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Minerva University

San Francisco, California Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Minerva University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in San Francisco, California. The campus sits in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 669, made up of 637 undergraduates and 32 graduate students.

Minerva University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 6 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Computer and Information Sciences, General, Social Sciences, General, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 184 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

98% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Mission

Minerva University delivers an exceptional liberal arts education for future leaders and innovators across disciplines, offering bachelors and masters degrees. To deliver a reinvented experience, Minerva combines a pathbreaking interdisciplinary curriculum, the highest academic standards, accomplished faculty using the science of learning, a leading digital learning environment that enables deep, long-lasting learning, and, for bachelors, an urban residential experience that traverses different countries.

Mission statement as reported by Minerva University

Key figures

669
Students enrolled
98%
First-year retention
184
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
6
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 6

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Computer and Information Sciences 1
Business, Management and Marketing 2
Social Sciences 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
98%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
162
Master's degrees
19
Postbaccalaureate certificates
3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
669
Undergraduates, fall 2024
637
Graduate students, fall 2024
32
Full-time, fall 2024
95%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
669
Undergraduates, 2024-25
637
Graduate students, 2024-25
32
Full-time, 2024-25
95%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
56%
Men
44%
White
5%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
20%
Race or ethnicity unknown
72%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
5%
Students taking some online courses
95%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Provost
Patrice McMahon
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Undergraduate research, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training

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