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Minnesota bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 40 schools in Minnesota (40 with published 4-year medians) and 635 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are listed largest enrollment first. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
40
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
635
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$61,367
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$39,042
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 635 programs.

$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 3 B 10 C 8 D/F 0 19 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

Click a column header to change the sort.

SchoolEnrollment ↓Median EarningsEarnings Range# ProgramsAdj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 31,855 $65,492 $41,934–$119,781 92 C+ B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Capella University 18,364 $78,941 $51,571–$109,194 13 — B+ $60k$80k$100k
Minnesota State University-Mankato 11,703 $59,592 $32,199–$103,858 44 B B $40k$60k$80k$100k
Walden University 9,136 $61,791 $43,103–$106,892 12 — B $40k$60k$80k$100k
Rasmussen University-Minnesota 8,617 $62,340 $45,899–$87,330 16 — B− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
University of Minnesota-Duluth 7,336 $61,036 $40,452–$97,732 44 C+ B $40k$60k$80k$100k
University of St Thomas (MN) 6,245 $71,019 $35,960–$108,187 24 B A− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Metropolitan State University 5,616 $63,149 $39,572–$92,342 29 A− B $40k$60k$80k
Winona State University 5,144 $55,235 $46,863–$91,528 31 — B $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Saint Cloud State University 5,088 $56,828 $35,421–$107,133 36 B B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Bemidji State University 3,139 $54,642 $44,719–$90,868 17 B B− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
St Olaf College 3,093 $53,232 $37,335–$122,912 21 C− B $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Minnesota State University Moorhead 3,072 $52,838 $36,495–$93,431 23 B B− $40k$60k$80k
Concordia University-Saint Paul 3,018 $73,060 $40,801–$105,577 13 — B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
Augsburg University 2,494 $72,706 $49,698–$95,637 15 — B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
St Catherine University 2,473 $61,698 $45,973–$87,821 14 B+ B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Southwest Minnesota State University 2,315 $55,056 $43,904–$83,735 10 B B− $50k$60k$70k$80k
Macalester College 2,131 $57,348 $45,632–$109,457 8 C B $60k$80k$100k
Carleton College 2,086 $70,584 $53,975–$87,193 2 — — $60k$70k$80k
Gustavus Adolphus College 1,878 $62,016 $46,987–$95,200 15 B− B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Bethel University (MN) 1,871 $60,919 $47,556–$101,195 15 B B+ $60k$80k$100k
Concordia College at Moorhead 1,829 $51,840 $35,351–$83,452 13 C+ B− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Hamline University 1,776 $48,878 $41,531–$72,945 13 C+ C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k
The College of Saint Scholastica 1,765 $65,512 $47,432–$85,824 13 B B $50k$60k$70k$80k
University of Minnesota-Crookston 1,729 $64,750 $45,916–$101,828 14 — B $60k$80k$100k
Dunwoody College of Technology 1,533 $87,850 $85,525–$90,176 2 — — $86k$87k$88k$89k$90k
University of Northwestern-St Paul 1,442 $48,082 $38,522–$78,661 15 C+ B $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Saint Johns University 1,395 $71,560 $56,446–$101,188 9 A A− $60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
College of Saint Benedict 1,370 $64,430 $51,487–$87,159 11 A A− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 1,073 $74,942 $40,804–$104,761 11 — B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
University of Minnesota-Morris 936 $48,527 $43,305–$92,449 10 C+ C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Crown College 796 $48,095 $32,718–$79,743 9 — B− $30k$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Herzing University-Minneapolis 740 $69,601 $51,098–$91,010 7 — B $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Martin Luther College 725 $48,192 $39,949–$56,435 2 — — $40k$45k$50k$55k
North Central University 709 $46,380 $39,407–$61,287 5 — C $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
Minneapolis College of Art and Design 705 $39,467 $32,667–$43,745 3 — — $32k$35k$38k$40k$42k
Bethany Lutheran College 669 $53,811 $53,811–$53,811 1 — — $54k
University of Minnesota-Rochester 568 $74,079 $74,079–$74,079 1 — — $74k
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science 309 $74,897 $74,897–$74,897 1 — — $75k
Bethany Global University 81 $31,744 $31,744–$31,744 1 — — $32k

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.