by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #326 spot.
In addition, Minnesota State Mankato took the #9 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Minnesota State Mankato came in at #423.
In addition, Minnesota State Mankato took the #12 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Minnesota.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 68.2% of the total graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are women and 31.8% are men.
About 13.1% of the graduate students who attend Minnesota State Mankato are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 8.2% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,506 | $8,506 |
| Fees | $802 | $802 |
Master's degree recipients from Minnesota State Mankato earn an average salary of $51,608 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 12% lower than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Minnesota State Mankato, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $84,499. That's about 12% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
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Contact details for Minnesota State Mankato are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | South Rd And Ellis Ave, Mankato, MN 56001 |
| Phone: | 507-389-1866 |
| Website: | https://mnsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MNStateMankato |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/MNSUMankato |
Around 51.1% of Minnesota State Mankato graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 33.8% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 2 |
| Educational Administration | 6 |
| Nursing | 2 |
| Student Counseling | 1 |
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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