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Counselor News
December, 2010
- The four-year graduation rate at the nonprofit Minnesota Private College Council (MPCC) institutions is 64% — compared to the six-year graduation rate of 63% at the University of Minnesota and 48% at MnSCU four-year institutions.
- While Minnesota public institutions begin with twice as many incoming students each year, Minnesota's private colleges actually surpass them four years later in their number of college graduates.
- In fall 2010, enrollment at MPCC member institutions increased 1.1% from fall 2009. Also, the share of students of color in our undergraduate enrollment has risen quickly in recent years; 17.2% of this year's freshmen are students of color.
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