The average acceptance rate of the 18 private Minnesota colleges that have competitive admission is 72.72% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.82%. The acceptance rate at 9 private Minnesota colleges increased and the rate of 9 colleges decreased.
Carleton College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 22.00%. Macalester College (28.00%) and Bethany Lutheran College (50.96%) are following it in the list of Tightest Minnesota Private Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Carleton College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Macalester College also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $45,310 and graduate tuition & fees is $12,981 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.