2024 State Performance Update - Supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 - About the Midwestern Higher Education Compact - Minnesota

Oct 15, 2026

2024 State Performance Update: a Minnesota supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019, presenting updated data for indicators tied to improving educational attainment in Minnesota. Performance indicators are organized across Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce, using national and Midwestern values plus top-state medians as benchmarks. Many indicators are disaggregated by family income and race/ethnicity to evaluate opportunity and achievement gaps, with additional workforce measures emphasizing unemployment, graduate retention, and earnings premium.

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About this report

Selected performance indicators

Preparation

Participation

Affordability

Completion

Finance

Workforce

2024 STATE PERFORMANCE UPDATE SUPPLEMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN FOCUS 2019 ABOUT THE MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT As an interstate compact, the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) brings together midwestern states to develop and support best practices, collaborative efforts, and cost-sharing opportunities. Through these efforts it works to ensure strong, equitable postsecondary educational opportunities and outcomes for all. Member states of MHEC are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. COMPACT LEADERSHIP, 2023-2024 Chair: Rep. Barbara Ballard, Kansas State Legislature; Vice Chair: Sen. Joan Ballweg, Wisconsin Legislature; Treasurer: Mr. Larry Tidemann, South Dakota Governor’s Designee; Past Chair: Dr. David Eisler, Former President; Professor, Community College Leadership Studies, Ferris State University President: Ms. Susan G. Heegaard © Copyright 2024 Midwestern Higher Education Compact. All rights reserved. Data analyses were conducted by Shaun WilliamsWyche, Associate Director of Research and Data Analysis. MHEC would like to acknowledge the helpful feedback of members of the Review Panel for State Policy and Performance Data. Correspondence concerning this report should be sent to Aaron Horn, Associate Vice President of Research, [aaronh@mhec.org](aaronh@mhec.org). Additional indicators are available in the MHEC Interactive [Dashboard:](Dashboard: mhec.org/dashboard)[ ](Dashboard: mhec.org/dashboard)[mhec.org/dashboard](Dashboard: mhec.org/dashboard). Updates to this report may be found at: [mhec.org/policy-research](mhec.org/policy-research). 2 2024 State Performance Update-MINNESOTA ABOUT THIS REPORT This supplement to Higher Education in Focus 2019 provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Minnesota. Performance indicators are categorized within six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce. Most indicators provide the national and Midwest regional values as well as the median of the top five states in the nation as possible benchmarks. Most performance indicators are also disaggregated by family income and race/ethnicity to assess critical opportunity and achievement gaps. The 2024 Performance Update contains the same indicators presented in previous updates, along with anew Workforce category that focuses on unemployment rates, the retention of college graduates in the state workforce, and the earnings premium of a college credential. Returning to the update after a three-year hiatus is the percentage of persons aged 18-24 who are currently enrolled or have completed some college or higher by race and ethnicity, as the requisite data are now available. Sampling issues during the 2020 administration of the American Community Survey did not allow reliable estimation of enrollment rates by race and ethnicity for the previous three versions of the Performance Update 1 The next version of Higher Education in Focus will be released in 2025 and every five years thereafter. The Performance Update will continue to be released annually during intervening years. For additional background, sources, and technical notes, [see ](see mhec.org/policy)[ mhec.org/policy](see mhec.org/policy)- research for the full report. Additional indicators are available through the online interactive dashboard. SELECTED PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PREPARATION Percentage of ACT-Tested High School Graduates in Minnesota Who Met or Exceeded College Readiness Benchmark Scores by Family Income...............................................................................4 Percentage of ACT-Tested High School Graduates in Minnesota Who Met or Exceeded College Readiness Benchmark Scores by Race and Ethnicity.......................................................................5 PARTICIPATION Per

FAQs

What does the 2024 State Performance Update for Minnesota cover?

It provides the latest data on a subset of indicators relevant to improving educational attainment in Minnesota.

How are the performance indicators organized?

They are categorized into six areas: Preparation, Participation, Affordability, Completion, Finance, and Workforce.

What new workforce content is included in the 2024 update?

A Workforce category adds indicators focused on unemployment rates, retention of college graduates in the state workforce, and the earnings premium of a college credential.

Oct 15, 2026

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