Largest Minnesota Colleges and Universities

Largest Minnesota Colleges with Most Enrollment

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has the most students of 56,666 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Minnesota. Walden University is ranked second with 49,441 students and Minnesota State University-Mankato follows them with 15,271 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have most students by gender.

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Largest Minnesota Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Public, four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	56,666	31,516	25,150
2	Walden University Private (for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	49,441	41,499	7,942
3	Minnesota State University-Mankato Public, four-yearsMankato, MN	15,271	8,795	6,476
4	Saint Cloud State University Public, four-yearsSaint Cloud, MN	10,732	5,975	4,757
5	University of St Thomas Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	9,410	4,806	4,604
6	University of Minnesota-Duluth Public, four-yearsDuluth, MN	9,253	4,690	4,563
7	Southwest Minnesota State University Public, four-yearsMarshall, MN	8,214	5,072	3,142
8	Metropolitan State University Public, four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	6,660	3,805	2,855
9	Winona State University Public, four-yearsWinona, MN	6,045	4,197	1,848
10	Concordia University-Saint Paul Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	6,003	3,805	2,198
11	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinona, MN	4,505	2,835	1,670
12	Minnesota State University Moorhead Public, four-yearsMoorhead, MN	4,386	2,908	1,478
13	Bemidji State University Public, four-yearsBemidji, MN	4,072	2,443	1,629
14	St Catherine University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	3,651	3,442	209
15	Bethel University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	3,603	2,171	1,432
16	Augsburg University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	3,249	1,906	1,343
17	University of Northwestern-St Paul Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	3,234	1,882	1,352
18	St Olaf College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorthfield, MN	3,124	1,823	1,301
19	The College of Saint Scholastica Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDuluth, MN	2,930	2,015	915
20	University of Minnesota-Crookston Public, four-yearsCrookston, MN	2,612	1,515	1,097

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