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MINNESOTA COLLEGE RANKingS
Today, U.S. News & World Report releases its latest college rankings online. St. Olaf and the University of Minnesota will be pleased with the results.
St. Olaf moved up seven positions in the liberal arts category to No. 47 and joins Carleton and Macalester in the top 50. The U moved up 10 spots in the national university rankings to No. 61 overall and No. 22 among public universities. In the process, the U leapfrogged Big Ten rivals Michigan State, Iowa and Purdue.
A look at how Minnesota schools fared by category:
National universities
61. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Third tier: University of St. Thomas
Liberal arts colleges
8. Carleton College
25. Macalester College
47. St. Olaf College
71. St. John's University
84. College of St. Benedict
88. Gustavus Adolphus College
Third tier: Concordia College (Moorhead); University of
Minnesota-Morris
Universities-Master's (Midwest)
9. Hamline University
14. College of St. Catherine
16. Bethel University
22. College of St. Scholastica
25. Augsburg College
45. University of Minnesota-Duluth
51. Winona State University
67. Bemidji State University
Third tier: Concordia University-St. Paul; Minnesota State,
Mankato; Minnesota State, Moorhead; St. Cloud State
Fourth tier: Metropolitan State; Southwest Minnesota State
Baccalaureate colleges (Midwest)
16. Northwestern College
Third tier: Crown College; University of Minnesota-
Crookston
Fourth tier: Bethany Lutheran College; North Central Uni-
versity
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