by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Minnesota West Community and Technical College was awarded 10 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is construction trades.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Minnesota West is ranked #927 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Minnesota West held the #1,406 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Minnesota West is also ranked #38 out of 52 schools in Minnesota.
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If you are worried about getting into Minnesota West Community and Technical College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Minnesota West Community and Technical College is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Minnesota West Community and Technical College is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Minnesota West Community and Technical College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,253 undergraduates at Minnesota West with 991 being full-time and 2,262 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,133 | $9,985 | $12,038 | $15,585 | $17,000 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Minnesota West, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Minnesota West, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $5,441 a year. That adds up to $21,764 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Minnesota West are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1593 11Th Ave, Granite Falls, MN 56241 |
| Phone: | 800-658-2330 |
| Website: | www.mnwest.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 209 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 73 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 72 | NA |
| Nursing | 39 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 39 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 29 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 23 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 22 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 18 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 18 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,610 students took at least one online class at Minnesota West Community and Technical College. This is a decrease from the 1,615 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,610 | 944 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,615 | 905 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,586 | 886 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,656 | 875 |
Learn more about online learning at Minnesota West Community and Technical College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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