Program Overview
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities fields 2 hockey programs in Minneapolis, MN — ACHA Division II and NCAA Division I. The combined 2025–26 roster across all programs totals 60 players. Each program operates independently with its own roster, coaching staff, and schedule.
The geographic footprint is remarkably concentrated — 47 of 60 players (78%) across all programs come from Minnesota. This reflects both the school's regional identity and the depth of youth hockey in that state.
Junior hockey–heavy roster
Over 48% of this roster came through junior hockey circuits. Players here have typically spent one or more seasons in competitive junior programs before choosing college hockey — a meaningful indicator of prior competitive experience.
Transfer-friendly environment
4 players transferred from other college programs. Whether from D1 ACHA, D2, or elsewhere, this program has a track record of integrating players who started somewhere else.
School Profile
University of Minnesota at a Glance
Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent cohort.
79.8%
Acceptance Rate
Broadly accessible
1,362
Average SAT Score
Combined reading + math
$30,061
Total Annual Cost
Tuition, room, board & fees
85%
4-Year Graduation Rate
Most recent cohort
$69,020
Median Earnings (10yr)
$57,984 at 6 years
$19,500
Median Graduate Debt
Among graduates who borrowed
$38,362
Tuition (Out-of-State)
18% of students receive Pell grants
31,855
Undergraduate Enrollment
Public institution
Earnings Rankings
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Rankings by Major
222 majors ranked in the top 25 by median earnings (4-year, by major). Explore full rankings →
#1
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
Men's ACHA
#1
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
Men's NCAA D1
#1
Education, General
Men's ACHA
#1
Education, General
Men's NCAA D1
#1
Education, General
Women's NCAA D1
#1
Education, Other
Men's ACHA
#1
Education, Other
Men's NCAA D1
#1
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
Men's NCAA D1
#1
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Men's NCAA D1
#1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Women's NCAA D1
#2
Computer Systems Analysis
Men's ACHA
#2
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Men's ACHA
#2
Special Education and Teaching
Men's NCAA D1
#2
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
Men's NCAA D1
#2
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
Men's NCAA D1
#2
International Business
Men's NCAA D1
#2
International Business
Women's NCAA D1
#3
Animal Sciences
Women's NCAA D1
#3
Food Science and Technology
Women's NCAA D1
#3
Plant Sciences
Men's NCAA D1
#3
Journalism
Men's NCAA D1
#3
Special Education and Teaching
Women's NCAA D1
#3
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#3
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Men's NCAA D1
#3
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Women's NCAA D1
#3
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
Men's NCAA D1
#3
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
Women's NCAA D1
#3
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Men's ACHA
#3
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Men's NCAA D1
#3
Business/Commerce, General
Men's NCAA D1
#3
Business/Commerce, General
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Agricultural Business and Management
Men's NCAA D1
#4
Agricultural Business and Management
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
Men's ACHA
#4
Journalism
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Engineering, General
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Agricultural Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#4
Materials Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
Men's NCAA D1
#4
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Statistics
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Women's NCAA D1
#4
Human Resources Management and Services
Women's NCAA D1
#4
International Business
Men's ACHA
#5
Animal Sciences
Men's NCAA D1
#5
Food Science and Technology
Men's NCAA D1
#5
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
Women's NCAA D1
#5
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
Men's NCAA D1
#5
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Men's ACHA
#5
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
Men's NCAA D1
#5
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
Women's NCAA D1
#5
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
Women's NCAA D1
#5
Physics
Women's NCAA D1
#5
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Women's NCAA D1
#5
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
Women's NCAA D1
#5
Construction Management
Men's NCAA D1
#6
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
Women's NCAA D1
#6
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#6
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#6
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Men's NCAA D1
#6
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
Men's NCAA D1
#6
Nutrition Sciences
Women's NCAA D1
#6
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
Women's NCAA D1
#6
Philosophy
Women's NCAA D1
#6
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
Men's NCAA D1
#6
Criminology
Men's NCAA D1
#6
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
Men's NCAA D1
#7
Architecture
Men's NCAA D1
#7
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
Women's NCAA D1
#7
Engineering, General
Men's NCAA D1
#7
Computer Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#7
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Women's NCAA D1
#7
Chemistry
Women's NCAA D1
#7
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Men's NCAA D1
#7
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Men's NCAA D1
#7
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Women's NCAA D1
#7
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Men's ACHA
#7
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Women's NCAA D1
#7
Finance and Financial Management Services
Women's NCAA D1
#7
Human Resources Management and Services
Men's NCAA D1
#7
Marketing
Women's NCAA D1
#8
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
Men's NCAA D1
#8
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
Men's NCAA D1
#8
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#8
Computer Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#8
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#8
Materials Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#8
Industrial Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#8
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
Women's NCAA D1
#8
Statistics
Men's NCAA D1
#8
Chemistry
Men's NCAA D1
#8
Anthropology
Women's NCAA D1
#8
Criminology
Women's NCAA D1
#8
Geography and Cartography
Women's NCAA D1
#8
Design and Applied Arts
Women's NCAA D1
#8
Music
Women's NCAA D1
#9
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
Men's NCAA D1
#9
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
Men's NCAA D1
#9
Urban Studies/Affairs
Men's ACHA
#9
Dance
Men's ACHA
#9
Design and Applied Arts
Men's NCAA D1
#9
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Men's NCAA D1
#9
Accounting and Related Services
Women's NCAA D1
#10
Food Science and Technology
Men's ACHA
#10
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#10
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies
Men's ACHA
#10
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Men's NCAA D1
#10
Nutrition Sciences
Men's NCAA D1
#10
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
Men's NCAA D1
#10
Philosophy
Men's NCAA D1
#10
Physics
Men's NCAA D1
#10
Research and Experimental Psychology
Women's NCAA D1
#10
Anthropology
Men's NCAA D1
#10
Geography and Cartography
Men's NCAA D1
#10
International Relations and National Security Studies
Women's NCAA D1
#10
Finance and Financial Management Services
Men's NCAA D1
#10
Marketing
Men's NCAA D1
#11
Forestry
Men's ACHA
#11
Special Education and Teaching
Men's ACHA
#11
Chemical Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#11
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#11
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
Men's ACHA
#11
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Men's NCAA D1
#12
Computer Science
Women's NCAA D1
#12
Civil Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#12
Research and Experimental Psychology
Men's NCAA D1
#12
International Relations and National Security Studies
Men's NCAA D1
#12
Accounting and Related Services
Men's NCAA D1
#12
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
Men's ACHA
#13
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Women's NCAA D1
#13
Industrial Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#13
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Women's NCAA D1
#13
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
Men's ACHA
#13
Mathematics
Women's NCAA D1
#13
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
Men's ACHA
#14
Engineering, General
Men's ACHA
#14
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Men's ACHA
#14
Fine and Studio Arts
Women's NCAA D1
#14
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Women's NCAA D1
#15
Agricultural Business and Management
Men's ACHA
#15
Computer Science
Men's NCAA D1
#15
Mechanical Engineering
Women's NCAA D1
#15
Apparel and Textiles
Men's ACHA
#15
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Men's ACHA
#15
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
Men's ACHA
#15
Sociology
Women's NCAA D1
#15
Music
Men's NCAA D1
#16
Journalism
Men's ACHA
#16
Agricultural Engineering
Men's ACHA
#16
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Men's ACHA
#16
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
Men's ACHA
#16
Mathematics
Men's NCAA D1
#16
Business/Commerce, General
Men's ACHA
#17
Plant Sciences
Men's ACHA
#17
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Men's NCAA D1
#17
Psychology, General
Men's NCAA D1
#18
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#18
Psychology, General
Women's NCAA D1
#18
Criminology
Men's ACHA
#18
Sociology
Men's NCAA D1
#18
History
Women's NCAA D1
#19
Chemical Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#19
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Men's NCAA D1
#19
Fine and Studio Arts
Men's NCAA D1
#19
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Men's NCAA D1
#20
Civil Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#21
Construction Management
Men's ACHA
#21
History
Men's NCAA D1
#22
Animal Sciences
Men's ACHA
#22
Nutrition Sciences
Men's ACHA
#22
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Men's ACHA
#23
Materials Engineering
Men's ACHA
#23
Mechanical Engineering
Men's NCAA D1
#23
Economics
Women's NCAA D1
#24
Political Science and Government
Women's NCAA D1
#25
Biology, General
Women's NCAA D1
#25
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
Men's ACHA
#25
Economics
Men's NCAA D1
Roster Geography
Where Do University of Minnesota Hockey Players Come From?
60 players · 12 states & regions · 2025–26 roster.
MN47 players
MI2 players
VA2 players
AB2 players
MD1 player
CT1 player
WI1 player
NJ1 player
PA1 player
CAN2 players
KOR1 player
SWE1 player
Minnesota dominates the pipeline, supplying 47 of 60 players (78%). This reflects both the school's regional identity and the depth of youth hockey in that state. Players from outside Minnesota — including 4 international players — round out the roster.
Player Pedigree
Where Did These Players Play Before University of Minnesota?
Prior league breakdown — a proxy for the competitive level players brought with them.
ACHA Division II · 35 players
NCAA Division I · 25 players
Junior hockey
29 players came through competitive junior programs. Junior hockey experience — even at Tier III — represents meaningful development beyond what high school hockey alone provides.
College transfers
4 players transferred from other college programs. The presence of college transfers often indicates a welcoming environment for players looking to change programs without giving up playing.
Explore the full player pipeline
Prior leagues, feeder teams, and pipeline trends — filter and compare.
Home Ice
3M Arena at Mariucci
Minneapolis, MN · 4 minutes from campus
Follow the Team
Find University of Minnesota Hockey Online
Game updates and team content.
Follow the team
Follow @umnclubhky on Instagram for game updates and team content.
For Recruits
Is University of Minnesota Hockey a Fit for You?
For players prioritizing ice time and program fit over academic selectivity, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is accessible — with a 79.8% acceptance rate, admissions is rarely the obstacle. With 2 programs (ACHA Division II and NCAA Division I) and 60 combined players, there are genuine opportunities at multiple competitive levels. Reach out to the specific program that fits your game.
Just want updates?