Colleges in Minnesota whose graduates clear the bar most often

Ranked by the share of each school's programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test).

#	College	Programs clearing the bar	Median earnings	Programs measured
1	Capella University	100%	$80,951	92
2	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	100%	$72,675	150
3	Saint Johns University	100%	$69,584	10
4	Dunwoody College of Technology	100%	$69,398	17
5	Metropolitan State University	100%	$68,665	36
6	Bethel University	100%	$67,614	27
7	The College of Saint Scholastica	100%	$65,352	24
8	College of Saint Benedict	100%	$64,430	11
9	Hennepin Technical College	100%	$61,850	24
10	Bemidji State University	100%	$55,494	20
11	Anoka Technical College	100%	$55,198	15
12	Minnesota State College Southeast	100%	$55,069	10
13	Alexandria Technical & Community College	100%	$52,026	20
14	University of Minnesota-Morris	100%	$48,527	10
15	Walden University	98%	$72,722	63
16	University of Minnesota-Duluth	98%	$61,010	53
17	Minnesota State University-Mankato	98%	$60,160	66
18	Saint Cloud State University	98%	$59,378	53
19	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	97%	$74,792	32
20	Winona State University	97%	$55,174	38
21	University of St Thomas	96%	$77,870	49
22	Concordia University-Saint Paul	96%	$69,567	28
23	Hamline University	96%	$55,966	27
24	Century College	96%	$55,656	27
25	Minneapolis Community and Technical College	96%	$51,345	27

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Ranked on one stated metric, the share of a school's programs that clear the benchmark. Schools need at least 10 programs with reported earnings to appear. Note that specialised graduate institutions (medical and health-science centres, for example) often rank at the top because their programs are almost all high-earning; the 'programs measured' column and each school's page give the context.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10). Earnings are median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing, and describe past graduates rather than a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.