University of Minnesota-Crookston
Public College in Crookston, MN. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $58,056.
Students who entered University of Minnesota-Crookston land at a median of $58,056 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 50%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,500, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 88% of applicants are accepted. 1,565 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 18% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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50% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 80% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 32% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. Retention drops to 50% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,650 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,490 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $5,758 at the $0–30k band to $19,289 at $110k+. 65% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,663 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 40% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 210 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $5,758 |
| $30–48k | $6,368 |
| $48–75k | $7,587 |
| $75–110k | $13,542 |
| $110k+ | $19,289 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 659 of these 1,650 students, totalling $4,532,783 — an average of $6,878 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Polk County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)