Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Minnesota

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Minnesota, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 34 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota96.5%20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 2Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota92.3%29%1440$32k$64k87%2,131134 mi 3St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota92.2%48%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 4University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota91.1%80%1362$17k$69k85%31,855134 mi 5University of St ThomasSaint Paul, Minnesota88.4%85%1296$29k$74k76%6,245134 mi 6Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Minnesota88.0%61%1290$23k$66k77%1,878190 mi 7College of Saint BenedictSaint Joseph, Minnesota86.3%92%1151$27k$63k77%1,370134 mi 8Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, Minnesota85.8%91%1183$26k$77k75%1,395136 mi 9Bethel UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota85.7%88%1249$29k$64k71%1,871127 mi 10Martin Luther CollegeNew Ulm, Minnesota84.7%87%1090$18k$47k72%725204 mi 11Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota83.6%63%1190$25k$59k61%1,829220 mi 12University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota82.9%93%1173$28k$51k68%1,442128 mi 13North Central UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota82.2%99%—$26k$45k66%709134 mi 14The College of Saint ScholasticaDuluth, Minnesota81.8%93%1120$28k$66k71%1,7651 mi 15University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota81.1%89%1251$19k$63k65%7,336< 1 mi 16St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota80.3%92%1147$20k$59k61%2,473135 mi 17Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota80.3%88%1150$19k$57k54%11,703201 mi 18University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, Minnesota80.0%88%—$12k$58k50%1,729222 mi 19Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota79.0%75%—$18k$59k57%5,144180 mi 20Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota78.2%88%1160$21k$61k60%1,776132 mi 21Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota75.0%59%1090$18k$51k57%3,072220 mi 22Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, Minnesota74.6%93%—$12k$58k66%1,073180 mi 23Minneapolis College of Art and DesignMinneapolis, Minnesota74.6%48%1161$30k$41k51%705135 mi 24University of Minnesota-MorrisMorris, Minnesota73.9%75%1150$9k$51k63%936199 mi 25Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, Minnesota73.7%62%1050$15k$51k45%2,315238 mi 26Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, Minnesota72.7%56%1090$15k$54k48%3,139139 mi 27Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota72.3%82%—$24k$59k52%2,494134 mi 28Bethany Lutheran CollegeMankato, Minnesota72.0%39%1150$20k$46k55%669200 mi 29Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota70.7%95%1092$14k$56k40%5,088129 mi 30University of Minnesota-RochesterRochester, Minnesota70.4%71%1183$14k$69k57%568186 mi 31Crown CollegeSaint Bonifacius, Minnesota69.8%23%—$27k$48k45%796151 mi 32Herzing University-MinneapolisSt. Louis Park, Minnesota69.6%94%—$17k$37k47%740137 mi 33Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota67.5%99%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 34Concordia University-Saint PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota67.4%79%—$18k$60k46%3,018133 mi

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