Concordia University-Saint Paul

Enrollment

Of 6,003 students enrolled in fall 2024, 3,424 were undergraduates and 2,579 graduate students. 46% studied exclusively online, students who don't need a bed near campus. Headcount rose by 149 from fall 2023 (+2.5%).

Housing the college controls

IPEDS counts 525 beds of institutionally controlled housing for 2024-25. That figure is the school's own capacity, on or off campus, so it includes halls the college leases or manages but not private buildings that simply market to students. Capacity grew by 5 beds from the year before (520 in 2023-24).

What students pay

The school can't split food from housing, so it reports one combined 2024-25 charge: $13,932 for the academic year. Its aid office budgets $13,932 for food and housing for a student living off campus away from family.

Those are the college's own figures. Private by-the-bed rents near campus can sit well above or below them, so check current asking rents before you underwrite a project.

How lenders read a campus like this

At 6,003 students the campus is below the 10,000-student minimum in Fannie Mae's Multifamily Guide for Dedicated Student Housing (Part III, Chapter 1, section 103.01). Freddie Mac has no stated enrollment floor, but its own product summary says most of its student housing loans are at schools with 15,000 or more students. Banks, debt funds and conventional multifamily programs are the likelier lenders here.

To size a specific property, use the student housing loan sizer. It works by the bed and shows which constraint sets the loan.

Among the 9 Minnesota campuses on this site, Concordia University-Saint Paul ranks number 5 by full-time students beyond college housing. See the Minnesota table.

Other campuses in Saint Paul

• Metropolitan State University: 3,143 full-time, 0 beds
• University of St Thomas: 7,229 full-time, 2,919 beds