Metropolitan State University — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach Regional

Location Saint Paul, MN

Population 2,800,000

Website http://www.metrostate.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 100 (24%) very dry

Sunshine Hours 2,710 (68%)

Days Without Precipitation 255 (62%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,520

Men / Women 47% / 53%

From State 99%

From Region 0%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 38%

White 29%

Asian 17%

Hispanic 8%

Mixed 4%

International 2%

Native American 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Metropolitan State University	1,378	42% / 58%	2%	$66,670	83	94%
Computer Programming	— —	—	—	$87,859	96	—
Computer Science	94 —	78% / 22%	4%	$98,733	98	94%
Cybersecurity	60 —	90% / 10%	0%	$80,211	93	97%
Data Science	13 +1	46% / 54%	0%	$79,874	93	—
Information Science/Studies	33 —	79% / 21%	6%	$81,079	93	96%
Information Technology	69 +2	65% / 35%	1%	$82,357	94	100%
Applied Mathematics	10 —	70% / 30%	0%	$73,740	89	—
Chemistry	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$62,167	79	100%
Biochemistry	9 —	33% / 67%	0%	$64,639	81	—
Biology	31 +1	29% / 71%	3%	$63,739	80	88%
Environmental Science	8 —	62% / 38%	0%	$58,701	74	—
Dental Hygiene	10 —	10% / 90%	0%	$70,655	86	100%
Nursing	71 —	4% / 96%	6%	$91,783	97	94%
Accounting	65 —	43% / 57%	3%	$66,973	84	94%
Business Administration and Management	141 +4	46% / 54%	9%	$68,736	85	—
Business Analytics	22 —	59% / 41%	9%	—	—	—
Economics	7 +1	57% / 43%	0%	$66,735	83	—
Entrepreneurship	6 —	33% / 67%	17%	$65,114	82	—
Finance	32 —	66% / 34%	0%	$61,594	78	—
Health Administration	14 —	14% / 86%	0%	$64,280	81	—
Human Resources Management	50 +6	18% / 82%	2%	$64,151	81	—
International Business	4 +1	100% / 0%	0%	$67,141	84	—
Logistics	— —	—	—	$68,736	85	93%
Marketing	34 +3	41% / 59%	3%	$60,277	76	—
Nonprofit Management	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$68,736	85	—
Addiction Counseling	39 —	46% / 54%	0%	$58,013	73	94%
Child Psychology	8 —	12% / 88%	0%	$38,969	25	96%
Communication	28 —	36% / 64%	0%	$59,311	75	85%
Creative Writing	11 —	36% / 64%	0%	$50,548	58	81%
English	9 —	0% / 100%	0%	$40,434	30	86%
Ethnic Studies	5 —	60% / 40%	0%	$45,627	45	—
History	7 —	86% / 14%	0%	$56,699	71	—
Human Services	45 —	18% / 82%	0%	$51,142	60	96%
Interdisciplinary Studies	26 —	35% / 65%	0%	$59,500	75	—
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	99 —	41% / 59%	0%	$61,203	77	—
Philosophy	1 +1	100% / 0%	0%	$55,020	68	—
Political Science	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—	—	—
Professional Writing	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$50,548	58	81%
Psychology	111 —	22% / 78%	0%	$48,908	54	88%
Social Sciences	12 —	42% / 58%	0%	$50,597	58	90%
Social Work	65 —	11% / 89%	0%	$56,579	71	100%
Women's Studies	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$44,885	43	94%
Biology Teacher Education	— —	—	—	$67,471	84	—
Early Childhood Education	10 —	0% / 100%	0%	$46,939	49	94%
Elementary Education	19 —	5% / 95%	0%	$46,939	49	94%
English Education	6 —	33% / 67%	0%	$67,471	84	90%
General Education	4 —	25% / 75%	25%	$69,468	86	84%
Mathematics Education	— —	—	—	$67,471	84	90%
Social Studies Education	7 —	57% / 43%	0%	$67,471	84	90%
Special Education	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—	—	—
Drama and Theatre Arts	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$42,304	35	—
Playwriting and Screenwriting	7 +1	100% / 0%	0%	$42,304	35	100%
Studio Art	8 —	25% / 75%	0%	$41,377	32	—
Criminal Justice	44 +1	34% / 66%	2%	$59,641	75	97%
Law Enforcement	13 —	77% / 23%	0%	$59,641	75	97%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $10,930

Est. Cost of Attendance $14,139

ROI Percentile 83th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 68%

4-Year Graduation Rate 27%

6-Year Graduation Rate 44%

Transfer-Out Rate 36%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black White International

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅	%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences	34.2%	471	29% / 71%	0%	$54,568	67	92%
Business & Economics	27.4%	377	43% / 57%	5%	$66,019	83	94%
Computer Science	19.5%	269	76% / 24%	3%	$87,324	96	97%
Health Sciences	5.9%	81	5% / 95%	5%	$89,175	96	95%
Professional	4.1%	57	44% / 56%	2%	$59,641	75	97%
Education	3.4%	47	17% / 83%	2%	$54,701	67	92%
Life & Natural Sciences	2.9%	40	30% / 70%	2%	$63,942	81	88%
Arts	1.2%	16	56% / 44%	0%	$41,841	34	100%
Physical Sciences & Math	0.9%	12	58% / 42%	0%	$71,811	87	100%
Agriculture & Food Science	0.6%	8	62% / 38%	0%	$58,701	74	—

Research

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math	$0.0M	#604	65%	—	—	—	—	—
Computer Science	$0.0M	#503	62%	—	—	—	—	—
Engineering	$0	#449	—	—	—	—	—	—
Business & Economics	—	—	—	—	6	#168	—	—
Agriculture & Food Science	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Health Sciences	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Humanities & Social Sciences	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Life & Natural Sciences	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	$0.0M	#648	64%	—	6	#513	—	—

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No

Acceptance Rate 85%

Yield (Unbound) 21%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	85%	85%	85%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.

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