Private for-profit · Community college

Rasmussen University-Minnesota

St. Cloud, Minnesota · Small city

0%
Transfer rate: $17,962
Avg net price: 53%
Grad / completion: $39,080
Median earnings

Rasmussen University-Minnesota is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in St. Cloud, Minnesota (small city setting), enrolling 8,617 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitMidsize · 8,617 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About St. Cloud, Minnesota

St. Cloud or Saint Cloud is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The Minnesota Territory was organized in 1849. The St. Cloud area opened up to homesteading after the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was signed with the Dakota people in 1851. St. Cloud is home to a variety of notable sites and institutions that reflect its cultural and recreational significance. The St. Cloud Area Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes an area events calendar, dining and lodging information. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Graduate
Nearest big city: 60 miles to Minneapolis, MN
To Great Lakes shore: 131 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Saint Cloud (STC)

How Rasmussen University-Minnesota compares

Graduation rate53%

Higher than 41% · #14 of 42 in Minnesota

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,080

Higher than 66% · #29 of 40 in Minnesota

Average net price$17,962

Cheaper than 40% · #35 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota

Median debt at graduation$20,899

Lower than 5%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment8,617

Larger than 95%

Percentiles compare Rasmussen University-Minnesota with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Minnesota.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

Undergraduate8,61792%
Graduate7838%

Undergraduates by gender

Women7,01881%
Men1,59919%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White40%
Black31%
Hispanic12%
Asian2.9%
Other or multiracial15%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 8,617
Graduate enrollment: 783
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 60%
First-generation students: 48%
Students over 25: 80%
Median family income: $25,124
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $58,707

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 539 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Minnesota24%
Other U.S. states76%

A national draw — only 24% of first-years come from Minnesota; 76% arrive from other states.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $11,490
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $91
Total cost of attendance: $25,221
Average net price: $17,962

Outcomes

Graduated: 53%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $41,436
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $39,080
Median debt at graduation: $20,899
Students with federal loans: 69%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 29%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

53%

Low-income (Pell)

40%

First-generation

43%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 2

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year

0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft

0.3

Burglary

0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$17,104

$30–48k

$17,088

$48–75k

$19,170

$75–110k

$22,575

$110k+

$20,667

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

26%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,540

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 26% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,540. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 78 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $39,080
Typical debt at graduation: $20,899
Debt vs. one year's pay: 53%
Out-earn a HS grad: 49%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$36,611

Men

$47,163

Men out-earn women by $10,552 (29%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 82°F
Winter low: 3°F
Annual rain: 28.5″
Annual snow: 47.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Cloud Rgnl AP, MN US station (7.5 mi from campus).

What Rasmussen University-Minnesota graduates study — and earn

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

711 grads$68k 1 yr$76k 5 yr$31k debt

711$68,119$75,988$30,500 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

122 grads$75k 1 yr$95k 5 yr$39k debt

122$74,861$94,955$39,232 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCert.

116 grads$28k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$12k debt

116$28,038$27,895$12,358 Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

109 grads$32k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$17k debt

109$32,345$33,999$16,722 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

88 grads$33k 1 yr$39k 5 yr$13k debt

88$33,372$38,602$13,143 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

87 grads$45k 1 yr$54k 5 yr$21k debt

87$45,271$53,941$21,274 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

52 grads$30k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$14k debt

52$29,532$34,231$14,042 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

48 grads$44k 1 yr$51k 5 yr$26k debt

48$43,736$50,641$25,555 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

45 grads$47k 1 yr$49k 5 yr$24k debt

45$47,447$49,266$24,408 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssoc.

41 grads$28k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$23k debt

41$28,337$33,916$23,086 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

40 grads$51k 1 yr$61k 5 yr$25k debt

40$51,036$60,743$25,000 Human Resources Management and ServicesAssoc.

31 grads$46k 1 yr$54k 5 yr$27k debt

31$45,969$53,717$26,536

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.