Colleges in Minnesota by Acceptance Rate

33 Minnesota colleges ranked from most to least selective, using the latest federal IPEDS admissions data.

#	College	State	Rate	Applicants
1	Carleton College	Minnesota	22.3%	6,464
2	Macalester College	Minnesota	28.2%	8,099
3	Minneapolis College of Art and Design	Minnesota	48.4%	885
4	Bethany Lutheran College	Minnesota	51%	881
5	St Olaf College	Minnesota	52.1%	5,956
6	Minnesota State University Moorhead	Minnesota	52.6%	4,654
7	University of Minnesota-Crookston	Minnesota	58.4%	1,886
8	Gustavus Adolphus College	Minnesota	61.8%	4,450
9	Crown College	Minnesota	62.8%	1,054
10	Concordia College at Moorhead	Minnesota	63.1%	4,434
11	Winona State University	Minnesota	68.5%	6,159
12	Southwest Minnesota State University	Minnesota	68.9%	2,630
13	University of Minnesota-Morris	Minnesota	70.5%	3,477
14	Bemidji State University	Minnesota	70.7%	2,860
15	University of Minnesota-Rochester	Minnesota	71.8%	1,221
16	Concordia University-Saint Paul	Minnesota	74.9%	2,730
17	Augsburg University	Minnesota	76.5%	4,337
18	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	77%	39,863
19	University of Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota	81.8%	9,502
20	University of St Thomas	Minnesota	84.9%	8,813
21	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	Minnesota	88.8%	1,350
22	Hamline University	Minnesota	89.8%	3,185
23	Saint Johns University	Minnesota	90.5%	1,597
24	North Central University	Minnesota	90.8%	621
25	Bethel University	Minnesota	91%	1,642
26	Minnesota State University-Mankato	Minnesota	91.3%	8,974
27	College of Saint Benedict	Minnesota	91.4%	1,852
28	University of Northwestern-St Paul	Minnesota	91.9%	1,194
29	The College of Saint Scholastica	Minnesota	93.8%	1,608
30	St Catherine University	Minnesota	94.1%	1,703
31	Saint Cloud State University	Minnesota	94.9%	5,026
32	Metropolitan State University	Minnesota	96.5%	542
33	Dunwoody College of Technology	Minnesota	98.5%	587