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# University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated September 30, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at UMN?

UMN’s reported acceptance rate is 79.7%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
79.7%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities admits 79.8% of applicants, a rate that sits above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do UMN students report?

The middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores scored between 1,300 and 1,500. For ACT submitters, the corresponding range is 26 to 31.

These figures are the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles of submitted scores, not admission cutoffs. They describe where the central portion of recent score submitters fell.

An applicant can compare their own results with the university's 1,300–1,500 SAT range and 26–31 ACT range. The bands cover only the students who chose to report scores.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at UMN. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1300

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1500

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
26

**75th percentile**
31

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at UMN?

**Pell Grant recipients**
17.6%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
21.0%

**First-year retention**
91.1%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities enrolls 31,855 undergraduates across multiple entry paths. An estimated 21.0% arrive as transfers or part-time students, and 17.6% receive Pell Grants.

The student body includes a substantial share of people who began their college coursework elsewhere, alongside a smaller group relying on federal grant aid to cover costs. Prospective transfer and Pell-eligible students should check transfer credit policies and use the cost calculator to preview their net price before applying.

These patterns describe the enrolled population, not the criteria used to review files or the odds facing any one applicant.

Students who start full-time at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities tend to stay and finish. The university retains 91.1% of its full-time bachelor's-seeking first-year students, and its [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort reaches 85.3%.

Both figures run well ahead of the peer medians—83.1% for retention and 65.0% for completion among comparable institutions. Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort graduate at 72.3%, which sits below the overall six-year rate by 13.0 percentage points.

Enrolled students can expect persistence and completion outcomes that sit above the peer medians for comparable institutions.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).