Reviewed on Aug 23, 2025(Enrolled 2022)
What Students Say
Likes
- Culturally diverse, strong career cell, great public transport amenities and support provided by the university, peaceful and calm environment, technically savvy. I would suggest attending as the surrounding areas had cheap rent as well as good people
Dislikes
- Unsafe on the West Bank, expensive, gets a little boring during the winter as it’s the Midwest, be careful about the cold as it can get strikingly chilly, it’s easy to make friends but do engage with the college community otherwise it’s another college degree that way.
Course Curriculum
10
- Course curriculum was hard and a mix of both; positive aspects would be that it definitely was challenging and built your intuition around data along with applying it for companies every semester; negative aspects would be the short duration for such hectic work and heavy coursework; there were 4 classes every day but broken down over the week, including theoretical and lab work; average number of students were 65 to 72; 35 Indians
Admission Experience
- Admitted, I got admits from UIUC, northeastern, UT Dallas, university of notre dame and three more that I don’t remember; I got waitlisted at Purdue Msbaim; I applied late and that’s why it didn’t happen. I got accepted to Purdue next year, though. I didn’t get rejected from the other universities. I only wanted Carlson Msba and I got it so focused on that.
- I chose umn Msba as it was ranked top 10 in the US and top 20 in the world; I chose it because the curriculum was spectacular and an SOP and GRE/GMAT score were required. There was a video interview involved before the admission decision; the GRE was 320 but I got in at 315. For TOEFL, I had a 110 and the accepted was 100+, I think; it was overall a great process and I had fun talking to admission POCs; there was some student who took my interview and I discussed how Minneapolis would be a great place to visit. I read about the culture and told how excited I was to immerse myself in it.
- I applied for the January intake; I got a decision in March. There was an October or November intake where people got most scholarships, I think. I was in the closing intake so I didn’t get a scholarship as such because I came from an application development background instead of a typical data science or data analytics background back from India. Hence, I suggest applying early!
Faculty
10
- The faculty-to-student ratio would be 1:34 as we had two batches; the quality of education and interaction with faculty was perfect. I barely saw any issues; faculty was very open to doubts and extra help if needed; yes you can easily secure a job with the training provided. I didn’t take the assistance offered, but yes, many provided internships to support us during the job search; the statistics, business analytics and causal inference professors were very meticulous and methodical with their teaching and fun to study with!
Campus Life
10
- I think they have 4 campuses all around Minnesota; all facilities include a library, sports facilities and medical services, along with basketball courts, a gym, a tennis court, and a swimming pool, it was pretty great; there were a lot of NBA games around in the city, and ice skating is pretty famous at our university; the Minnesota state fair is one of the largest in the country; there are sororities and fraternities along with Indian events. A lot of Halloween celebrations too. The city is fun even in the winter season.
Part Time Jobs
- Only 3 or 4, because for my curriculum it would be very hectic; the pay range is up to 3000 dollars. I also did a referee job along with more available positions like administrative ones in the internal scholars division; hourly wages are a minimum of 15 dollars an hour; the maximum hours allowed are 20 a week on f1 visa; and the difficulty depends on the type of job mine was easy to secure.
- Hourly basis 15 an hour is the minimum; it’s easy for easier jobs, but for ga, ra ta it is very difficult depending on your previous experiences; you need to get an SSN first, then find the jobs, submit resumes, then attend an info session, then interviews. It takes some time if you’re applying for assistantships, as convincing professors is hard, and then getting them to pay you.
Placement
10
- 100% of us got jobs 6 months after graduation, even during hiring freezes but we did it; average salary range is 85000 to 180000; networking and linkedin was the prime source of landing jobs; the career center was very supportive and honestly it all depends on how good you are at it and your previous experience should align with your curriculum for maximum ROI. a lot of us got into top firms across the US; I got a job at chase and now I work at uber; major companies would be target, jp Morgan, Best Buy, capital one, amazon, Microsoft, Google, bcg, discover, cvs pharmacy, sun country airlines;
Accommodation
Off Campus
10
- I googled it’s called grandmarc at seven corners, it was cheap and fit my budget along with the university business school was steps away, helps with the extreme weather, my rent was 489 as I lived in a shared bedroom, a bed mattress and desk were provided with a shared bathroom for each room in a 2 bed 2 bath, there was a couch and coffee table along with a dining table, in unit laundry and each bathroom had a bathtub.
- I faced no challenges in finding accommodation; it was a smooth transition, as I had the apartment before I landed in the US; my accommodation was 200 metres from the business school where my classes were located on the West Bank but the rest of the university was a 5-minute campus bus ride away. I’d say you can use the light rail to get to the rest of the campus on the east bank, which was just 1 stop. The light rail was covered under the university ID which changed recently, I think. I’m not sure.
Exams
- I think all this is detailed in the admissions page of the university and course requirements; GRE/GMAT was accepted and TOEFL/IELTS; I think the requirements were waived for the class after mine; the interview was taken by a PHD student but I did talk about how the course benefits me and that I’m coming to experience the culture while I take on an academic challenge, mostly behavioral-based questions about why this course and I spoke about the curriculum and the community in Minneapolis and spoke about different clubs as well as snow activities! I love the snow so it worked in my favor.
Fees
- I paid 75000 for tuition with no scholarship; in total it cost me 95000 to attend with rent and allowance; fees are charged semester-wise; monthly expenses were 1000 dollars for me and it was a 10 month course; I was there for 5 more months for a job search.
- Rent was 489 for me; for transportation, I used the light rail, which was free for my university ID card; and groceries were 200. I barely ate so that was compensated and roommates would split bills.
Scholarship
- I did not receive scholarship but my batchmates had up to 15k; some also got graduate assistant jobs that applied state tuition; the batches after mine received up to 25k in scholarships.
- Other than that, you could work on campus like I did to get an SSN and it paid me 700 a semester because I didn’t work too much. The course was very rigorous and academically challenging.
