by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities was awarded 119 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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College Factual ranked UMN Twin Cities as #45 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UMN Twin Cities held the #51 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UMN Twin Cities is also ranked #1 out of 52 schools in Minnesota.
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When it comes to admittance, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 75%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 8% of students accepted to UMN Twin Cities submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 640 and 730. Math scores were between 650 and 770.
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The student to faculty ratio at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is 82%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UMN Twin Cities the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 71%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 36,061 undergraduates at UMN Twin Cities with 28,989 being full-time and 7,072 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,933 | $7,032 | $10,850 | $18,380 | $25,233 |
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 UMN Twin Cities, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UMN Twin Cities, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $9,722 a year. That adds up to $38,888 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UMN Twin Cities are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 Church Street Se, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0213 |
| Phone: | 612-625-5000 |
| Website: | https://twin-cities.umn.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UofMN |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/UMNews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 640 | $65,996 |
| Computer Science | 633 | $82,861 |
| General Psychology | 531 | $36,294 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 522 | $42,339 |
| Soil Sciences | 418 | NA |
| Nursing | 378 | $72,929 |
| General Biology | 360 | $36,136 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 329 | $69,094 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 316 | $20,608 |
| Economics | 316 | $56,902 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 20,461 students took at least one online class at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. This is a decrease from the 23,575 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 20,461 | 1,978 |
| 2021-2022 | 23,575 | 2,338 |
| 2020-2021 | 42,938 | 22,495 |
| 2018-2019 | 14,675 | 1,102 |
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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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