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Best Biology Colleges in Minnesota

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 25 schools · Agent Insights
25
Schools Analyzed
$61,217
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
66%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$21,428
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 25 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

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Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 25
Avg. earnings at 10yr $61,217
Avg. graduation rate 66%
Avg. net price $21,428
Avg. median debt $22,329

How We Ranked

Biology programs in Minnesota ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICECarleton CollegeSaint JohnsMacalester CollegeCollege ofGustavus Adolphus

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Carleton College90%Saint Johns University76%Macalester College89%College of Saint Benedict80%Gustavus Adolphus College76%The College of Saint Sch…66%Hamline University59%Concordia College at Moo…66%University of Minnesota-…62%Bethany Lutheran College57%Augsburg University52%University of Minnesota-…85%St Catherine University63%Saint Mary's University …67%St Olaf College84%University of Minnesota-…65%University of St Thomas76%Winona State University59%Saint Cloud State Univer…44%Bethel University73%

Top 3

#1

Carleton College

Northfield, MN

Graduation90%
Earnings$75,525
Net Price$25,407

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#2

Saint Johns University

Collegeville, MN

Graduation76%
Earnings$76,786
Net Price$25,672

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#3

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN

Graduation89%
Earnings$63,878
Net Price$32,149

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Full Rankings

#1

Carleton College

Northfield, MN · 2,086 students · Private nonprofit

20% accepted 90% graduate $75,525 earnings
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#2

Saint Johns University

Collegeville, MN · 1,395 students · Private nonprofit

91% accepted 76% graduate $76,786 earnings
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#3

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN · 2,131 students · Private nonprofit

29% accepted 89% graduate $63,878 earnings
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#4

College of Saint Benedict

Saint Joseph, MN · 1,370 students · Private nonprofit

92% accepted 80% graduate $63,260 earnings
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#5

Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, MN · 1,878 students · Private nonprofit

61% accepted 76% graduate $65,607 earnings
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#6

The College of Saint Scholastica

Duluth, MN · 1,765 students · Private nonprofit

93% accepted 66% graduate $65,934 earnings
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#7

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN · 1,776 students · Private nonprofit

88% accepted 59% graduate $61,106 earnings
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#8

Concordia College at Moorhead

Moorhead, MN · 1,829 students · Private nonprofit

63% accepted 66% graduate $59,317 earnings
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#9

University of Minnesota-Morris

Morris, MN · 936 students · Public

75% accepted 62% graduate $50,919 earnings
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#10

Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, MN · 669 students · Private nonprofit

39% accepted 57% graduate $46,110 earnings
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#11

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN · 2,494 students · Private nonprofit

82% accepted 52% graduate $58,829 earnings
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#12

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN · 31,855 students · Public

80% accepted 85% graduate $69,020 earnings
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#13

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN · 2,473 students · Private nonprofit

92% accepted 63% graduate $59,282 earnings
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#14

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, MN · 1,073 students · Private nonprofit

93% accepted 67% graduate $58,170 earnings
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#15

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN · 3,093 students · Private nonprofit

48% accepted 84% graduate $65,543 earnings
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#16

University of Minnesota-Duluth

Duluth, MN · 7,336 students · Public

89% accepted 65% graduate $62,616 earnings
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#17

University of St Thomas

Saint Paul, MN · 6,245 students · Private nonprofit

85% accepted 76% graduate $73,739 earnings
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#18

Winona State University

Winona, MN · 5,144 students · Public

75% accepted 59% graduate $58,532 earnings
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#19

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN · 5,088 students · Public

95% accepted 44% graduate $55,813 earnings
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#20

Bethel University

Saint Paul, MN · 1,871 students · Private nonprofit

88% accepted 73% graduate $63,764 earnings
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#21

Minnesota State University Moorhead

Moorhead, MN · 3,072 students · Public

59% accepted 56% graduate $50,527 earnings
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#22

Minnesota State University-Mankato

Mankato, MN · 11,703 students · Public

88% accepted 54% graduate $56,922 earnings
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#23

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, MN · 3,139 students · Public

56% accepted 51% graduate $53,755 earnings
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#24

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, MN · 5,616 students · Public

99% accepted 42% graduate $64,705 earnings
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#25

University of Northwestern-St Paul

Saint Paul, MN · 1,442 students · Private nonprofit

93% accepted 68% graduate $50,755 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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