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Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN · Public · 5,616 students · mostly bachelor degrees
41st-cheapest of 82 Minnesota colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$16,863
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$25,172
Graduation rate
44%
Admission rate
99%
Median graduate earnings
$64,705
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$17,100
Average SAT
1020
Pell grant recipients
48%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
87 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree$128,165Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree13 grads/yr$97,987Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree105 grads/yr$92,342Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma10 grads/yr$90,231Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree56 grads/yr$89,595Management Information Systems, General · Master's Degree$88,935Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$85,000Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$83,558Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree107 grads/yr$83,504Information Science/Studies · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$81,539Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree55 grads/yr$79,007Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$74,237Dental Assisting/Assistant · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$73,027Accounting · Bachelor's Degree60 grads/yr$72,457Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree245 grads/yr$71,209Community Organization and Advocacy · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$70,849Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree$70,500Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$70,299Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$67,031Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree83 grads/yr$64,481Environmental Chemistry · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$63,580Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$63,149Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$61,355Clinical/Medical Social Work · Bachelor's Degree27 grads/yr$60,780Social Work · Bachelor's Degree63 grads/yr$60,755
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.