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Largest early childhood education programs in Minnesota
Minnesota early childhood education 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 | Rasmussen University | St. Cloud | For-profit, 4-year | 621 |
| 2 | Walden University | Minneapolis | For-profit, 4-year | 268 |
| 3 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | Saint Paul | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 41 |
| 4 | Ridgewater College | Willmar | Public, 2-year | 29 |
| 5 | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis | Public, 4-year | 27 |
| 6 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | Moorhead | Public, 4-year | 21 |
| 7 | Alexandria Technical & Community College | Alexandria | Public, 2-year | 19 |
| 8 | Martin Luther College | New Ulm | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 15 |
| 9 | Southwest Minnesota State University | Marshall | Public, 4-year | 15 |
| 10 | Winona State University | Winona | Public, 4-year | 12 |
| 11 | Metropolitan State University | Saint Paul | Public, 4-year | 10 |
| 12 | Minneapolis Community and Technical College | Minneapolis | Public, 2-year | 10 |
| 13 | Saint Paul College | Saint Paul | Public, 2-year | 10 |
| 14 | Dakota County Technical College | Rosemount | Public, 2-year | 9 |
| 15 | Rochester Community and Technical College | Rochester | Public, 2-year | 8 |
| 16 | Saint Cloud State University | Saint Cloud | Public, 4-year | 6 |
| 17 | Leech Lake Tribal College | Cass Lake | Public, 2-year | 5 |
| 18 | Minnesota State Community and Technical College | Fergus Falls | Public, 2-year | 4 |
| 19 | Minnesota North College | Hibbing | Public, 2-year | 4 |
| 20 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | Saint Paul | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 21 | Minnesota State College Southeast | Winona | Public, 2-year | 3 |
| 22 | Central Lakes College-Brainerd | Brainerd | Public, 2-year | 2 |
| 23 | Hennepin Technical College | Brooklyn Park | Public, 2-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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