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Minnesota Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
University of Minnesota-Morris, has the lowest yield rate of 13.02% for academic year 2022-2023 in Minnesota. Hamline University is positioned second with 15.42% yield and Gustavus Adolphus College follows them with 17%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Minnesota.
Minnesota Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Minnesota-Morris
Public, four-yearsMorris, MN
13.02% 2,699 2,096 273 77.66%
2Hamline University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN
15.42% 3,840 3,093 477 80.55%
3Gustavus Adolphus College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Peter, MN
16.57% 3,781 2,794 463 73.90%
4Saint Cloud State University
Public, four-yearsSaint Cloud, MN
16.82% 4,810 4,583 771 95.28%
5Concordia University-Saint Paul
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN
17.24% 2,536 1,752 302 69.09%
6Concordia College at Moorhead
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMoorhead, MN
17.95% 3,774 2,473 444 65.53%
7University of Minnesota-Crookston
Public, four-yearsCrookston, MN
18.79% 1,739 995 187 57.22%
8Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinona, MN
20.73% 1,071 1,037 215 96.83%
9University of St Thomas
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN
21.55% 9,481 7,300 1,573 77.00%
10College of Saint Benedict
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Joseph, MN
21.85% 1,689 1,483 324 87.80%