Most Favored Minnesota Colleges

Most Favored Minnesota Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Minnesota. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.

Carleton College, has the highest yield rate of 37.28% for academic year 2022-2023 in Minnesota. University of Northwestern-St Paul is positioned second with 31.89% yield and Winona State University follows them with 30%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Minnesota.

Most Favored Minnesota Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Carleton College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorthfield, MN	37.28%	8,583	1,427	532	16.63%
2	University of Northwestern-St Paul Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	31.89%	1,349	1,248	398	92.51%
3	Winona State University Public, four-yearsWinona, MN	29.69%	5,367	3,958	1,175	73.75%
4	Minnesota State University-Mankato Public, four-yearsMankato, MN	29.27%	11,152	7,882	2,307	70.68%
5	Minnesota State University Moorhead Public, four-yearsMoorhead, MN	28.64%	3,898	2,207	632	56.62%
6	Bethel University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	27.92%	2,199	1,594	445	72.49%
7	Saint Johns University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegeville, MN	27.90%	1,592	1,373	383	86.24%
8	St Olaf College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorthfield, MN	27.89%	5,524	3,116	869	56.41%
9	Metropolitan State University Public, four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	26.20%	612	500	131	81.70%
10	University of Minnesota-Duluth Public, four-yearsDuluth, MN	25.76%	9,512	7,676	1,977	80.70%

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