Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota

12,828 students are using VA education benefits at 85 schools in Minnesota. Of those schools, 34 take part in Yellow Ribbon, 31 charge veterans the in-state rate, and 3 carry a VA caution flag.

School	City	Type	On VA benefits
Walden University Yellow Ribbon Flagged	Minneapolis	For-profit	3,045
Capella University Yellow Ribbon	Minneapolis	For-profit	2,656
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Yellow Ribbon	Minneapolis	Public	909
Rasmussen University-Eagan Yellow Ribbon	Eagan	For-profit	483
Minnesota State University-Mankato	Mankato	Public	323
Saint Cloud State University	St Cloud	Public	277
University of Minnesota Duluth Yellow Ribbon	Duluth	Public	228
University of St Thomas Yellow Ribbon	St Paul	Private nonprofit	210
Metropolitan State University	St Paul	Public	199
Lake Superior College	Duluth	Public	197
Century College	White Bear Lake	Public	194
Dunwoody College of Technology Yellow Ribbon	Minneapolis	Private nonprofit	161
Concordia University-St Paul Yellow Ribbon	St Paul	Private nonprofit	160
Rochester Community and Technical College	Rochester	Public	141
Anoka-Ramsey Community College	Coon Rapids	Public	135
Bemidji State University	Bemidji	Public	133
Normandale Community College	Bloomington	Public	131
Winona State University Yellow Ribbon	Winona	Public	131
Minnesota State University-Moorhead	Moorhead	Public	123
The College of Saint Scholastica Yellow Ribbon	Duluth	Private nonprofit	120
Minneapolis Community and Technical College	Minneapolis	Public	118
Dakota County Technical College	Rosemount	Public	117
Minnesota North College	Hibbing	Public	112
University of Minnesota-Crookston Yellow Ribbon	Crookston	Public	111
St Catherine University Yellow Ribbon	St Paul	Private nonprofit	107
St Cloud Technical and Community College	St Cloud	Public	103
Central Lakes College-Brainerd	Brainerd	Public	93
Hennepin Technical College-Brooklyn Park	Brooklyn Park	Public	90
Mitchell Hamline School of Law Yellow Ribbon	St Paul	Private nonprofit	87
Hamline University Yellow Ribbon	St Paul	Private nonprofit	85
North Hennepin Community College	Brooklyn Park	Public	85
Inver Hills Community College	Inver Grove Heights	Public	83
Saint Paul College	St Paul	Public	83
Bethel University Yellow Ribbon	St Paul	Private nonprofit	82
Anoka Technical College	Anoka	Public	80
Alexandria Technical and Community College	Alexandria	Public	68
Saint Marys University of Mn-Twin Cities Yellow Ribbon	Minneapolis	Private nonprofit	65
Minnesota State Community and Technical College-Moorhead	Moorhead	Public	63
Augsburg University Yellow Ribbon	Minneapolis	Private nonprofit	62
Hennepin Technical College-Eden Prairie	Eden Prairie	Public	61
Southwest Minnesota State University	Marshall	Public	56
Academy College Yellow Ribbon	Bloomington	For-profit	55
Ridgewater College-Willmar	Willmar	Public	55
Riverland Community College	Austin	Public	54
Northland Community and Technical College-East Grand Forks	East Grand Forks	Public	53
Crown College Yellow Ribbon	St Bonifacius	Private nonprofit	51
Minnesota State Community and Technical College-Fergus Falls	Fergus Falls	Public	49
University of Northwestern-St Paul Yellow Ribbon	St Paul	Private nonprofit	46
South Central College-Mankato	North Mankato	Public	45
Minnesota West Community and Technical College	Worthington	Public	42
Mn State College Southeast Technical-Winona	Winona	Public	36
Herzing University-Minneapolis Yellow Ribbon	St Louis Park	Private nonprofit	35
Pine Technical and Community College	Pine City	Public	34
Northwestern Health Sciences University Yellow Ribbon	Bloomington	Private nonprofit	32
Concordia College at Moorhead Yellow Ribbon	Moorhead	Private nonprofit	31
Northwest Technical College	Bemidji	Public	29
Minneapolis College of Art and Design Yellow Ribbon	Minneapolis	Private nonprofit	27
St Olaf College Yellow Ribbon	Northfield	Private nonprofit	27
Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College	Cloquet	Public	25
Carleton College Yellow Ribbon	Northfield	Private nonprofit	23
College of Saint Benedict Yellow Ribbon	St Joseph	Private nonprofit	22
University of Minnesota - Morris Yellow Ribbon	Morris	Public	22
North Central University	Minneapolis	Private nonprofit	21
Northland Community and Technical College - Thief River Falls	Thief River Falls	Public	21
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Rochester	Private nonprofit	20
Saint Johns University Yellow Ribbon	Collegeville	Private nonprofit	20
Gustavus Adolphus College Yellow Ribbon	St Peter	Private nonprofit	19
Macalester College Yellow Ribbon	St Paul	Private nonprofit	17
Bethany Lutheran College Yellow Ribbon	Mankato	Private nonprofit	16
Ridgewater College-Hutchinson	Hutchinson	Public	16
Martin Luther College	New Ulm	Private nonprofit	15
Saint Marys University of Minnesota Yellow Ribbon	Winona	Private nonprofit	11
South Central College-Faribault	Faribault	Public	11
Aveda Institute Minneapolis	Minneapolis	For-profit	10
Mn State College-Southeast Technical-Red Wing	Red Wing	Public	10
Hummingbird Ventures LLC dba Hummingbird Aviation LLC Av8 Flight School	Eden Prairie	Flight school	8
Pci Academy	Plymouth	For-profit	7
The Travel Academy	Eagan	For-profit	7
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities Flagged	St Paul	Private nonprofit	7
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School Yellow Ribbon	Center City	Private nonprofit	6
Moler Barber School of Saint Paul	Saint Paul	For-profit	6
Model College of Hair Design Flagged	St Cloud	For-profit	5
Moler Barber School	Fridley	For-profit	5
Nova Academy of Cosmetology	Rochester	For-profit	5
Nova Academy of Cosmetology Woodbury	Woodbury	For-profit	5

Sorted by how many students use VA benefits there. Schools with fewer than 50 are listed without a page of their own — look them up in VA’s comparison tool.

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If you’re staying in Minnesota

Check whether the public universities here charge you the resident rate. Most are required to, regardless of how long ago you separated, and at a public school that is usually the largest single saving available to you — larger than most scholarships.

Then ask each school what it will award for your military training, in writing, before you enroll. The answer varies by a full year between schools.

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