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Graduation Rate Trends of Minnesota Institutions


Percent of first-time, full-time undergraduates completing programs within 150% of normal time to completion at same institution as they started.

Cohort of first-time, full-time undergraduates used to calculate graduation rates may be small percent of all undergraduates enrolled at some institutions.

Undergraduates who transfer into an institution are not included in the cohort used to calculate an institutions graduation rate. Likewise, undergraduates who transfer out of an institution adversely affect an institution's graduation rate.

According to data from the National Student Clearinghouse, Minnesota ranks high in the percent of undergraduates starting at Minnesota institutions who graduate from another institution than the one started. Percent graduating from another institution is 24 percent of public 4-year, 18 percent of public 2-year and 12 percent of private 4-year starters.

Percent of first-time, full-time undergraduates completing programs within 150% of normal time to completion at same institution as they started*
 
Percent Graduation Rate at 150% Normal Time to Completion
                     
Institution 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
                     
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota-Crookston 37% 39% 38% 47% 47% 44% 48% 45% 54% 54%
University of Minnesota-Duluth 50% 52% 54% 55% 54% 59% 59% 60% 59% 59%
University of Minnesota-Morris 63% 59% 66% 60% 60% 63% 67% 65% 64% 59%
University of Minnesota-Rochester               54% 55% 61%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 66% 68% 70% 70% 73% 75% 78% 77% 78% 80%
                     
State University
Bemidji State University 50% 49% 52% 45% 46% 48% 46% 46% 46% 47%
Metropolitan State University 20% 14% 26% 29% 35% 34% 34% 30% 42% 27%
Minnesota State University Moorhead 41% 44% 43% 45% 46% 46% 42% 43% 42% 46%
Minnesota State University-Mankato 52% 52% 50% 50% 52% 49% 50% 49% 51% 48%
Saint Cloud State University 50% 50% 47% 49% 50% 48% 45% 42% 45% 44%
Southwest Minnesota State University 41% 42% 40% 39% 41% 43% 43% 39% 50% 45%
Winona State University 57% 52% 55% 54% 53% 56% 57% 58% 59% 61%
                     
Private Nonprofit (4-Year)
Augsburg University 56% 59% 60% 65% 60% 63% 63% 56% 57% 62%
Bethany Lutheran College 63% 52% 46% 51% 51% 49% 55% 49% 55% 52%
Bethel University 75% 72% 68% 73% 71% 71% 74% 74% 76% 71%
Carleton College 93% 92% 93% 93% 94% 92% 93% 95% 92% 94%
College of Saint Benedict 84% 78% 79% 81% 81% 82% 81% 85% 84% 82%
Concordia College at Moorhead 66% 66% 67% 69% 68% 71% 72% 73% 73% 70%
Concordia University-Saint Paul 50% 50% 53% 48% 47% 46% 46% 46% 52% 55%
Crown College 57% 55% 53% 53% 50% 56% 57% 56% 48% 67%
Dunwoody College of Technology (2 year) 66% 54% 44% 38% 41% 41% 42% 48% 51% 64%
Gustavus Adolphus College 83% 85% 77% 82% 83% 82% 81% 82% 81% 80%
Hamline University 71% 66% 72% 68% 63% 66% 65% 63% 59% 67%
Herzing University-Minneapolis 56% 59% 71% 73% 76% 73% 68% 29% 56% 88%
Macalester College 87% 86% 88% 87% 90% 87% 90% 90% 88% 87%
Martin Luther College 67% 71% 71% 73% 73% 77% 72% 73% 73% 69%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design 59% 73% 72% 70% 61% 60% 64% 60% 65% 59%
North Central University 37% 48% 41% 41% 47% 45% 47% 44% 48% 40%
Northwestern Health Sciences University 100% 67% 80% 79% 71% 67%   25% 56% 67%
Oak Hills Christian College 37% 32% 31% 49% 32% 57% 21% 43% 43% 67%
Saint Johns University 83% 80% 74% 80% 77% 79% 80% 77% 79% 74%
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 57% 55% 59% 62% 62% 55% 65% 61% 61% 58%
St Catherine University 53% 59% 66% 63% 55% 54% 59% 57% 59% 53%
St Olaf College 86% 87% 85% 85% 86% 87% 89% 87% 88% 88%
The College of Saint Scholastica 66% 70% 62% 63% 65% 68% 61% 70% 66% 67%
University of Northwestern-St Paul 58% 62% 69% 63% 67% 68% 67% 66% 63% 62%
University of St Thomas 72% 72% 77% 74% 74% 75% 72% 76% 76% 77%
                     
State College (Public 2-Year)
Alexandria Technical & Community College 57% 55% 51% 56% 52% 55% 58% 64% 61% 57%
Anoka Technical College 33% 28% 29% 31% 23% 25% 29% 19% 30% 31%
Anoka-Ramsey Community College 17% 14% 17% 18% 16% 13% 19% 20% 15% 24%
Central Lakes College 39% 40% 41% 39% 38% 35% 40% 41% 39% 43%
Century College 13% 14% 12% 14% 18% 13% 14% 13% 14% 18%
Dakota County Technical College 41% 34% 31% 34% 35% 38% 30% 32% 39% 36%
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College 25% 28% 20% 23% 24% 20% 19% 28% 26% 25%
Hennepin Technical College 32% 26% 29% 27% 26% 29% 25% 34% 30% 30%
Hibbing Community College 42% 30% 32% 32% 35% 32% 35% 30% 30% 41%
Inver Hills Community College 11% 16% 16% 19% 18% 14% 19% 21% 19% 25%
Itasca Community College 34% 35% 35% 37% 31% 31% 33% 35% 39% 32%
Lake Superior College 21% 25% 25% 22% 31% 29% 27% 26% 28% 31%
Mesabi Range College 45% 44% 43% 47% 37% 38% 31% 43% 34% 34%
Minneapolis Community and Technical College 9% 9% 13% 12% 13% 14% 14% 14% 12% 16%
Minnesota State College Southeast 33% 33% 32% 29% 36% 29% 30% 26% 31% 34%
Minnesota State Community and Technical College 36% 35% 32% 35% 32% 32% 33% 34% 36% 36%
Minnesota West Community and Technical College 52% 48% 42% 46% 45% 47% 50% 44% 44% 44%
Normandale Community College 12% 10% 14% 16% 17% 16% 19% 22% 19% 26%
North Hennepin Community College 16% 15% 14% 16% 18% 16% 15% 13% 10% 19%
Northland Community and Technical College 33% 29% 31% 30% 29% 28% 35% 37% 38% 47%
Northwest Technical College 32% 29% 35% 29% 42% 29% 36% 30% 39% 46%
Pine Technical & Community College 30% 31% 34% 26% 26% 22% 27% 23% 33% 38%
Rainy River Community College 25% 21% 31% 36% 37% 30% 33% 30% 32% 32%
Ridgewater College 43% 43% 38% 37% 44% 43% 42% 41% 44% 43%
Riverland Community College 40% 40% 41% 32% 32% 31% 35% 38% 33% 42%
Rochester Community and Technical College 24% 24% 22% 23% 22% 19% 20% 22% 24% 22%
Saint Paul College 29% 24% 27% 24% 23% 20% 18% 21% 21% 28%
South Central College 33% 29% 26% 25% 26% 22% 24% 26% 26% 25%
St Cloud Technical and Community College 34% 37% 36% 34% 30% 28% 27% 37% 33% 33%
Vermilion Community College 19% 29% 23% 30% 30% 32% 27% 31% 36% 26%
                     
Private For-Profit
Academy College 44% 37% 41% 43% 36% 80% 14% 75%   63%
Argosy University-Twin Cities 50% 47% 48% 33% 43% 23% 37% 33% 21% 32%
Minneapolis Business College 83% 82% 82% 89% 83% 85% 84% 86% 82% 86%
National American University-Bloomington 8% 19% 15% 8% 27% 33% 11% 15% 33% 50%
National American University-Brooklyn Center 5% 16% 9%   20% 14% 11% 14% 14%  
National American University-Roseville 24% 25% 6% 35% 46% 25% 41% 4% 23% 13%
Rasmussen College-Minnesota 48% 47% 43% 39% 36% 37% 37% 23% 31% 34%
Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center 63% 58% 37% 41% 44% 49% 48% 52% 49% 47%
Takota Institute of Higher Education 100% 84% 40% 43% 28% 59% 36% 31% 52% 57%
                     
Private For-Profit Less Than 2-Year
Avalon School of Cosmetology     85%   78% 79% 83% 63% 23% 78%
Aveda Institute-Minneapolis 92% 93% 91% 89% 93% 83% 84% 76% 67% 75%
CenterPoint Massage and Shiatsu Therapy School     83% 73% 87% 83% 93% 55% 73% 76%
Cosmetology Careers Unlimited College of Hair Skin & Nails, Duluth 57% 60% 53% 64% 52% 77% 57% 29% 77% 50%
Cosmetology Careers Unlimited College of Hair Skin & Nails, Hibbing 55% 65% 62% 50% 71% 56% 75% 45% 27% 50%
Empire Beauty School-Bloomington 75% 82% 87% 72% 66% 75% 80% 68% 74% 73%
Empire Beauty School-Spring Lake Park         71% 63% 50% 38% 45% 46%
Hastings Beauty School     78%     59% 74% 77% 59% 66%
Minnesota School of Cosmetology-Plymouth Campus               51% 61% 79%
Minnesota School of Cosmetology-Woodbury Campus 64% 58% 68% 70% 65% 61% 55% 57% 70% 68%
Model College of Hair Design 75% 75% 76% 71% 74% 76% 68% 68% 71% 90%
Nova Academy of Cosmetology     97% 100% 95% 90% 94% 94% 68% 71%
PCI Academy-Plymouth 76% 84% 74% 76% 80% 84% 83% 56% 94% 85%
The Salon Professional Academy       74% 75%   47% 100% 14% 50%
                     
Tribal College
Leech Lake Tribal College 20% 15% 23% 12% 11% 10% 12% 9% 21% 8%
White Earth Tribal and Community College 25% 17% 8% 4% 3% 4% 6% 12% 40% 6%
                     
                     

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey