Registered Colleges and Approved Degrees
The institutions below are approved to offer degrees in Minnesota. The institutions marked online only offer all degrees and/or non-degree programs exclusively online.
Other Minnesota institutions that are not subject to registration will not be included in the list. These institutions are able to offer degree programs to Minnesota residents but may not have been reviewed by our office. These institutions include:
- Seminaries and other religious institutions
- Schools licensed by other state agencies
- Private career schools licensed by the office
- Minnesota public institutions including University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
- Tuition-free or nearly tuition-free educational courses
- Institutions approved to participate in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)
For a current list of institutions that can offer distance education programs to Minnesota residents through the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement, please go to the SARA website.
Click below to view Registered Institutions by Location:
Click below to show contact information and degrees approved in Minnesota for Registered Institutions:
Minnesota
- Capella University online only
- Cardinal Stritch University-Minnesota
- Carleton College
- College of Saint Benedict
- College of St. Scholastica, The
- College of St. Scholastica, The (Austin campus)
- College of St. Scholastica, The (Cloquet campus)
- College of St. Scholastica, The (Grand Rapids campus)
- College of St. Scholastica, The (Inver Grove Heights campus)
- Concordia College
- Concordia University-St. Paul
- Crown College
- Macalester College
- Martin Luther College
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- Minneapolis School of Anesthesia
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- Rasmussen University Minnesota
- Rasmussen University (Blaine)
- Rasmussen University (Bloomington)
- Rasmussen University (Brooklyn Park)
- Rasmussen University (Eagan)
- Rasmussen University (Lake Elmo)
- Rasmussen University (Mankato)
- Rasmussen University (Moorhead)
- Rasmussen University (St. Cloud)
- Red Lake Nation College
- Saint John's University
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
- St. Catherine University
- St. Olaf College
- United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
- University of Northwestern - St. Paul
- University of St. Thomas
- Walden University online only
- White Earth Tribal & Community College
Out of State
- Academy of Art University online only
- Augustana University online only SARA participant
- Brandman University online only
- California State University-Northridge online only
- Chicago School of Professional Psychology, The online only
- Claremont Lincoln University
- Concordia University-Irvine online only
- DeVry University (Online) online only
- Fuller Theological Seminary in California online only
- Hope International University online only
- International Sports Science Association online only
- La Sierra University
- Los Angeles Film School online only
- National University online only
- Northcentral University online only
- Rasmussen University (Ocala, Florida) online only
- San Jose State University
- South University-Online online only
- Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology online only
- The University of Arizona Global Campus online only
- Ultimate Medical Academy online only
- University of Southern California Rossier School of Education online only
- University of St. Augustine for Health Science online only
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