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Largest special education programs in Minnesota
Minnesota special 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 | Minnesota State University-Mankato | Mankato | Public, 4-year | 78 |
| 2 | Bethel University | Saint Paul | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 51 |
| 3 | Saint Cloud State University | Saint Cloud | Public, 4-year | 48 |
| 4 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | Winona | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 23 |
| 5 | Southwest Minnesota State University | Marshall | Public, 4-year | 23 |
| 6 | Winona State University | Winona | Public, 4-year | 16 |
| 7 | Walden University | Minneapolis | For-profit, 4-year | 8 |
| 8 | Augsburg University | Minneapolis | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 9 | Ridgewater College | Willmar | Public, 2-year | 5 |
| 10 | Century College | White Bear Lake | Public, 2-year | 2 |
| 11 | Anoka-Ramsey Community College | Coon Rapids | Public, 2-year | 1 |
| 12 | Bethany Lutheran College | Mankato | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
| 13 | Martin Luther College | New Ulm | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
| 14 | Normandale Community College | Bloomington | Public, 2-year | 1 |
| 15 | The College of Saint Scholastica | Duluth | Private nonprofit, 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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