Minnesota Colleges having Lowest Students to Faculty Ratio

Concordia University-Saint Paul has the lowest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach small number of students and the average class size may also small. Its students to faculty ratio was 13 to last year.

University of St Thomas and Metropolitan State University also have lower ratio of students per faculty.

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

Concordia University-Saint Paul has the highest students to faculty ratio of 13 to 1. The highest students to faculty ratio means that there are many students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of more students. University of St Thomas has the second lowest ratio of 13 to 1.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,056 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,483 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 82.11% and the average SAT score is 1,235 at the schools.

Table. Minnesota Colleges With More Faculty Per Student Comparison
School NameStudents to Faculty RatioTotal PopulationFull-time FacultyPart-time FacultyUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduation Rate
1
8
Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year 13 to 1
5 to 1
5,54499282$25,00051.00%
1
1
University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year 13 to 1
1 to 1
9,025416344$52,28479.00%
3
2
Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MNPublic, 4-year 14 to 1
1 to 1
6,294144475$9,780
($9,780)
32.00%
4
-
Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MNPublic, 4-year 15 to 1
1 to 1
6,930104122$10,304
($10,304)
40.00%
5
3
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
1 to 1
54,9553,6391,296$36,402
($16,488)
84.00%
5
1
University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
-
9,67548594$19,762
($14,318)
62.00%
5
1
Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
-
10,420381191$10,117
($10,117)
44.00%
5
1
Winona State University Winona, MNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
-
6,154303155$17,230
($10,498)
60.00%
9
7
Walden University Minneapolis, MNPrivate, 4-year 21 to 1
7 to 1
42,3122332,784$10,823-
9
1
Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MNPublic, 4-year 21 to 1
-
14,590494200$18,860
($9,490)
52.00%
Average16 to 116,590630594$21,056
($11,571)
56.00%