University of Minnesota-Crookston

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of Minnesota-Crookston

University of Minnesota-Crookston operates as a public institution located in Crookston, Minnesota (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,729 students of which 2,979 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. University of Minnesota-Crookston is categorized as “22” 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 87.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,212, with published in-state tuition of $13,288 and a Pell grant recipient share of 20.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 49.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 80.0%. Graduates earn a median of $58,056 ten years after enrolling, compared with $51,905 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 93000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 72.9% 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.