University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities publishes an acceptance rate of 80% and is test-optional for the 2026-27 cycle.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
Official site states: 'Freshman applicants through fall 2027 are not required to submit an ACT or SAT test score,' which explicitly covers the current 2026-27 cycle. If applicants self-report scores, official documentation must follow. No policy has been announced for cycles after fall 2027.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1300–1500sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 26–31
- Average HS GPA
- 3.51–3.96Fall 2026 admitted freshman applicants, middle 50% (overall, unweighted core academic HS GPA) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (EA); Dec 1, 2026 (EA2)
- Regular decision
- Jan 1, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 31,855
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $38,362
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- twin-cities.umn.edu
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Sources
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities test policy (2026-27)
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities deadlines
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities GPA (Fall 2026 admitted freshman applicants, middle 50% (overall, unweighted core academic HS GPA))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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