The Largest Online Minnesota Colleges

In Minnesota, 108,034 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 2,251 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

Walden University has the most online students of 42,312 (all online exclusively) among 26 Minnesota colleges that offer online programs.

Capella University with 39,727 online students and Metropolitan State University with 3,637 online students are following it in The largest online Minnesota Colleges ranking.

Walden University stays at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Capella University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,044 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,923 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 84.88% and the average SAT score is 1,250 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online Minnesota Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Online Enrollment	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
1 -	Walden University Minneapolis, MNPrivate, 4-year	42,312 4,143	42,312	6,298	36,014	7,320	34,992	$10,823
2 -	Capella University Minneapolis, MNPrivate, 4-year	39,727 1,011	39,727	13,280	26,447	6,599	33,128	$14,436
3 2	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MNPublic, 4-year	3,637 1,729	6,294	5,488	806	2,617	3,677	$9,780 ($9,780)
4 1	Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year	2,834 518	5,544	3,071	2,473	1,978	3,566	$25,000
5 2	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MNPublic, 4-year	2,379 654	14,590	12,676	1,914	6,350	8,240	$18,860 ($9,490)
6 2	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, 4-year	1,978 360	54,955	39,248	15,707	24,390	30,565	$36,402 ($16,488)
7 1	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MNPrivate, 4-year	1,801 38	4,133	1,100	3,033	1,338	2,795	$43,160
8 1	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MNPublic, 4-year	1,587 81	10,420	8,569	1,851	4,528	5,892	$10,117 ($10,117)
9 1	Rasmussen University-Minnesota St. Cloud, MNPrivate, 4-year	1,529 193	3,058	2,649	409	532	2,526	$11,750
10 -	Bemidji State University Bemidji, MNPublic, 4-year	1,443 46	4,023	3,677	346	1,670	2,353	$10,114 ($10,114)
	Average	9,923	18,506	9,606	8,900	5,732	12,773	$19,044 ($11,198)

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