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Largest liberal arts programs in Minnesota
Minnesota liberal arts 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 | Normandale Community College | Bloomington | Public, 2-year | 671 |
| 2 | Anoka-Ramsey Community College | Coon Rapids | Public, 2-year | 612 |
| 3 | Minnesota North College | Hibbing | Public, 2-year | 387 |
| 4 | Century College | White Bear Lake | Public, 2-year | 383 |
| 5 | Minneapolis Community and Technical College | Minneapolis | Public, 2-year | 344 |
| 6 | Central Lakes College-Brainerd | Brainerd | Public, 2-year | 336 |
| 7 | Lake Superior College | Duluth | Public, 2-year | 263 |
| 8 | Minnesota State Community and Technical College | Fergus Falls | Public, 2-year | 237 |
| 9 | St Cloud Technical and Community College | Saint Cloud | Public, 2-year | 237 |
| 10 | Riverland Community College | Austin | Public, 2-year | 230 |
| 11 | Rochester Community and Technical College | Rochester | Public, 2-year | 209 |
| 12 | North Hennepin Community College | Brooklyn Park | Public, 2-year | 206 |
| 13 | Inver Hills Community College | Inver Grove Heights | Public, 2-year | 205 |
| 14 | Saint Paul College | Saint Paul | Public, 2-year | 201 |
| 15 | Ridgewater College | Willmar | Public, 2-year | 198 |
| 16 | South Central College | North Mankato | Public, 2-year | 132 |
| 17 | Minnesota West Community and Technical College | Granite Falls | Public, 2-year | 103 |
| 18 | Northland Community and Technical College | Thief River Falls | Public, 2-year | 99 |
| 19 | Saint Cloud State University | Saint Cloud | Public, 4-year | 94 |
| 20 | Bemidji State University | Bemidji | Public, 4-year | 78 |
| 21 | Minnesota State University-Mankato | Mankato | Public, 4-year | 76 |
| 22 | Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College | Cloquet | Public, 4-year | 76 |
| 23 | University of St Thomas | Saint Paul | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 52 |
| 24 | Alexandria Technical & Community College | Alexandria | Public, 2-year | 51 |
| 25 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | Saint Paul | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 48 |
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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