unitid 174020 · Saint Paul, MN · public 4-year · city (large)
Metropolitan State University
- enrollment 2023
- 8,508
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
99%
97th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,616
55th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
48%
undergrads on Pell grants
84th pctl among public 4-years
completion
44%
finish within 150% time
47th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,172
65th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,863
after aid, aided students
78th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$64,705
after entry, Title IV students
85th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$17,100
35th 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 $15,238 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
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+15%
- Median family income
- $28,315
- First-generation students
- 37%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,840
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.8× 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. | 245 | $69,606 | $29,250 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 140 | $61,930 | $35,110 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 107 | $92,966 | $35,762 |
| Computer Science. | 105 | $99,864 | $27,008 |
| Psychology, General. | 102 | $49,480 | $30,155 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 83 | $60,410 | $29,426 |
| Social Work. | 63 | $57,301 | $29,615 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 60 | $67,821 | $32,828 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 56 | $83,445 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 55 | — | — |
| Human Services, General. | 53 | $51,794 | $31,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 50 | — | $26,113 |
— 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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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.