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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in Minnesota
33 colleges in Minnesota with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Carleton College · MN · Private (nonprofit)22% admit2Macalester College · MN · Private (nonprofit)28% admit3Minneapolis College of Art and Design · MN · Private (nonprofit)48% admit4Bethany Lutheran College · MN · Private (nonprofit)51% admit5St Olaf College · MN · Private (nonprofit)52% admit6Minnesota State University Moorhead · MN · Public53% admit7University of Minnesota-Crookston · MN · Public58% admit8Gustavus Adolphus College · MN · Private (nonprofit)62% admit9Crown College · MN · Private (nonprofit)63% admit10Concordia College at Moorhead · MN · Private (nonprofit)63% admit11Winona State University · MN · Public69% admit12Southwest Minnesota State University · MN · Public69% admit13University of Minnesota-Morris · MN · Public70% admit14Bemidji State University · MN · Public71% admit15University of Minnesota-Rochester · MN · Public72% admit16Concordia University-Saint Paul · MN · Private (nonprofit)75% admit17Augsburg University · MN · Private (nonprofit)77% admit18University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · MN · Public77% admit19University of Minnesota-Duluth · MN · Public82% admit20University of St Thomas · MN · Private (nonprofit)85% admit21Saint Mary's University of Minnesota · MN · Private (nonprofit)89% admit22Hamline University · MN · Private (nonprofit)90% admit23Saint Johns University · MN · Private (nonprofit)90% admit24North Central University · MN · Private (nonprofit)91% admit25Bethel University · MN · Private (nonprofit)91% admit26Minnesota State University-Mankato · MN · Public91% admit27College of Saint Benedict · MN · Private (nonprofit)91% admit28University of Northwestern-St Paul · MN · Private (nonprofit)92% admit29The College of Saint Scholastica · MN · Private (nonprofit)94% admit30St Catherine University · MN · Private (nonprofit)94% admit31Saint Cloud State University · MN · Public95% admit32Metropolitan State University · MN · Public96% admit33Dunwoody College of Technology · MN · Private (nonprofit)98% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.