Enrollment

The facts

Fall 2011

Undergraduate — 42,768
Graduate — 16,531
Total — 59,299

See enrollment by institution

  • Minnesota's Private Colleges educate one out of every four undergraduates (27%) enrolled at a Minnesota four-year institution.
  • More than 3,000 students are enrolled in non-traditional undergraduate programs at our colleges.
    • Ten of our colleges and universitites offer non-traditional weekend, evening and online programs to meet the changing needs of all types of learners.
  • More than 13,400 students from other states and nations are undergraduate students at our colleges; they make up about one-third of our undergraduates.
  • Students pursue 137 undergraduate majors and 120 post-baccalaureate education programs.

Enrollment by Institution, Fall 2011

Undergraduate

Graduate

Augsburg College

3,037

871

Bethany Lutheran College

614

Bethel University

3,489

968

Carleton College

2,000

College of Saint Benedict

2,086

College of St. Scholastica

2,877

1,137

Concordia College (Moorhead)

2,746

26

Concordia University, St. Paul

1,692

1,108

Gustavus Adolphus College

2,471

Hamline University

2,016

2,836

Macalester College

2,005

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

604

73

Saint John's University

1,890

126

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

2,061

3,627

St. Catherine University

3,826

1,401

St. Olaf College

3,179

University of St. Thomas

6,175

4,358

TOTAL

42,768

16,531

COMBINED TOTAL

 

59,299