Metropolitan State University Overview

Metropolitan State University is a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The city atmosphere of Saint Paul makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Metropolitan State University Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at Metro State is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Metro State.
• In <nil>, 30% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Metro State bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $60,744 a year. That's about 49% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Metropolitan State University?

Contact details for Metro State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	700 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, MN 55106-5000
Phone:	651-793-1300
Website:	www.metrostate.edu

How Do I Get Into Metro State?

You can apply to Metro State online at: https://www.metrostate.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Metro State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Metro State?

The acceptance rate at Metro State is 67%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Can I Afford Metropolitan State University?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Metro State, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $4,675 a year. That adds up to $18,700 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Metro State is 1.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Metropolitan State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,000 undergraduate students at Metro State, with 2,663 being full-time and 3,337 being part-time.

There are also 914 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,663 full-time undergraduates at Metro State, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Metropolitan State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	546
Black or African American	709
Hispanic or Latino	172
White	980
International Students	116
Other Races/Ethnicities	140

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Metropolitan State University. At this time, 4 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 61 countries are represented at Metro State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Taiwan, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Metropolitan State University

There are 21 bachelor’s degree and 15 master’s degree programs available online at Metro State. In 2020-2021, 4,849 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Metro State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Metro State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Metropolitan State University was 74.8%. This is the #499 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Metro State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.