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Tightest Minnesota Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Minnesota colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Carleton College has the lowest acceptance rate as of 20.41% for academic year 2023-2024 in Minnesota. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Minnesota.
Tightest Minnesota Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Carleton College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorthfield, MN
20.41%7,1331,45650734.82%
2Crown College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Bonifacius, MN
22.78%2,26151519638.06%
3Macalester College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN
28.52%8,9682,55856021.89%
4Bethany Lutheran College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMankato, MN
38.97%1,31951417534.05%
5St Olaf College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorthfield, MN
48.32%6,6233,20085926.84%
6Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN
48.48%85441416138.89%
7Bemidji State University
Public, four-yearsBemidji, MN
55.98%3,8122,13451624.18%
8Minnesota State University Moorhead
Public, four-yearsMoorhead, MN
58.76%3,7512,20460227.31%
9Gustavus Adolphus College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Peter, MN
60.99%5,2943,22949015.17%
10Southwest Minnesota State University
Public, four-yearsMarshall, MN
62.18%2,8111,74838822.20%