University of Minnesota Student Enrollment Statistics

The University of Minnesota, particularly its Twin Cities campus, is a major public land-grant research university with a significant student body. Understanding the enrollment statistics provides valuable insights into the university's composition, diversity, and academic environment. This article delves into various aspects of student enrollment, drawing from available data and definitions to offer a comprehensive overview.

Key Definitions

To accurately interpret enrollment statistics, it's essential to understand the terminology used. Here are some key definitions as provided by IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) and the University of Minnesota:

Academic Year: The annual period of instruction, encompassing fall, spring, and summer terms. The academic year is determined by the calendar year in which the fall term occurs (e.g., the academic year 2015-16 runs from Fall 2015 through Summer 2016).
Academic Term: A defined period of instruction within an academic year, such as Fall 2021 or Spring 2022.
Campus: The University of Minnesota system includes campuses at Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester, and the Twin Cities, along with their reporting entities.
College: A unit within the University that offers courses of instruction, typically leading to a degree, and contributes to the University's teaching, research, and outreach mission.
Degree-seeking Students: Students enrolled in courses for credit who are pursuing a degree, certificate, or other postsecondary credential.
Full-time/Part-time: A student's academic workload for a term, determined by the number of units taken. The minimum unit requirement for full-time status varies based on the student's academic career (e.g., undergraduates require at least 12 units, while graduate students require at least 6 units).
Home Location: Geographic grouping based on a student's home address (e.g., TC Metro, Greater MN, Other US).
Registration Status: A student's registration context at the University in a given term, indicating if they are new, have transferred between campuses or colleges, or are continuing in their program.
Student Level: A classification that combines a student's level of study with their degree-seeking status (e.g., undergraduate, graduate, professional, non-degree).

Overall Enrollment

As the largest of the five campuses across the University of Minnesota system, the Twin Cities campus boasts a substantial student population. As of Fall 2023, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities had a total undergraduate enrollment of 39,556, making it the ninth-largest campus student body in the United States overall.

Admission Statistics

The University of Minnesota is a popular choice for students, demonstrated by the high volume of applications received. For Fall 2025 admission, the university received over 43,000 applications for a freshman class of roughly 7,100 students.

The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities accepts the Common Application and has a test-optional admissions policy.

Tuition and Financial Aid

For the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, the in-state tuition and fees are $17,214, while out-of-state tuition and fees are $38,362. A significant portion of students receive financial aid to help offset these costs. Forty-seven percent of first-year students receive need-based financial aid, and the average net price for federal loan recipients is $16,318.

Graduation Rates and Post-Graduation Outcomes

The University of Minnesota demonstrates solid graduation rates, with a four-year graduation rate of 74%. Furthermore, graduates see promising career prospects, with a median salary of $57,984 six years after graduation.

Campus Overview

The University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights. The flagship University of Minnesota campus is the Twin Cities campus, which comprises grounds in St. Paul and Minneapolis, the latter divided into areas on both the east and west banks of the Mississippi River.

Minneapolis Campus

The original Minneapolis campus overlooked the Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River but was later moved about a mile (1.6 km) downstream to its current location. The original site is now marked by a small park known as Chute Square at the intersection of University and Central avenues.

East Bank

The Knoll area, the oldest extant part of the university, is in the northwestern corner of the campus. Many buildings in this area are well over 100 years old, such as some of the 13 in the Old Campus Historic District. Today, most disciplines in this area relate to the humanities. Burton Hall is home to the College of Education and Human Development. Folwell Hall and Jones Hall are primarily used by the language departments. A residence hall, Sanford Hall, and a student-apartment complex, Roy Wilkins Hall, are in this area.

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Northrop Mall is arguably the center of the Minneapolis campus. The plan for the Mall was based on a design by Cass Gilbert, although his scheme was too extravagant to be fully implemented. Several of the campus's primary buildings surround the Mall area. Northrop Auditorium provides a northern anchor, with Coffman Memorial Union (CMU) to the south. Four of the larger buildings to the sides of the Mall are the primary mathematics, physics, and chemistry buildings (Vincent Hall, Tate Laboratory and Smith Hall, respectively) and Walter Library. Smith Hall and Walter Library were built during the Lotus Coffman administration. The Mall area is home to the College of Liberal Arts, which is Minnesota's largest public or private college, and the College of Science and Engineering. Behind CMU is another residence hall, Comstock Hall, and another student-apartment complex, Yudof Hall.

The Health area is to the southeast of the Mall area and focuses on undergraduate buildings for biological science students, as well as the homes of the College of Pharmacy, the School of Nursing, the School of Dentistry, the Medical School, the School of Public Health, and M Health Fairview Hospitals and Clinics. This complex of buildings forms what is known as the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Across the street from the University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview is an area known as the "Superblock", a four-city-block space comprising four residence halls (Pioneer, Frontier, Centennial and Territorial Halls).

The Athletic area is directly north of the Superblock and includes four recreation/athletic facilities: the University Recreation Center, Cooke Hall, the University Fieldhouse, and the University Aquatic Center. These facilities are all connected by tunnels and skyways, allowing students to use one locker room facility.

The Gateway area, the easternmost section of campus, is primarily composed of office buildings instead of classrooms and lecture halls. The most prominent building is McNamara Alumni Center.

The Armory, northeast of the Mall area, is built like a Norman castle. It features a sally-port entrance facing Church Street and a tower that was originally intended to be the professor of military science's residence. Since it originally held the athletics department, the Armory also features a gymnasium.

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Several buildings in the Old Campus Historic District were designed by early Minnesota architect LeRoy Buffington. One of the most notable is Pillsbury Hall, designed by Buffington and Harvey Ellis in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Pillsbury Hall's polychromatic facade incorporates several sandstone varieties that were available in Minnesota during the time of construction.

Many of the buildings on the East Bank were designed by the prolific Minnesota architect Clarence H. Johnston, including the Jacobean Folwell Hall and the Beaux-Arts edifices of Northrop Auditorium and Walter Library, which he considered the heart of the university. In more recent years, Frank Gehry designed the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. Completed in 1993, the Weisman Art Museum is a typical example of his work with curving metallic structures. The abstract structure is considered highly significant because it was built prior to the widespread use of computer-aided design in architecture. Another notable structure is the addition to the Architecture building, designed by Steven Holl and completed in 2002. It won an American Institute of Architects award for its innovative design.

The university also has a "Greek row" of historic fraternities and sororities located north of campus on University Avenue SE.

West Bank

The West Bank covers 53 acres (21 ha). The West Bank is home to the University of Minnesota Law School, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the Carlson School of Management, various social science buildings, and the performing arts center. The West Bank Arts Quarter includes the Rarig Center, Barbara Barker Center for Dance, Ferguson Hall (School of Music), Ted Mann Concert Hall and Regis Center for Art. Wilson Library, the largest library in the university system, is also on the West Bank, as is Middlebrook Hall, the largest residence hall on campus. The Elmer L.

St. Paul Campus

The St. Paul campus is in the city of Falcon Heights, about 3 mi (4.8 km) from the Minneapolis campus. The default place name for the ZIP code serving the campus is "St. Paul", but "Falcon Heights" is also recognized for use in the street addresses of all campus buildings. The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, including the University of Minnesota Food Industry Center and many other disciplines from social sciences to vocational education, are on this campus. It also includes the College of Continuing and Professional Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, and College of Biological Sciences. The extensive lawns, flowers, trees, and surrounding University research farm plots create a greener and quieter campus. It has a grassy mall of its own and can be a bit of a retreat from the more urban Minneapolis campus.

Prominent on this campus is Bailey Hall, the St. Paul campus' only residence hall. The Continuing Education and Conference Center, which serves over 20,000 conference attendees per year, is also on the St.

The St. Paul campus is home to the College of Design's Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel (DHA). Located in McNeal Hall, DHA includes the departmental disciplines of apparel design, graphic design, housing studies, interior design, and retail merchandising. The St.

The St. Paul campus borders the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, which hosts the largest state fair in the United States by daily attendance. The fair lasts 12 days, from late August through Labor Day.

Transportation

Walking and riding bicycles are the most common modes of transportation among students. The Washington Avenue Bridge crossing the Mississippi River provides access between the East and West Banks in Minneapolis, on foot and via designated bike lanes and a free shuttle service. Several pedestrian tunnels ease the passage from building to building during harsh weather; they are marked with signs reading "The Gopher Way".

On regular weekdays during the school year, the Campus Connectors operate with schedule-less service as often as every five minutes during the busiest parts of the school day (between 7 am and 5:30 pm), slowing to once every 15 or 20 minutes during earlier or later hours. The estimated commute time between St. Paul and the East Bank is 15 minutes. In 2008, the system carried 3.55 million riders. Although the shuttle service is free, it is comparatively inexpensive to operate; with an operating cost of $4.55 million in 2008, the operating subsidy was only $1.28 per passenger.

Three light-rail stations serve the university along the Green Line: Stadium Village, East Bank, and West Bank.

Campus Safety

The Step Up campaign is a program that helps students prevent excessive drinking, as well as sexual assault and other crimes, by teaching them how to intervene and prevent in a positive way. This is done, in part, by explaining the bystander effect. The U of M also has a SAFE-U emergency notification text messaging system that sends out a notification to all faculty, staff, and students in case of emergency. The commitment to a safe inclusive campus is also articulated through the comprehensive University of Minnesota Safety Plan, aligned with MPact 2025's Commitment 5, Action Item 5.4, emphasizing the need to assess and improve campus safety continually. The establishment of the Strategic Safety Advisory Committee and public safety forums fosters community engagement and dialogue on safety concerns and improvements. Additionally, the university has made strides in off-campus safety through nightly patrols in Dinkytown and the introduction of blue light kiosks and mobile light trailers to enhance visibility and security.

Other resources help students get home safely. Calling 624-WALK secures an escort for walks to adjacent campuses and neighborhoods, and Gopher Chauffeur, a van service, offers rides near and on campus. In addition, the campus has nearly 200 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and 200 yellow phones for emergency-only calls. The University Police Station has 20 Code Blue phones around campus that immediately connect people to their office. There are also over 2,000 security cameras being monitored 24 hours a day. The university also maintains a vigilant stance on cybersecurity, conducting annual external assessments and updating strategies for risk mitigation.

Academic Programs and Rankings

The university (system-wide) offers 154 undergraduate degree programs, 24 undergraduate certificates, 307 graduate degree programs, and 79 graduate certificates.

The U.S. News & World Report for 2022 include the University of Minnesota Law School at 22nd, the University of Minnesota Medical School, which was 4th for family medicine and 5th for primary care, the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, which ranked 3rd, the Hubert H.

Innovations

Inventions by University of Minnesota students and faculty have ranged from food science to health technologies. The university developed Gopher, a precursor to the World Wide Web which used hyperlinks to connect documents across computers on the internet. However, the version produced by CERN was favored by the public since it was freely distributed and could more easily handle multimedia webpages. The university also houses the Charles Babbage Institute, a research and archive center specializing in computer history.

Puffed rice - Alexander P.
Green Revolution - Norman Borlaug was an agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug, often called "the father of the Green Revolution", is credited with saving over a billion people worldwide from starvation.
ATP synthase - Paul D.
Point-contact transistor - Walter Houser Brattain and John Bardeen, later joined by William Shockley, invented the point-contact transistor in December 1947.
Infusion pump - Henry Buchwald invented the world's first infusion port, peritoneovenous shunts, and specialty vascular catheters.
Cosmic rays - Phyllis S.
Bone marrow transplant - Robert A. Good in 1968 performed the first successful human bone marrow transplant between persons who were not identical twins and is regarded as a founder of modern immunology.
Disk drive - Reynold B.
Cardiac surgery - C.
MMPI - Starke R. Hathaway and J. C.
Atomic bomb - Edward P. Ney discovered cosmic ray heavy nuclei and solar proton events.
Atomic bomb - Alfred O. C. Nier devised a method to isolate the isotopes of uranium, a critical discovery in the atomic age. Nier worked with Kellex Corporation in New York City on the design and development of efficient and effective mass spectrographs for use in the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb in World War II.
Biotechnology - Ronald L. Phillips was the first to generate whole corn plants from cells grown in culture, which laid the foundation for, and sparked, a new industry using cell-culture methods to genetically modify corn plants and other cereals.
Renewable energy - Lanny D.
NASA - Deke Slayton was one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astr…

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