The Most Expensive Colleges in Minnesota by Average Net Price for 2023
The highest net price colleges in Minnesota are ranked by the average net price paid. Net price is the average cost paid as determined by tuition minus scholarship and grant financial aid and grant financial aid and may be a more accurate estimation of real life costs than published tuition. Discount from list price represents the effective percent discount from published costs that students averaged. Please note that net price varies on a student by student basis based on finanical situation and no financial aid is guaranteed. Macalester College leads the list with a $35,589 average annual net price paid in 2014-2015.
Net price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2014-2015 academic year.
| College | Net Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
#1 Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Private Not For Profit |
$35,589 | 52% |
#2 University of St ThomasSaint Paul, Private Not For Profit |
$31,799 | 48% |
#3 Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Private Not For Profit |
$30,843 | 60% |
#4 McNally Smith College of MusicSaint Paul, Private For Profit |
$30,167 | 16% |
#5 Minneapolis College of Art and DesignMinneapolis, Private Not For Profit |
$29,347 | 45% |
#6 Bethel UniversitySaint Paul, Private Not For Profit |
$29,107 | 45% |
#7 Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, Private Not For Profit |
$28,128 | 55% |
#8 College of Saint BenedictSaint Joseph, Private Not For Profit |
$27,960 | 55% |
#9 St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Private Not For Profit |
$27,838 | 58% |
#10 Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Private Not For Profit |
$26,701 | 57% |
#11 Crown CollegeSaint Bonifacius, Private Not For Profit |
$25,977 | 33% |
#12 Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Private Not For Profit |
$25,881 | 28% |
#13 Duluth Business UniversityDultuh, Private For Profit |
$25,119 | 18% |
#14 Augsburg CollegeMinneapolis, Private Not For Profit |
$24,306 | 55% |
#15 Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, Private Not For Profit |
$24,096 | 37% |
#16 Northwestern CollegeSaint Paul, Private Not For Profit |
$23,967 | 47% |
#17 The College of Saint ScholasticaDuluth, Private Not For Profit |
$23,215 | 55% |
#18 North Central UniversityMinneapolis, Private Not For Profit |
$22,259 | 41% |
#19 Northwestern Health Sciences UniversityBloomington, Private Not For Profit |
$22,127 | 12% |
#20 Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, Private Not For Profit |
$22,021 | 57% |