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University of Minnesota-Morris

Public College in Morris, MN. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $50,919.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
University of Minnesota-Morris · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$50,919
Median debt at grad
$18,995
Graduation rate
62.5%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered University of Minnesota-Morris land at a median of $50,919 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 63% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $18,995, 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.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
75%
Applicants
2,956
Yield rate
10.0%

75% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 2,956, typical for a school of this reach. A 10% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 28% of enrolled first-years submitted an ACT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the 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 2 (1%)
SAT Math
ACT Composite 20–26 61 (28%)

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

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Academics

Full-time retention
74%
Transfer-out rate
23%
Student:faculty
9:1

Six-year completion sits at 63%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Transfer-out runs to 23% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$9,677
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
94%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
38%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 980 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $9,677 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $1,694 at $0–30k versus $16,262 at $110k+. Most students get help: 94% receive grants worth $15,878 on average. 38% 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.

% receiving grants
96%
Average grant
$16,752

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 272 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 $1,694
$30–48k $4,126
$48–75k $3,213
$75–110k $9,445
$110k+ $16,262

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 370 of these 980 students, totalling $2,062,581 — an average of $5,575 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Stevens County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$683/mo
1 bedroom
$755/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$991/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
22
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate University of Minnesota-Morris

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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