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Best Education Colleges in Minnesota

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 28 schools · Agent Insights
28
Schools Analyzed
$55,257
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
61%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$19,089
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 28 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.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 28
Avg. earnings at 10yr $55,257
Avg. graduation rate 61%
Avg. net price $19,089
Avg. median debt $20,699

How We Ranked

Education 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 PRICEGustavus AdolphusCollege ofSt CatherineConcordia CollegeMartin Luther

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Gustavus Adolphus College76%College of Saint Benedict80%St Catherine University63%Concordia College at Moo…66%Martin Luther College71%The College of Saint Sch…66%Augsburg University52%Bethany Lutheran College57%University of Minnesota-…62%Saint Mary's University …67%Winona State University59%Southwest Minnesota Stat…45%University of Minnesota-…85%North Central University65%Minnesota State Universi…56%Crown College54%University of Minnesota-…65%Bemidji State University51%St Olaf College84%Saint Cloud State Univer…44%

Top 3

#1

Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, MN

Graduation76%
Earnings$65,607
Net Price$22,900

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#2

College of Saint Benedict

Saint Joseph, MN

Graduation80%
Earnings$63,260
Net Price$26,640

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#3

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

Graduation63%
Earnings$59,282
Net Price$19,764

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Full Rankings

#1

Gustavus Adolphus College

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

61% accepted 76% graduate $65,607 earnings
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#2

College of Saint Benedict

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

92% accepted 80% graduate $63,260 earnings
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#3

St Catherine University

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

92% accepted 63% graduate $59,282 earnings
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#4

Concordia College at Moorhead

Moorhead, MN · 1,829 students · Private nonprofit

63% accepted 66% graduate $59,317 earnings
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#5

Martin Luther College

New Ulm, MN · 725 students · Private nonprofit

87% accepted 71% graduate $47,491 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

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN · 2,494 students · Private nonprofit

82% accepted 52% graduate $58,829 earnings
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#8

Bethany Lutheran College

Mankato, MN · 669 students · Private nonprofit

39% accepted 57% graduate $46,110 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

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, MN · 1,073 students · Private nonprofit

93% accepted 67% graduate $58,170 earnings
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#11

Winona State University

Winona, MN · 5,144 students · Public

75% accepted 59% graduate $58,532 earnings
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#12

Southwest Minnesota State University

Marshall, MN · 2,315 students · Public

62% accepted 45% graduate $51,342 earnings
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#13

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN · 31,855 students · Public

80% accepted 85% graduate $69,020 earnings
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#14

North Central University

Minneapolis, MN · 709 students · Private nonprofit

99% accepted 65% graduate $45,064 earnings
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#15

Minnesota State University Moorhead

Moorhead, MN · 3,072 students · Public

59% accepted 56% graduate $50,527 earnings
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#16

Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, MN · 796 students · Private nonprofit

23% accepted 54% graduate $48,057 earnings
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#17

University of Minnesota-Duluth

Duluth, MN · 7,336 students · Public

89% accepted 65% graduate $62,616 earnings
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#18

Bemidji State University

Bemidji, MN · 3,139 students · Public

56% accepted 51% graduate $53,755 earnings
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#19

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN · 3,093 students · Private nonprofit

48% accepted 84% graduate $65,543 earnings
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#20

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN · 5,088 students · Public

95% accepted 44% graduate $55,813 earnings
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#21

Bethel University

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

88% accepted 73% graduate $63,764 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

University of Northwestern-St Paul

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

93% accepted 68% graduate $50,755 earnings
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#24

Minnesota North College

Hibbing, MN · 2,013 students · Public

42% graduate $45,570 earnings
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#25

St Cloud Technical and Community College

Saint Cloud, MN · 3,113 students · Public

44% graduate $46,874 earnings
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#26

Concordia University-Saint Paul

Saint Paul, MN · 3,018 students · Private nonprofit

79% accepted 52% graduate $59,871 earnings
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#27

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN · 2,162 students · Public

48% graduate $43,827 earnings
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#28

Northland Community and Technical College

Thief River Falls, MN · 1,554 students · Public

52% graduate $44,425 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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