Pass the Minnesota GED on your schedule, from Minneapolis to Duluth.
Twigera is built for Minnesota learners who need a high-school equivalency diploma without rearranging their lives. The full GED battery runs $144, Minnesota funds free adult-ed prep statewide, and our prep is one-time pay — never a subscription.
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The fast facts for taking the GED in Minnesota — verify on official sources before your test date.
State of Minnesota High School Equivalency Diploma
Available in Spanish
Facts verified May 31, 2026
The four numbers that matter most for Minnesota test takers — fee, age, locations, and the workforce gap a diploma closes.
Total cost of all four official subject tests in Minnesota — $36 per subject, in person or online.
Minnesota requires GED test takers to be 19 or older to test freely; 17- and 18-year-olds can test with an approved HSE Age Waiver.
Community and technical colleges, adult-ed centers, and Pearson VUE sites across the state, plus online proctored testing from home.
Total Minnesota nonfarm employment per BLS (about 3,042,900, April 2026, preliminary). The majority of these roles list a high-school diploma or GED as the minimum credential — healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and trades.
Source: GED Testing Service · Minnesota Department of Education · Q1 2026
Set by GED Testing Service and the MinnesotaDepartment of Education. Verify on official sources before your test date — rules change.
Minnesota requires GED test takers to be at least 19 to test on their own. A 17- or 18-year-old may test with an approved HSE Age Waiver — official withdrawal from school, parental or guardian consent, and district approval; for online testing a guardian must be present at pre-test check-in.
Applicants cannot already hold a U.S. high school diploma and cannot be currently enrolled in a Minnesota high school at the time of testing.
Minnesota does not require state residency to test. Out-of-state testers are accepted, and the State of Minnesota High School Equivalency Diploma is issued regardless of where you live.
A current Minnesota driver's license, state ID, U.S. military ID, or passport is accepted at every testing center. Expired IDs and school IDs are not accepted.
Both options are available statewide. Online proctored testing requires a recent 'green' score on a GED Ready practice test, plus a webcam and a private quiet room. You can take subject tests in English or Spanish and combine the scores.
You must score at least 145 on each of the four subject tests independently. Subjects can be retaken one at a time without re-doing the others.
17- and 18-year-olds test with an approved HSE Age Waiver (official withdrawal, parental consent, district approval).
These are the official fees from GED Testing Service for Minnesota test takers — what the test itself costs. Our prep is a separate one-time payment, with a Pass Guarantee on the Pro plan.
Charged at the testing center or online checkout.
All four subjects taken in any order, on your schedule.
Official practice test from GED Testing Service.
Per subject after the first two attempts.
Fee subsidies and free-testing programs. Confirm eligibility and current funding on the official source before you rely on one.
$10 off per subject
A first-time discount via a state promo code at registration, while funding lasts, can drop the full battery to about $104.
The GED is run by GED Testing Service — a joint venture of Pearson and the American Council on Education — not a government agency. Fee and prep assistance is administered state by state, so it varies and you should confirm what your state offers — though much of the underlying adult-education funding is federal (WIOA Title II). Eligibility and funding change; always check the official source before relying on one.
In Minnesota, free adult-education GED prep is state-funded, and for some learners that is a genuinely good fit. Here is an honest look at where it works — and where self-paced online prep works better.
Not sure which fits? The free diagnostic shows you exactly where you stand in Minnesota, then you decide.
The official GED is administered at testing centers across Minnesota, plus online from home through GED Testing Service. Pick a city for the local center directory.
Real Minnesota students. Real diplomas. Real next chapters — nursing programs, college, the National Guard, the promotions they were capped on.
Started a Practical Nursing program at Minneapolis College.
“I found a free ABE class for structure and used Twigera at night to drill. Ten weeks, about forty minutes a night. The first-time discount knocked the cost down too.”
Enrolled at Saint Paul College for an IT certificate.
“I only failed math the first time, by a few points. Redid just that one subject and started classes the next term. The retake was ten dollars.”
Promoted to team lead at a distribution center after testing at Rochester Community and Technical College.
“I tested in Spanish because that is how I think through math. Same diploma. My supervisor moved me up the month after I showed him.”
Joined the Minnesota Army National Guard.
“The recruiter said no diploma, no slot. I studied two months on my phone during breaks at Lake Superior College and scored above the cutoff on every section.”
Same four steps for everyone. Most students reach the final step in eight to fourteen weeks.
A 45-minute baseline across all four subjects produces a personal heat-map of what to study first. The plan is built from your data, not a template.
Short video lessons, then practice on the same skill the same day. The platform reorders your queue around what you miss.
Full-length, timed simulations that look and feel exactly like the official test. Three clean passes and you are ready.
Schedule the official GED at a center or online from home. Pass in any order, on your timeline. Your state mails the diploma.
Specific to taking the GED in Minnesota. For broader course questions, see the help center or email support@twigera.com.
Schedule the official GED through ged.com (run by GED Testing Service) at any of the 40+ testing centers across Minnesota, or take it online from home with proctoring. The four subject tests can be taken in any order, on separate days. Minnesota accepts both the GED and the HiSET as high-school-equivalency paths.
Yes. The State of Minnesota High School Equivalency Diploma, earned through the GED, is treated identically to a Minnesota high-school diploma by every accredited college, every employer, and every branch of the U.S. military. It is issued by the Minnesota Department of Education after you pass all four sections.
The official test is $36 per subject, or $144 for the full four-subject battery — the same price in person and online. Minnesota offers a first-time discount of $10 per subject through a state promo code while funding lasts, which can drop the battery to about $104. Discounted retakes are $10 in person; online retakes stay $36. Free prep is available through Minnesota ABE, and our prep is a separate one-time payment.
Yes, with a step. Minnesota lets you test freely at 19, but 17- and 18-year-olds can test with an approved HSE Age Waiver — official withdrawal from school, parental or guardian consent, and district approval. Your local adult-education program can help you file the waiver before you register to test.
Yes. Online proctored testing is available statewide through GED Testing Service. You need a recent 'green' (likely-to-pass) score on a GED Ready practice test, a webcam-equipped computer, and a private quiet room. The price is the same as in person — $36 per subject.
Most students who study consistently for 45 to 60 minutes a day are test-ready within 8 to 14 weeks. Your day-one diagnostic shows where you actually stand, and the plan adapts from there. Minnesota does not require a minimum number of prep hours to sit the test.
No. Minnesota does not require state residency to test. Out-of-state testers are accepted, and the State of Minnesota High School Equivalency Diploma is issued regardless of where you live.
Yes. The GED test in Minnesota is offered in English or Spanish, in person and online — you choose at registration, and you can even combine subject tests across languages. Twigera's prep is in English; we recommend testing in whichever language you read and think in most comfortably. The diploma issued is identical.
From a quiet 45 minutes after the kids go down to your State of Minnesota diploma in hand — most students get there in three months. Start with the free diagnostic and we'll show you the shortest path from where you are.
