Concurrent Enrollment Programs Serve Thousands of Minnesota Students Each Year

2009-10 academic year data show the widespread impact of concurrent enrollment in Minnesota

The data below is from a series of reports generated by the Minnesota Department of Education and includes information about public school students who participated in Minnesota concurrent enrollment programs.  The overwhelming majority of these students enrolled in a concurrent enrollment program in which college/university courses are

  • taught in the high school,
  • during the regular school day,
  • by specially selected and trained high school teachers.

A small number of students participated in programs that sent college faculty out to the high schools to teach the postsecondary courses.

Students participating: 20,790 (unduplicated count)
Course registrations: 48, 290
College credits earned: 158,000
Legislative districts served by at least one program: 113 (or 93% of the legislative districts that include a high school within their borders)
Credit recognition: 94% of survey respondents who requested credit recognition reported that the credit counted at colleges and universities other than the concurrent enrollment program partner. Recognition comes in at least three forms: transfer of credit; exemption from required courses; or placement in advanced courses.*
MN traditional (resident) school districts with high schools offering concurrent enrollment to their students: 85%
Number of concurrent enrollment programs working with public schools: 31
NACEP-accredited programs: Seven
  • Mesabi Range Community and Technical College
  • Minnesota State University, Mankato
  • Riverland Community College
  • Southwest Minnesota State University
  • University of Minnesota, Crookston
  • University of Minnesota, Duluth
  • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
$7,243,500: total amount of state concurrent enrollment aid if schools had rec'd $150/registration reimbursement provided for in Minnesota statute 124D.091

$2,000,000: total amount of state concurrent enrollment aid available to schools (an approximate pro-ration of 27.5%)
* Data about credit recognition is from a survey of concurrent enrollment programs conducted in 2008. Report can be downloaded at the left.