Minnesota University Rankings Revealed: Mac Leads The Pack

Whether you're an Ole or a Maverick; a Golden Gopher or a Knight; a Tommie or a Bulldog -- you're likely proud of your school and would defend her to the end.

Every year, Niche.com ranks the best schools across the country and here in Minnesota. While they also rank high schools, were going to take a look at colleges & universities in the state.

Where does your school rank on the annual list of the best colleges & universities in Minnesota? Here's the list along with each school's Niche.com grade for 2025.

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The Top-20 Colleges & Universities in Minnesota

Macalester College (Saint Paul, Minnesota) A 🏆
Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota) A
University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota) A
Saint Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota) A-
University of Minnesota Crookston (Crookston, Minnesota) A-
University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota) A-
Saint Catherine University (Saint Paul, Minnesota) B+
Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, Minnesota) B+
Bethany Lutheran College (Mankato, Minnesota) B+
Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) B+
Saint Mary's University (Winona, Minnesota) B
Minnesota State University Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota) B
Martin Luther College (New Ulm, Minnesota) B
University of Minnesota Morris (Morris, Minnesota) B
University of Minnesota Duluth (Duluth, Minnesota) B
Bethel University (Saint Paul, Minnesota) B
Metropolitan State University (Minneapolis, Minnesota) B
Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) B
Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) B
Saint John's University (Collegeville, Minnesota) B

The top-five colleges in America are (1) MIT, (2) Yale, (3) Stanford, (4) Harvard, and (5) Dartmouth. Minnesota's highest ranking college, Macalester, landed in the 82nd spot nationally. Carleton (86), and the U of M - Twin Cities (97) are the only other Minnesota schools to crack the top-100.

All The Rest + Their Niche.com Grades

Minnesota State University Moorhead (Moorhead, Minnesota) B
The College of Saint Scholastica (Duluth, Minnesota) B
Dunwoody College of Technology (Minneapolis, Minnesota) B
Rasmussen University - St. Cloud (Saint Cloud, Minnesota) B-
University of Minnesota Rochester (Rochester, Minnesota) B-
Augsburg University (Minneapolis, Minnesota) B-
College of Saint Benedict (Saint Joseph, Minnesota) B-
Bemidji State University (Bemidji, Minnesota) B-
Hamline University (Saint Paul, Minnesota) B-
University of Northwestern (Saint Paul, Minnesota) B-
Crown College (Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota) B-
Minneapolis College of Art & Design (Minneapolis, Minnesota) B-
Saint Cloud State University (Saint Cloud, Minnesota) B-
Southwest Minnesota State University (Marshall, Minnesota) B-
North Central University (Minneapolis, Minnesota) C+

You can take a deeper dive to see how Niche.com determines their grades, and rankings HERE.

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