Tightest Minnesota Colleges to Get In

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)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Carleton College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorthfield, MN	20.41%	7,133	1,456	507	34.82%
2	Crown College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Bonifacius, MN	22.78%	2,261	515	196	38.06%
3	Macalester College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Paul, MN	28.52%	8,968	2,558	560	21.89%
4	Bethany Lutheran College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMankato, MN	38.97%	1,319	514	175	34.05%
5	St Olaf College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorthfield, MN	48.32%	6,623	3,200	859	26.84%
6	Minneapolis College of Art and Design Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMinneapolis, MN	48.48%	854	414	161	38.89%
7	Bemidji State University Public, four-yearsBemidji, MN	55.98%	3,812	2,134	516	24.18%
8	Minnesota State University Moorhead Public, four-yearsMoorhead, MN	58.76%	3,751	2,204	602	27.31%
9	Gustavus Adolphus College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Peter, MN	60.99%	5,294	3,229	490	15.17%
10	Southwest Minnesota State University Public, four-yearsMarshall, MN	62.18%	2,811	1,748	388	22.20%

Tightest Minnesota Colleges With Lowest Acceptance Rate

Tightest Minnesota Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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