Colleges / Minnesota Colleges in Minnesota. All 37 four-year colleges in Minnesota that report admissions (12 public, 25 private), with acceptance rates, SAT ranges, average price after grants and the first 2026–27 deadline. Most applied to first. Open a college to check your chances.
College Admitted SAT middle 50% Net price First deadline University of Minnesota Minneapolis 79% 1310–1460 $16,730 EA Nov 1 Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato 91% 1110–1210 $17,227 – Macalester College Saint Paul 28% 1350–1480 $38,571 ED Nov 1 University of St Thomas Saint Paul 85% 1223–1416 $32,637 EA Nov 1 University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth 89% 1180–1340 $19,542 Rolling St Olaf College Northfield 43% 1320–1440 $27,282 ED Nov 1 Carleton College Northfield 22% 1460–1530 $29,434 ED Nov 15 Winona State University Winona 69% 980–1250 $18,919 – Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud 94% 968–1150 $14,648 – Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter 62% 1180–1370 $28,805 EA Nov 1 Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead 63% 1160–1420 $25,488 Rolling Augsburg University Minneapolis 77% – $24,807 Rolling Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead 57% 1091–1253 $18,231 – University of Minnesota-Morris Morris 70% – $9,539 EA Nov 1 Hamline University Saint Paul 90% 1146–1393 $22,759 EA Nov 1 Bemidji State University Bemidji 71% 970–1140 $16,349 – Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul 75% – $17,989 Rolling Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall 69% 930–1140 $14,839 – Bethel University Saint Paul 89% 1065–1240 $30,375 RD Jul 28 College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph 91% 950–1220 $29,720 – St Catherine University Saint Paul 94% 1040–1240 $22,357 Rolling The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth 94% 1080–1280 $23,913 Rolling Saint Johns University Collegeville 91% 1145–1280 $29,473 – University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston 88% – $13,442 Rolling Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona 89% 1080–1340 $22,518 Rolling University of Minnesota-Rochester Rochester 71% 950–1380 $13,840 Rolling University of Northwestern-St Paul Saint Paul 92% 981–1293 $26,779 RD Jul 28 Crown College Saint Bonifacius 63% – $27,196 – Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis 48% 1110–1430 $27,031 EA Dec 1 Bethany Lutheran College Mankato 51% 1000–1260 $19,456 EA Nov 25 North Central University Minneapolis 91% – $23,694 EA Dec 1 Dunwoody College of Technology Minneapolis 99% 930–1140 $24,789 – Metropolitan State University Saint Paul 97% 890–1140 $18,233 – Martin Luther College New Ulm 83% 1078–1256 $21,072 – Herzing University-Minneapolis St. Louis Park 94% – $15,275 – Bethany Global University Bloomington 94% – $19,840 – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Rochester 39% – $11,577 –
ED = early decision, EA = early action, REA = restrictive early action, RD = regular decision. Deadlines are from Common App’s requirements grid; colleges not on the Common App show a dash. Admit rates come from each college’s Common Data Set when it publishes one, otherwise IPEDS (fall 2023 ). All application deadlines .
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