University of Minnesota-Duluth
Public College in Duluth, MN. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $62,616.
Students who entered University of Minnesota-Duluth reach a median of $62,616 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate is 65%, meaning about one in three students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $22,024 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
University of Minnesota-Duluth admits 89% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 8,999 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. About 23% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. The score bands below rest on the 1% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 590–675 | 20 (1%) |
| SAT Math | 590–675 | |
| ACT Composite | 23–28 | 723 (40%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 65% finish inside six years. First-year retention of 81% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 46% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,475 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,128 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $7,256 at $0–30k versus $24,453 at $110k+. 79% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,128 — common but not automatic. 50% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 1,808 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 | $7,256 |
| $30–48k | $8,145 |
| $48–75k | $11,965 |
| $75–110k | $17,056 |
| $110k+ | $24,453 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,741 of these 7,475 students, totalling $22,555,216 — an average of $6,029 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Louis 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)