unitid 173124 · Bemidji, MN · public 4-year · town (remote)
Bemidji State University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,061
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
56%
13th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
3,139
37th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
39th pctl among public 4-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
54th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,744
52nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,261
after aid, aided students
66th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$53,755
after entry, Title IV students
59th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,750
53rd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,073 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k17%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k24%
- 110k+27%
- Median family income
- $57,931
- First-generation students
- 27%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,237
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 152 | $58,292 | $23,500 |
| Psychology, General. | 93 | $51,767 | $26,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 86 | $79,411 | $27,990 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 69 | $43,816 | $27,757 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 59 | $61,873 | $23,181 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 45 | $46,167 | $24,898 |
| Biology, General. | 44 | $58,785 | $25,494 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 41 | $48,268 | $23,389 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 41 | $65,245 | $30,114 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 40 | $41,922 | — |
| Social Work. | 34 | $51,542 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 31 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.