A high-spirited Midwestern liberal arts haven in Northfield, Minnesota, famed for sending disproportionate numbers of graduates to earn doctoral degrees.
- Admit rate
- 16.6%
- Selective
- SAT middle 50%
- 1430–1540
- of admitted students
- Avg. net price
- $28,000
- per year, after grants
- Average GPA
- 3.91
- unweighted
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Half of admitted students scored between 1430 and 1540.
Popular majors
- Computer ScienceComputer Science & AI
- Biology & BiochemistryBiology, Health & Pre-Med
- Geology & Earth SciencesMath & Natural SciencesStandout program
- Economics & StatisticsSocial Sciences & LawWell regarded
- History & International RelationsHumanities & WritingWell regarded
Highlights
- Produces more future PhDs per capita than almost any college
- Quirky, collaborative, unpretentious intellectual culture
- 880-acre Cowling Arboretum adjoining campus
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