Access

• 25% of private college students come from families with incomes below $50,000 — about the same proportion as at the University of Minnesota.
  • 35% of our Minnesota undergraduates are Minnesota State Grant recipients and 23% of all undergraduates are federal Pell Grant recipients.
  

• Thanks to financial aid, the average amount that families actually pay for tuition is considerably less than the posted price — about half.
  • The most recent figure for average amount our colleges award a year in scholarships and grants was $16,334. With tuition and fees that year averaging $29,506, the typical family had 55% of its tuition costs covered by scholarships and grants.
• Our institutions award more than $374 million in institutional grants and scholarships, plus an additional $16 million in private grants and scholarships.
  • 94% of our undergraduates receive grants and scholarships that do not have to be paid back.
• 20% of our students are "first-generation," meaning that neither of their parents completed college.

Diversity

• More than 18% of new entering students come from under-represented groups, exceeding Minnesota's overall racial and ethnic demographics.
  • Almost 8,000 students of color, excluding international students, enroll at Minnesota's Private Colleges.
• Our institutions have the highest graduation rates in the state among students of color with 56% graduating within four years and 68% graduating within six years.
  
  • Our institutions graduate 28% of Minnesota's baccalaureates of color.
• Our diversity is growing. Enrollment of undergraduates of color grew more than 112% over ten years, while white non-Hispanic enrollment grew less than 2%.