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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Basic Information

Type Public
Population 2,800,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 30,469
Men / Women 46% / 54%
White 57%
Asian 12%
Black 10%
Hispanic 7%
International 6%
Mixed 5%
Native American 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 26%
Engineering, Computing & Math 24%
Life & Natural Sciences 22%
Business & Economics 18%
Arts 6%
Education 4%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $17,214
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $38,362
Est. In-State Cost $22,268
Est. Out-of-State Cost $49,625
10-Year ROI $235,000
ROI Percentile 91th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 91%
4-Year Graduation Rate 75%
6-Year Graduation Rate 85%
Transfer-Out Rate 9%

Weather

Comfortable Days 100 (24th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,710 (68th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (61th pctl)
Muggyness Very Dry

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 65%
Yield (Unbound) 22%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $72M #16
Life & Natural Sciences $1,076M #19
Engineering, Computing & Math $199M #28
Graduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 1,091 #4
Humanities & Social Sciences 469 #26
Engineering, Computing & Math 177 #27

Honors College

Name University Honors Program
Students 2,200 (7%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 41%
SAT Range 1,300 – 1,500
ACT Range 26 – 31

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Carlson School of Management 905 56% / 44% 4% $95,830
Accounting 92 +24 62% / 38% 2% $94,828
Finance 330 +40 73% / 27% 3% $104,987
Human Resources Management 36 +1 36% / 64% 17% $71,847
Labor and Industrial Relations 30 +4 23% / 77% 0% $71,847
Marketing 225 +18 40% / 60% 1% $92,308
Operations Management 75 +7 57% / 43% 8% $105,450
Retailing and Retail Operations 38 18% / 82% 11% $78,365
Risk Management and Insurance 16 +1 69% / 31% 19%
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations 35 +13 51% / 49% 3% $78,365
Construction Management 28 71% / 29% 4%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Biological Sciences 880 35% / 65% 2% $70,452
Biochemistry 95 +1 53% / 47% 1% $70,360
Biology 294 +1 26% / 74% 3% $71,784
Cell Biology and Genetics 67 +1 25% / 75% 1% $72,165
Ecology 28 +1 36% / 64% 4% $55,948
Exercise Physiology 168 48% / 52% 2% $70,219
Microbiology 26 +4 42% / 58% 0% $64,857
Neuroscience 93 30% / 70% 3% $71,709
Physiology 99 28% / 72% 0% $70,219
Plant Biology 10 +1 40% / 60% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Design 224 37% / 63% 3% $65,011
Environmental Design
Architecture 97 38% / 62% 3% $67,701
Graphic Design 78 35% / 65% 3% $62,820
Industrial Design 21 62% / 38% 0% $62,820
Interior Design 20 10% / 90% 5% $62,820
Landscape Architecture 8 50% / 50% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Education and Human Development 382 43% / 57% 3% $66,747
Kinesiology 13 38% / 62% 8% $63,483
Sports Management 69 83% / 17% 6% $63,483
Agricultural Teacher Education 5 0% / 100% 0% $53,323
Early Childhood Education 16 0% / 100% 0% $59,618
Education 191 +1 49% / 51% 2% $71,785
Elementary Education 72 8% / 92% 4% $59,618
Special Education 16 12% / 88% 6%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences 310 32% / 68% 2% $60,555
Animal Sciences 78 +2 14% / 86% 1% $60,598
Environmental Science 82 26% / 74% 0% $54,551
Food Science 19 37% / 63% 16% $71,661
Forestry 18 67% / 33% 0% $64,792
Plant Science 23 +1 43% / 57% 0% $46,479
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences 4 25% / 75% 0%
Agricultural Business and Management 36 +4 53% / 47% 6% $83,491
Natural Resources/Conservation 50 36% / 64% 0% $54,551
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Liberal Arts 3,200 44% / 56% 8% $73,798
Computer Science 593 +8 78% / 22% 11% $113,468
Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst 114 +21 60% / 40% 15% $112,635
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 44 82% / 18% 5% $105,159
Data Science 26 58% / 42% 4%
Environmental Geosciences 17 53% / 47% 0%
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services 9 +1 44% / 56% 0%
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science 27 37% / 63% 0% $71,143
Nutrition Sciences 39 +1 28% / 72% 5% $60,117
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences 36 +2 6% / 94% 3% $58,693
Applied Economics 22 55% / 45% 5% $85,269
Economics 102 +8 75% / 25% 28% $85,269
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Services 45 16% / 84% 0% $54,811
Quantitative Economics 71 +4 80% / 20% 41% $85,269
African-American/Black Studies 2 50% / 50% 0% $49,319
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 1 0% / 100% 0%
American Indian/Native American Studies 4 +2 50% / 50% 0% $49,319
American Studies 1 +2 0% / 100% 0%
Anthropology 30 +3 23% / 77% 0% $50,126
Asian Languages 27 +3 33% / 67% 7% $41,348
Chicano and Latino Studies 3 33% / 67% 0% $49,319
Classics 2 +2 50% / 50% 0%
Communication Studies 28 36% / 64% 0%
Criminology 94 +11 16% / 84% 3% $62,604
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature 8 +2 38% / 62% 0%
Developmental and Child Psychology 108 8% / 92% 3% $52,858
English 92 +8 29% / 71% 1% $49,369
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 1 0% / 100% 0%
Foreign Languages 7 +1 0% / 100% 0% $56,582
French 4 +7 25% / 75% 0% $58,806
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies 8 +1 0% / 100% 0% $49,319
Geography 23 +1 61% / 39% 4% $62,126
Germanic Studies 5 +2 20% / 80% 0%
History 69 +18 67% / 33% 3% $50,087
Interdisciplinary Studies 107 +299 35% / 65% 1% $68,149
International Studies 38 +8 32% / 68% 3% $56,898
Italian
Jewish/Judaic Studies 1 100% / 0% 0%
Journalism 52 +1 44% / 56% 4% $68,744
Linguistics 23 +3 39% / 61% 9% $56,582
Media Studies 15 +1 53% / 47% 13%
Philosophy 23 +4 61% / 39% 9% $67,922
Political Science 148 +18 49% / 51% 3% $64,857
Psychology 537 +22 24% / 76% 8% $58,833
Religious Studies 2 +1 0% / 100% 0%
Rhetoric and Composition 112 +20 40% / 60% 12% $59,062
Russian 1 +2 0% / 100% 0%
Sociology 72 +5 35% / 65% 1% $53,513
Spanish 27 +7 19% / 81% 0% $58,806
Strategic Communication 184 +14 25% / 75% 2%
Apparel and Textiles 9 11% / 89% 0%
Art 58 +4 33% / 67% 2% $43,347
Art History 8 12% / 88% 0% $43,347
Dance 11 +2 9% / 91% 9%
Film/Cinema Studies
Film/Video and Photographic Arts 25 +8 52% / 48% 8% $45,812
Music 29 66% / 34% 0% $54,090
Music Education 6 +1 50% / 50% 0% $53,323
Theatre 33 +5 24% / 76% 0% $34,153
Urban Studies/Affairs 17 +2 71% / 29% 0% $56,913
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Science and Engineering 1,038 69% / 31% 10% $90,176
Aerospace Engineering 72 92% / 8% 1% $83,290
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 22 45% / 55% 9% $87,978
Astrophysics 26 50% / 50% 8%
Biomedical Engineering 89 49% / 51% 4% $95,914
Chemical Engineering 108 61% / 39% 13% $103,189
Civil Engineering 31 81% / 19% 6% $84,282
Computer Engineering 57 88% / 12% 9% $103,527
Electrical Engineering 63 76% / 24% 8% $98,610
Environmental Engineering 13 54% / 46% 0%
Geological Engineering 5 60% / 40% 20%
Industrial Engineering 58 55% / 45% 3% $95,583
Materials Engineering 25 76% / 24% 8% $91,527
Mathematics 125 +11 68% / 32% 17% $83,218
Mechanical Engineering 157 85% / 15% 10% $97,516
Physics 51 75% / 25% 10% $67,846
Statistics 53 +3 62% / 38% 45% $84,745
Chemistry 65 57% / 43% 5% $72,097
Geosciences 18 +1 33% / 67% 0% $61,862
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Nursing 135 16% / 84% 0% $84,470
Nursing 135 16% / 84% 0% $84,470
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Public Health 141 19% / 81% 0% $71,215
Clinical Laboratory Science 20 20% / 80% 0%
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 25 16% / 84% 0% $71,699
Health and Wellness 50 14% / 86% 0% $70,974
Rehabilitation Counseling
Health Administration 46 26% / 74% 0%