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Enrollment

The facts

Fall 2017

Undergraduate — 40,400
Graduate — 17,087
Total — 57,487

See enrollment by institution

  • Our colleges serve many types of students.
    • Part-time students account for 13% of undergraduate enrollment.
    • Students who are 25 and older make up 13% of our undergraduate enrollment.
    • Transfer students account for 24% of our undergraduate enrollment.
    • Six of our colleges and universities offer non-traditional weekend, evening and online programs to meet the changing needs of all types of learners.
    • Three of our colleges offer associate degree programs, ranging from traditional day programs to online programs.

  • 68% of our new-entering students are from Minnesota.
    • 27% are students from other states and more than 5% are students from other nations.

  • Students can pursue more than 140 undergraduate majors.

Enrollment by Institution, Fall 2017

Undergraduate

Graduate

Augsburg University

2,451

1,135

Bethany Lutheran College

652

—

Bethel University

2,930

1,137

Carleton College

2,023

—

College of Saint Benedict

1,937

—

College of St. Scholastica

2,719

1,606

Concordia College (Moorhead)

2,034

25

Concordia University, St. Paul

2,841

1,941

Gustavus Adolphus College

2,206

—

Hamline University

2,168

1,566

Macalester College

2,136

—

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

688

86

Saint John's University

1,720

95

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

1,503

4,251

St. Catherine University

3,158

1,566

St. Olaf College

3,035

—

University of St. Thomas

6,199

3,679

TOTAL

40,400

17,087

COMBINED TOTAL

 

57,487

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