Minnesota Public Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 10 public Minnesota colleges that have competitive admission is 78.04% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.66%. The acceptance rate at 8 public Minnesota colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.

Minnesota State University Moorhead has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 56.62%. Minnesota State University-Mankato (70.68%) and Winona State University (73.75%) are following it in the list of Tightest Minnesota Public Colleges to get in.

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.

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Minnesota State University Moorhead has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 56.62% and Minnesota State University-Mankato has the second lowest rate of 70.68% among 10 Minnesota colleges with competitive admission. Minnesota State University Moorhead ranked 1st, up 2 places from 3rd last year. Minnesota State University-Mankato ranked 2nd, up 0 places from 2nd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $15,939 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,246 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Minnesota Public Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest Minnesota Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 2	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN Public, four-years	56.62% 15.09%	28.64%	1,120	$10,336 ($10,236)	4,682	55.00%	17 to 1
2 -	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN Public, four-years	70.68% 1.20%	29.27%	-	$18,860 ($9,490)	14,590	52.00%	21 to 1
3 4	Winona State University Winona, MN Public, four-years	73.75% 3.16%	29.69%	1,160	$17,230 ($10,498)	6,154	60.00%	16 to 1
4 -	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN Public, four-years	74.91% 1.68%	23.64%	1,378	$36,402 ($16,488)	54,955	84.00%	16 to 1
5 -	Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN Public, four-years	77.52% 2.57%	22.17%	-	$10,164 ($10,130)	4,023	49.00%	16 to 1
6 -	University of Minnesota-Morris Morris, MN Public, four-years	77.66% 1.60%	13.02%	-	$16,438 ($14,288)	1,068	58.00%	9 to 1
7 1	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN Public, four-years	80.70% 1.16%	25.76%	1,230	$19,762 ($14,318)	9,675	62.00%	16 to 1
8 7	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN Public, four-years	81.70% 15.08%	26.20%	-	$9,780 ($9,684)	6,294	32.00%	14 to 1
9 -	Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN Public, four-years	91.59% 0.56%	22.85%	-	$10,304 ($10,122)	6,930	40.00%	15 to 1
10 -	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN Public, four-years	95.28% 0.96%	16.82%	1,135	$10,117 ($10,117)	10,420	44.00%	16 to 1
	Average	78.04%	23.81%	1,205	$15,939 ($11,537)	11,879	53.60%	16 to 1