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 84.86% and the average SAT score is 1,250 at the schools.
| 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) |