Minnesota Colleges with Most Online Enrollment

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.

Table. The Largest Online Minnesota Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		Walden University Minneapolis, MNPrivate, 4-year 42,312
4,143		42,3126,29836,0147,32034,992$10,823
2
-		Capella University Minneapolis, MNPrivate, 4-year 39,727
1,011		39,72713,28026,4476,59933,128$14,436
3
2		Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MNPublic, 4-year 3,637
1,729		6,2945,4888062,6173,677$9,780
($9,780)
4
1		Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year 2,834
518		5,5443,0712,4731,9783,566$25,000
5
2		Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MNPublic, 4-year 2,379
654		14,59012,6761,9146,3508,240$18,860
($9,490)
6
2		University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, 4-year 1,978
360		54,95539,24815,70724,39030,565$36,402
($16,488)
7
1		Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MNPrivate, 4-year 1,801
38		4,1331,1003,0331,3382,795$43,160
8
1		Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MNPublic, 4-year 1,587
81		10,4208,5691,8514,5285,892$10,117
($10,117)
9
1		Rasmussen University-Minnesota St. Cloud, MNPrivate, 4-year 1,529
193		3,0582,6494095322,526$11,750
10
-		Bemidji State University Bemidji, MNPublic, 4-year 1,443
46		4,0233,6773461,6702,353$10,114
($10,114)
Average9,92318,5069,6068,9005,73212,773$19,044
($11,198)