About
The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a public university in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the University of Minnesota System. UMD offers 17 bachelor's degrees in 87 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, a four-year program at the School of Medicine, and a four-year College of Pharmacy program.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 11.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 114 Title IV programs, 48 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 66 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing48 · 42.1%
- No Data66 · 57.9%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 6
Action history · 6
- May 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCommission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
- Feb 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Jul 2018Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Feb 2017Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,916 students received $10.6M in Pell grants, alongside $36.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 2,397 borrowers who entered repayment, 11 (0.4%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UMN
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus12
Includes 9 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UMN vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UMN selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Minnesota-Duluth | 65% | — | 9,253 | $18,464 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 86% | 31.3% | 23,069 | $15,624 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
College of Charleston | 66% | 60.0% | 11,926 | $19,518 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Minnesota State University-Mankato | 53% | 88.4% | 15,271 | $18,609 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
South Dakota State University | 62% | 98.3% | 12,056 | $18,219 | R2 Research |
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 52% | 90.6% | 7,968 | $20,605 | R2 Research |
University of Michigan-Dearborn | 58% | 55.6% | 8,104 | $10,904 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 69% | 79.6% | 31,091 | $14,745 | R2 Research |
University of Northern Iowa | 68% | 92.7% | 9,278 | $14,609 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Western Michigan University | 58% | 84.6% | 16,744 | $18,701 | R2 Research |
Western Washington University | 65% | 93.2% | 14,710 | $18,680 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| Peer group median | 65% | 86.5% | 12,056 | $18,464 |
UMN Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research (OIR) serves as a resource to the University community by providing systematic, timely, official data analysis to meet external accountability and internal data requirements.
Visit IR office page- Sue EricksonAdmin Consultant/Analyst 2, Interim Director of Enrollment Management
- Bryan McManusBusiness & Research Analyst
Research funding
External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.
Common Data Set (1)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (4)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- Data definitionAbout IDR Data | Institutional Data and ResearchThis page provides details about the data used in Institutional Data and Research (IDR) at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. It describes the variety of data sources, mostly internal and external, that contribute to IDR reports and analyses, as well as the university's data governance and aggregation practices for ensuring privacy and compliance. The goal is to achieve full value from the Enterprise Data for operational and analytical purposes.idr.umn.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- FactbookInstitutional Data and Research (IDR)2026The Institutional Data and Research (IDR) page for the University of Minnesota provides comprehensive access to data and reports on various institutional metrics. This includes topics such as enrollment, student outcomes, faculty and staff headcounts, tuition, and research performance. The page highlights recent increases in enrollment in Spring 2026 and provides insight into graduates' earnings compared to peers. It also releases official counts, accountability reports, and NSF HERD survey findings, reflecting on the research expenditures for 2024 in U.S. colleges and universities.idr.umn.edu
- GlossaryGlossary of Terms | University Policy LibraryThis document provides a glossary of institutional and academic terms used in the University of Minnesota-Duluth's policy library. The glossary includes terms related to employment appointments, academic structuring, financial procedures, and administrative classifications among others, framed in the context of institutional compliance and policy execution.policy.umn.edu
Notable alumni of UMN (7)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Manila LuzonArts
- Bruce A. CarlsonMilitary
- Tom BakkPolitics
- Brian KobilkaScience and engineering
- David OreckBusiness
- Brett HullSports
- Maddie RooneySports
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