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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Minneapolis, MN
Population 2,800,000
Website https://twin-cities.umn.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 30,469
Men / Women 46% / 54%
White 57%
Asian 12%
Black 10%
Hispanic 7%
International 6%
Mixed 5%
Native American 1%
From State 65%
From Region 17%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 26%
Business & Economics 18%
Life & Natural Sciences 14%
Computer Science 11%
Engineering 10%
Health Sciences 7%
Arts 6%
Physical Sciences & Math 5%
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 (24%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,710 (68%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (61%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
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 #25
Engineering, Computing & Math 177 #27

Honors College

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

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 41%
SAT Range 1330 – 1460
SAT Math Range 660 – 770
SAT RW Range 640 – 730
ACT Range 26 – 31

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Carlson School of Management 905 56% / 44% 4% $92,323 97%
Accounting 92 +24 62% / 38% 2% $92,931 94 96%
Finance 330 +40 73% / 27% 3% $102,887 97 96%
Human Resources Management 36 +1 36% / 64% 17% $71,653 78 94%
Labor and Industrial Relations 30 +4 23% / 77% 0% $71,653 78 94%
Marketing 225 +18 40% / 60% 1% $90,462 93 98%
Operations Management 75 +7 57% / 43% 8% $83,859 89 98%
Retailing and Retail Operations 38 — 18% / 82% 11% $76,798 83 96%
Risk Management and Insurance 16 +1 69% / 31% 19% $96,778 96 —
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations 35 +13 51% / 49% 3% $76,798 83 96%
Construction Management 28 — 71% / 29% 4% $90,108 93 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Biological Sciences 880 35% / 65% 2% $68,898 95%
Biochemistry 95 +1 53% / 47% 1% $68,953 74 92%
Biology 294 +1 26% / 74% 3% $70,348 76 94%
Cell Biology and Genetics 67 +1 25% / 75% 1% $70,722 77 97%
Ecology 28 +1 36% / 64% 4% $54,829 42 91%
Microbiology 26 +4 42% / 58% 0% $63,560 64 89%
Neuroscience 93 — 30% / 70% 3% $70,275 76 97%
Physiology 99 — 28% / 72% 0% $68,815 74 98%
Plant Biology 10 +1 40% / 60% 0% $56,242 46 —
Exercise Physiology 168 — 48% / 52% 2% $68,815 74 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Design 224 37% / 63% 3% $63,745 93%
Environmental Design — — — — $56,680 48 —
Architecture 97 — 38% / 62% 3% $66,347 70 94%
Graphic Design 78 — 35% / 65% 3% $61,564 60 93%
Industrial Design 21 — 62% / 38% 0% $61,564 60 93%
Interior Design 20 — 10% / 90% 5% $61,564 60 93%
Landscape Architecture 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $64,665 66 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education and Human Development 382 43% / 57% 3% $64,601 97%
Kinesiology 13 — 38% / 62% 8% $62,213 62 97%
Sports Management 69 — 83% / 17% 6% $62,213 62 97%
Agricultural Teacher Education 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,467 32 100%
Early Childhood Education 16 — 0% / 100% 0% $56,388 47 95%
Education 191 +1 49% / 51% 2% $70,349 76 97%
Elementary Education 72 — 8% / 92% 4% $56,388 47 95%
Special Education 16 — 12% / 88% 6% $57,502 50 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences 310 32% / 68% 2% $59,889 96%
Animal Sciences 78 +2 14% / 86% 1% $59,386 55 96%
Environmental Science 82 — 26% / 74% 0% $53,460 38 97%
Food Science 19 — 37% / 63% 16% $70,228 76 84%
Forestry 18 — 67% / 33% 0% $63,496 64 100%
Plant Science 23 +1 43% / 57% 0% $45,549 17 93%
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $101,593 97 100%
Agricultural Business and Management 36 +4 53% / 47% 6% $81,821 88 95%
Natural Resources/Conservation 50 — 36% / 64% 0% $53,460 38 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 3,200 44% / 56% 8% $71,639 95%
Computer Science 593 +8 78% / 22% 11% $111,199 98 96%
Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst 114 +21 60% / 40% 15% $110,382 98 97%
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 44 — 82% / 18% 5% $103,056 97 100%
Data Science 26 — 58% / 42% 4% $83,403 89 —
Environmental Geosciences 17 — 53% / 47% 0% $57,143 49 —
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services 9 +1 44% / 56% 0% $61,229 59 —
Nutrition Sciences 39 +1 28% / 72% 5% $58,915 54 94%
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science 27 — 37% / 63% 0% $69,720 75 98%
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences 36 +2 6% / 94% 3% $57,519 50 95%
Applied Economics 22 — 55% / 45% 5% $83,564 89 95%
Economics 102 +8 75% / 25% 28% $83,564 89 95%
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Services 45 — 16% / 84% 0% $53,715 39 96%
Quantitative Economics 71 +4 80% / 20% 41% $83,564 89 95%
African-American Studies 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $48,333 23 100%
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,593 21 —
American Studies 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $48,078 23 —
Anthropology 30 +3 23% / 77% 0% $49,123 26 95%
Asian Languages 27 +3 33% / 67% 7% $40,521 8 76%
Chicano and Latino Studies 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $48,333 23 100%
Classics 2 +2 50% / 50% 0% $52,245 35 —
Communication Studies 28 — 36% / 64% 0% $73,105 80 95%
Criminology 94 +11 16% / 84% 3% $61,352 60 95%
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature 8 +2 38% / 62% 0% $55,014 43 —
Developmental and Child Psychology 108 — 8% / 92% 3% $51,801 33 99%
English 92 +8 29% / 71% 1% $48,382 24 92%
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,087 37 —
Foreign Languages 7 +1 0% / 100% 0% $55,450 44 84%
French 4 +7 25% / 75% 0% $57,630 50 92%
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies 8 +1 0% / 100% 0% $48,333 23 100%
Geography 23 +1 61% / 39% 4% $60,883 59 97%
Germanic Studies 5 +2 20% / 80% 0% $42,129 10 95%
History 69 +18 67% / 33% 3% $49,085 26 94%
Interdisciplinary Studies 107 +299 35% / 65% 1% $66,786 70 92%
International Studies 38 +8 32% / 68% 3% $55,760 45 91%
Italian — +1 — — $55,009 43 —
Jewish/Judaic Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $55,618 45 —
Journalism 52 +1 44% / 56% 4% $67,369 71 97%
Linguistics 23 +3 39% / 61% 9% $55,450 44 84%
Media Studies 15 +1 53% / 47% 13% $66,546 70 —
Native American Studies 4 +2 50% / 50% 0% $48,333 23 100%
Philosophy 23 +4 61% / 39% 9% $66,564 70 89%
Political Science 148 +18 49% / 51% 3% $63,560 64 93%
Psychology 537 +22 24% / 76% 8% $57,656 50 94%
Religious Studies 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $55,392 44 —
Rhetoric and Composition 112 +20 40% / 60% 12% $57,881 51 96%
Russian 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $54,506 41 —
Sociology 72 +5 35% / 65% 1% $52,443 35 98%
Spanish 27 +7 19% / 81% 0% $57,630 50 92%
Strategic Communication 184 +14 25% / 75% 2% $65,908 69 —
Apparel and Textiles 9 — 11% / 89% 0% $58,681 53 95%
Art 58 +4 33% / 67% 2% $42,480 11 92%
Art History 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $42,480 11 92%
Dance 11 +2 9% / 91% 9% $47,108 20 95%
Film/Cinema Studies — — — — $43,451 12 —
Film/Video and Photographic Arts 25 +8 52% / 48% 8% $44,896 15 95%
Music 29 — 66% / 34% 0% $53,008 37 90%
Music Education 6 +1 50% / 50% 0% $51,467 32 100%
Theatre 33 +5 24% / 76% 0% $33,470 3 93%
Urban Studies/Affairs 17 +2 71% / 29% 0% $55,775 45 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science and Engineering 1,038 69% / 31% 10% $87,806 96%
Aerospace Engineering 72 — 92% / 8% 1% $81,624 87 96%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 22 — 45% / 55% 9% $86,218 91 100%
Biomedical Engineering 89 — 49% / 51% 4% $93,996 95 97%
Chemical Engineering 108 — 61% / 39% 13% $101,125 97 97%
Civil Engineering 31 — 81% / 19% 6% $82,596 88 96%
Computer Engineering 57 — 88% / 12% 9% $101,456 97 93%
Electrical Engineering 63 — 76% / 24% 8% $96,638 96 97%
Environmental Engineering 13 — 54% / 46% 0% $72,767 79 100%
Geological Engineering 5 — 60% / 40% 20% $95,074 95 —
Industrial Engineering 58 — 55% / 45% 3% $93,671 94 100%
Materials Engineering 25 — 76% / 24% 8% $89,696 93 100%
Mechanical Engineering 157 — 85% / 15% 10% $95,566 95 95%
Astrophysics 26 — 50% / 50% 8% $72,276 79 —
Chemistry 65 — 57% / 43% 5% $70,655 76 97%
Geosciences 18 +1 33% / 67% 0% $60,625 58 94%
Mathematics 125 +11 68% / 32% 17% $81,554 87 96%
Physics 51 — 75% / 25% 10% $66,489 70 84%
Statistics 53 +3 62% / 38% 45% $83,050 88 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Nursing 135 16% / 84% 0% $84,707 98%
Nursing 135 — 16% / 84% 0% $84,707 90 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Public Health 141 19% / 81% 0% $72,189 97%
Clinical Laboratory Science 20 — 20% / 80% 0% $82,984 88 98%
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 25 — 16% / 84% 0% $70,265 76 94%
Health and Wellness 50 — 14% / 86% 0% $69,555 75 96%
Rehabilitation Counseling — — — — $69,230 74 —
Health Administration 46 — 26% / 74% 0% $71,405 78 100%

Rankings

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
Huge Community
Little Meca Most Muslim
Growing Presence

Engineering

Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Field Tested
Resistance Is Futile Computer Engineering
Segfault Survivors & Kernel Panickers

Computer Science

Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language Computer Science (A&S)
10k-Student Server Crashers

Life & Natural Sciences

Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Lab Coat Foodies

Health Sciences

Walk It Off Rehabilitation
Cleared to Play

Business & Economics

Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Suits with Boots
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Talent Whisperers

Humanities & Social Sciences

Mappy Few, the Cartography Crew Geography & Cartography
Bermuda Triangulators

Arts

Eight Hours of Scales Music
Practice Room Prophets