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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 10.02% for academic year 2024-2025 in Minnesota. Gustavus Adolphus College is positioned second with 15.18% yield and Hamline University follows them with 16%. Next table shows the schools that have low yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the highest yield rates in Minnesota.
Minnesota Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Minnesota-Morris
Public, four-yearsMorris, MN
10.02% 2,956 2,215 222 74.93%
2Gustavus Adolphus College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Peter, MN
15.17% 5,294 3,229 490 60.99%
3Hamline University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN
15.86% 3,475 3,045 483 87.63%
4Saint Cloud State University
Public, four-yearsSaint Cloud, MN
16.56% 5,976 5,665 938 94.80%
5Concordia University-Saint Paul
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN
16.62% 3,540 2,792 464 78.87%
6The College of Saint Scholastica
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDuluth, MN
16.90% 2,387 2,219 375 92.96%
7University of Minnesota-Crookston
Public, four-yearsCrookston, MN
17.60% 1,565 1,375 242 87.86%
8Augsburg University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN
18.60% 4,118 3,376 628 81.98%
9Concordia College at Moorhead
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMoorhead, MN
18.63% 4,763 2,984 556 62.65%
10St Catherine University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN
18.78% 2,441 2,242 421 91.85%