Largest Online Colleges in Minnesota

Minnesota Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Walden University has the most online students of 49,441 for academic year 2024-2025 in Minnesota. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. Metropolitan State University is ranked second with 5,443 online students and Concordia University-Saint Paul follows them with 49,441 online students. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most online students by enrolled status. You may want to check colleges having the smallest online student population in Minnesota.

Minnesota Colleges with the Largest Online Students
	Name	Total # of Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs	Enrolld in Some Online Courses	Not in Online Courses
1	Walden University ^* Private (for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	49,441	49,441	0	0
2	Metropolitan State University Public, four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	6,660	3,119	2,324	1,217
3	Concordia University-Saint Paul Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	6,003	2,761	2,355	887
4	Minnesota State University-Mankato Public, four-yearsMankato, MN	15,271	2,748	6,992	5,531
5	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinona, MN	4,505	2,181	842	1,482
6	Saint Cloud State University Public, four-yearsSaint Cloud, MN	10,732	2,126	3,789	4,817
7	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Public, four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	56,666	2,058	18,568	36,040
8	Bemidji State University Public, four-yearsBemidji, MN	4,072	1,447	1,441	1,184
9	University of Northwestern-St Paul Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	3,234	1,357	515	1,362
10	Southwest Minnesota State University Public, four-yearsMarshall, MN	8,214	1,293	730	6,191
11	Crown College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Bonifacius, MN	1,846	1,214	109	523
12	Minnesota State University Moorhead Public, four-yearsMoorhead, MN	4,386	1,172	2,237	977
13	University of Minnesota-Crookston Public, four-yearsCrookston, MN	2,612	1,143	339	1,130
14	St Catherine University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	3,651	1,130	1,312	1,209
15	Winona State University Public, four-yearsWinona, MN	6,045	922	2,253	2,870
16	Bethel University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	3,603	741	1,137	1,725
17	The College of Saint Scholastica Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDuluth, MN	2,930	727	335	1,868
18	University of St Thomas Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	9,410	635	2,538	6,237
19	Hamline University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	2,565	429	575	1,561
20	University of Minnesota-Duluth Public, four-yearsDuluth, MN	9,253	250	3,373	5,630

^* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.

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Minnesota Colleges with the Largest Online Students

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