Capella University Business Programs

Capella University is a private for-profit institution situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The city atmosphere of Minneapolis makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Capella University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Capella University has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#145	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Capella University.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Most Popular Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Value Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#54	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#84	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#84	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#99	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Capella University has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#21	Best Organizational Leadership Schools	College Factual
#47	Best Human Resource Management Schools	College Factual
#99	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual
#101	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#142	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#177	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is Capella University?

Contact details for Capella University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	225 South 6Th Street, 9Th Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402-3389
Phone:	866-808-4080
Website:	www.capella.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/CapellaUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/CapellaU

How Do I Get Into Capella University?

You can apply to Capella University online at: www.capella.edu/admissions/apply-now

Capella University has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Capella 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 Capella University, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $6,804 a year. That adds up to $27,216 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Capella University is 5.2%. 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.

Capella University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,781 undergraduate students at Capella University, with 2,159 being full-time and 9,622 being part-time.

There are also 27,149 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,159 full-time undergraduates at Capella University, 19% are male and 81% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	81
Black or African American	447
Hispanic or Latino	237
White	1,062
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	322

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Capella University. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Capella University

In 2019-2020, 38,930 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Capella University Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Capella University was $14,148 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Capella University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Labor & Industrial Relations	#1	#1
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	#1	#1
Organizational Behavior Studies	#3	#3
General Business/Commerce	#4	#4
General Business/Commerce	#4	#4
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#4	#4
Entrepreneurship	#4	#4
Entrepreneurial Studies	#4	#4
Other Human Resources Management and Services	#4	#4
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#10	#10
Management Science	#10	#10
Marketing	#13	#13
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#13	#13
Information Resources Management	#13	#13
Finance	#19	#19
Finance & Financial Management	#22	#22
Interior Design Management	#22	#22
Project Management	#25	#25
Accounting	#31	#31
Management Information Systems	#34	#34
Accounting	#70	#70

Online Growth Rankings of Capella University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Capella University was 0.9%. This is the #732 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Capella University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Capella University ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Labor & Industrial Relations	#4
Other Human Resources Management and Services	#11
Information Resources Management	#24
Organizational Behavior Studies	#34
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#43
Business Management & Marketing	#43
Management Science	#47
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	#73
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#75
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#75
Project Management	#86
Finance	#121
Interior Design Management	#125
Entrepreneurship	#148
Management Information Systems	#164
Finance & Financial Management	#170
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#189
Entrepreneurial Studies	#191
Organizational Leadership	#201
General Business/Commerce	#256
General Business/Commerce	#256
Marketing	#258
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#272
Human Resource Management	#312
Accounting	#329

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%.

Capella University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	647	58	546	26	1,277
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	149	55	299	12	515
Project Management	0	74	0	186	8	268
Accounting	8	93	0	4	8	113
Management Science	0	10	19	30	5	64
Interior Design Management	0	0	2	0	50	52
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0	0	29	29
Finance	0	11	0	5	5	21
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	0	0	0	10	6	16
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	10	0	2	2	14
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	1	4	8	13
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	0	0	13	0	13
Information Resources Management	0	0	0	4	7	11
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	1	0	1
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Human Resources Management and Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Labor & Industrial Relations	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	8	994	135	1,104	166	2,407

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.