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Largest communication programs in Minnesota
Minnesota communication programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolitan State University | Saint Paul | Public, 4-year | 34 |
| 2 | Saint Cloud State University | Saint Cloud | Public, 4-year | 30 |
| 3 | Bethel University | Saint Paul | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 22 |
| 4 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | Crookston | Public, 4-year | 17 |
| 5 | Concordia College at Moorhead | Moorhead | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 12 |
| 6 | Walden University | Minneapolis | For-profit, 4-year | 11 |
| 7 | Crown College | Saint Bonifacius | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 11 |
| 8 | Bethany Lutheran College | Mankato | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 7 |
| 9 | Rochester Community and Technical College | Rochester | Public, 2-year | 6 |
| 10 | St Catherine University | Saint Paul | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 5 |
| 11 | The College of Saint Scholastica | Duluth | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 12 | Hamline University | Saint Paul | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 13 | Minnesota State University-Mankato | Mankato | Public, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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