Bemidji State University
Bemidji, Minnesota
- Public
- Town
- 3,139 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 56%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $16,327per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 49%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $58,17310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Bemidji State's main campus buildings are connected by all-season underground passages, and Lake Bemidji serves as a lab for the aquatic biology program.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 56%About 6 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 18–24Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $16,327full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $24,789sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $10,868Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $10,868Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 49%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 73%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $58,17310 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,827federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,139Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 35%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 27%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston, MN — admits 88%
- Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN — admits 95%
- Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN — admits 99%
- Winona State University Winona, MN — admits 75%
Also worth a look
- Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN — admits 59%
- Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN — admits 62%
- Governors State University University Park, IL — admits 48%
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR — admits 59%
- Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ — admits 66%
- Winona State University Winona, MN — admits 75%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Bemidji State University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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