Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Business Programs

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Winona, Minnesota. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Winona draws many to the area.

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SMU MN.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#47	Most Popular Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#103	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards SMU MN has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#14	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#29	Best Interior Design Management Schools	College Factual
#32	Best Organizational Leadership Schools	College Factual
#109	Best General Business Administration and Management Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#148	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#229	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota?

Contact details for SMU MN are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	700 Terrace Heights, Winona, MN 55987-1399
Phone:	507-457-1600
Website:	www.smumn.edu
Facebook:	http://www.smumn.edu/sitepages/pid5419.php
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/smumn

How Do I Get Into SMU MN?

You can apply to SMU MN online at: www.smumn.edu/admission/apply

Admission Requirements for SMU MN

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into SMU MN?

The acceptance rate at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is 84%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Can I Afford Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota?

The overall average net price of SMU MN is $35,082. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SMU MN, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $7,445 a year. That adds up to $29,780 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SMU MN is 2.0%. 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.

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,329 undergraduate students at SMU MN, with 1,052 being full-time and 277 being part-time.

There are also 3,823 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,052 full-time undergraduates at SMU MN, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	27
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	94
White	788
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. At this time, 24 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 58 countries are represented at SMU MN. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

In 2019-2020, 4,176 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SMU MN 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 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of SMU MN

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota was $38,280 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how SMU MN is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Development Economics & International Development	#1	#1
Project Management	#7	#7
Economics	#19	#19
Management Science	#37	#37
International Business	#48	#48
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#48	#48

Online Growth Rankings of SMU MN

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota was 10.2%. This is the #1,221 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SMU MN regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SMU MN ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SMU MN.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Development Economics & International Development	#2
Project Management	#52
Economics	#61
Management Science	#63
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#95

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%.

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Interior Design Management	0	0	139	4	143
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	18	2	55	0	75
Project Management	0	7	51	0	58
General Business Administration and Management	44	1	11	0	56
Organizational Leadership	0	0	49	0	49
Accounting	13	0	30	0	43
Finance	25	2	0	0	27
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	19	0	0	0	19
Business Management & Marketing	12	0	0	0	12
Development Economics & International Development	0	0	12	0	12
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	6	0	0	0	6
Actuarial Science	3	0	0	0	3
International Business/Trade/Commerce	2	0	0	0	2
Entrepreneurship	1	0	0	0	1
E-Commerce	0	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0
Management Science	0	0	0	0	0
Other Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	143	12	347	4	506

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 Mulad under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.