Metropolitan State University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Metropolitan State University

Metropolitan State University operates as a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 5,616 students of which 7,282 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Metropolitan State University is categorized as “19” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 98.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,020. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,863, with published in-state tuition of $9,840 and a Pell grant recipient share of 47.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $17,100, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 41.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.5%. Graduates earn a median of $64,705 ten years after enrolling, compared with $54,828 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 448300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 77.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.