University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities
Public Research University in Minneapolis, MN. Six-year graduation rate 85%. Median 10-year earnings $69,020.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of Minnesota-Twin Cities student earns $69,020 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 85% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $19,500, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 85% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 80% puts University of Minnesota-Twin Cities on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 41,496 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Yield sits at 22% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. The score bands below rest on the 8% 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 | 640–730 | 606 (8%) |
| SAT Math | 660–770 | |
| ACT Composite | 26–31 | 2,463 (33%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 85% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 91% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The part-time picture is harder: 67% return, against 91% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 30,469 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,209 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $6,642 at $0–30k versus $27,008 at $110k+. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $12,117 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 37% 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 · 6,697 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 | $6,642 |
| $30–48k | $7,283 |
| $48–75k | $9,931 |
| $75–110k | $16,415 |
| $110k+ | $27,008 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 11,187 of these 30,469 students, totalling $69,551,194 — an average of $6,217 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hennepin 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)