Minnesota Average Net Price Ranking

The Most Expensive Colleges in Minnesota by Average Net Price for 2023

Most Expensive Colleges in Minnesota by Average Net Price

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.

Minnesota's Most Expensive Colleges by Average Net Price
College Net Price Discount
#1 Macalester College

Saint Paul, Private Not For Profit

$35,589 52%
#2 University of St Thomas

Saint Paul, Private Not For Profit

$31,799 48%
#3 Carleton College

Northfield, Private Not For Profit

$30,843 60%
#4 McNally Smith College of Music

Saint Paul, Private For Profit

$30,167 16%
#5 Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, Private Not For Profit

$29,347 45%
#6 Bethel University

Saint Paul, Private Not For Profit

$29,107 45%
#7 Saint Johns University

Collegeville, Private Not For Profit

$28,128 55%
#8 College of Saint Benedict

Saint Joseph, Private Not For Profit

$27,960 55%
#9 St Olaf College

Northfield, Private Not For Profit

$27,838 58%
#10 Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, Private Not For Profit

$26,701 57%
#11 Crown College

Saint Bonifacius, Private Not For Profit

$25,977 33%
#12 Dunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, Private Not For Profit

$25,881 28%
#13 Duluth Business University

Dultuh, Private For Profit

$25,119 18%
#14 Augsburg College

Minneapolis, Private Not For Profit

$24,306 55%
#15 Concordia College at Moorhead

Moorhead, Private Not For Profit

$24,096 37%
#16 Northwestern College

Saint Paul, Private Not For Profit

$23,967 47%
#17 The College of Saint Scholastica

Duluth, Private Not For Profit

$23,215 55%
#18 North Central University

Minneapolis, Private Not For Profit

$22,259 41%
#19 Northwestern Health Sciences University

Bloomington, Private Not For Profit

$22,127 12%
#20 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, Private Not For Profit

$22,021 57%