95539,24815,70724,39030,565$36,402
($16,488)
4
4		Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MNPublic, 4-year 1,587
797		10,4208,5691,8514,5285,892$10,117
($10,117)
5
-		Bemidji State University Bemidji, MNPublic, 4-year 1,443
218		4,0233,6773461,6702,353$10,164
($10,130)
6
2		Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MNPublic, 4-year 1,293
51		4,6823,7299531,6503,032$10,336
($10,236)
7
-		University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston, MNPublic, 4-year 939
158		2,3032,303-9321,371$13,120
($13,010)
8
2		Winona State University Winona, MNPublic, 4-year 873
404		6,1545,4037511,8744,280$17,230
($10,498)
9
-		Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MNPublic, 4-year 825
251		6,9306,5184122,6234,307$10,304
($10,122)
10
7		University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MNPublic, 4-year 221
2,830		9,6758,8108654,8024,873$19,762
($14,318)
Average1,51812,0039,6422,6235,1446,859$15,608
($11,409)