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Colleges in Minnesota

All 46 Minnesota colleges in the Trajecta rankings, ordered by Trajecta Score — a 0–100 measure built from College Scorecard and IPEDS data, never opinion surveys. Every school links to its full data page.

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Colleges in Minnesota ranked by Trajecta Score
# College City Selectivity Admit rate Score
1 Carleton College Northfield Selective 20% 74
2 Macalester College Saint Paul Selective 29% 66
3 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis Open 80% 64
4 St Olaf College Northfield Moderate 48% 62
5 Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter Moderate 61% 57
6 University of St Thomas Saint Paul Open 85% 56
7 University of Minnesota-Rochester Rochester Open 71% 53
8 Saint Johns University Collegeville Open 91% 52
9 University of Minnesota-Morris Morris Open 75% 51
10 Bemidji State University Bemidji Moderate 56% 50
11 Winona State University Winona Open 75% 50
12 College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph Open 92% 50
13 University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth Open 89% 50
14 Metropolitan State University Saint Paul Open 99% 50
15 Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead Moderate 59% 49
16 Bethel University Saint Paul Open 88% 49
17 Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead Moderate 63% 48
18 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Cloquet Open — 48
19 Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall Moderate 62% 48
20 Hamline University Saint Paul Open 88% 48
21 Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud Open 95% 48
22 Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato Open 88% 47
23 St Catherine University Saint Paul Open 92% 47
24 The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth Open 93% 47
25 Dunwoody College of Technology Minneapolis Open 99% 46
26 Augsburg University Minneapolis Open 82% 46
27 Crown College Saint Bonifacius Selective 23% 45
28 Bethany Lutheran College Mankato Selective 39% 45
29 University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston Open 88% 45
30 Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul Open 79% 43
31 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona Open 93% 42
32 Martin Luther College New Ulm Open 87% 42
33 University of Northwestern-St Paul Saint Paul Open 93% 41
34 North Central University Minneapolis Open 99% 36
35 Oak Hills Christian College Bemidji Open — 34
36 Herzing University-Minneapolis St. Louis Park Open 94% 33
37 Bethlehem College & Seminary Minneapolis Open — 20
38 Bethany Global University Bloomington Open 93% 19
— Adler Graduate School Minnetonka Open — —
— Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School Center City Open — —
— Luther Seminary Saint Paul Open — —
— Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Rochester Selective 39% —
— Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis Moderate 48% —
— Mitchell Hamline School of Law Saint Paul Open — —
— Northwestern Health Sciences University Bloomington Open — —
— United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities St. Paul Open — —

Scores and admissions data from College Scorecard / IPEDS. How the ranking works →