Minnesota Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

Metropolitan State University has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 32% last year.

Southwest Minnesota State University with 40% and Saint Cloud State University with 44% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Minnesota Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,193 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,241 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 82.09% and the average SAT score is 1,235 at the schools.

Table. Minnesota Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MNPublic, 4-year	32.00% 6.36%	$9,780 ($9,780)	30.21%	96.49%	-	6,294	14 to 1
2 1	Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MNPublic, 4-year	40.00% 7.75%	$10,304 ($10,304)	20.30%	68.94%	-	6,930	15 to 1
3 1	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MNPublic, 4-year	44.00% 3.19%	$10,117 ($10,117)	18.80%	94.95%	1,100	10,420	16 to 1
4 2	Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year	51.00% 1.84%	$25,000	18.44%	74.87%	-	5,544	13 to 1
5 -	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MNPublic, 4-year	52.00% 0.17%	$18,860 ($9,490)	29.37%	91.33%	-	14,590	21 to 1
6 1	Winona State University Winona, MNPublic, 4-year	60.00% 3.00%	$17,230 ($10,498)	27.54%	68.52%	1,090	6,154	16 to 1
7 1	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MNPublic, 4-year	62.00% 2.67%	$19,762 ($14,318)	23.44%	81.75%	1,235	9,675	16 to 1
8 1	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year	79.00% 0.90%	$52,284	22.46%	84.94%	1,350	9,025	13 to 1
9 1	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, 4-year	84.00% 0.21%	$36,402 ($16,488)	21.94%	77.03%	1,400	54,955	16 to 1
	Average	56.00%	$22,193 ($11,571)	23.61%	82.09%	1,235	13,732	16 to 1

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