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71 Minnesota State, Mankato 35 • 4-year State Universities Minnesota West Riverland • 2-year State Colleges Jackson Albert Lea ~Iease call. We'd like to talk with you. Check out our Web sites, too. Sta C lieges MINNESOTA STATE COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE . . Toll-free: 1-888-696-7282 Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead, Wadena www.minnesota.edu ALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-888-234-1222 Alexandria www.alextech.edu MINNESOTA WEST COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE . . Toll-free: 1-800-658-2330 Canby, Granite Falls, Jackson, Pipestone, www.mnwest.mnscu.edu ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (763) 427-2600 Worthington Cambridge, Coon Rapids www.anokaramsey.edu NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-866-880-8740 (763) 576-4850 Bloomington www.normandale.edu Anoka www.ank.tec.mn.us NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-800-818-0395 Toll-free: 1-800-933-0346 Brooklyn Park www.nhcc.edu Brainerd, Staples www.c1cmn.edu NORTHLAND COMMUNITY &TECHNICAL COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-800-959-6282 Toll-free: 1-800-228-1978 East Grand Forks, Thief River Falls www.northlandcollege.edu White Bear Lake www.century.mnscu.edu NORTHWESTTECHNICAL COLLEGE* * Toll-free: 1-800-942-8324 DAKOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-877-937-3282 Bemidji www.ntcmn.edu Rosemount www.dctc.edu PINE TECHNICAL COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-800-521-7463 FOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-800-657-3712 Pine City www.pinetech.edu Cloquet www.fdltcc.edu RAINY RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE* Toll-free: 1-800-456-3996 HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-800-345-4655 International Falls www.rrcc.mnscu.edu Brooklyn Park, Eden Prairie www.hennepintech.edu Toll-free: 1-800-722-1151 HIBBING COMMUNITY COLLEGE" Toll-free: 1-800-224-4422 Hutchinson, Willmar www.ridgewater.edu Hibbing www.hcc.mnscu.edu RIVERLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-800-247-5039 INVER HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (651) 450-8500 Albert Lea, Austin www.riverland.cc Inver Grove Heights www.inverhills.edu ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE . .... Toll-free: 1-800-247-1296 " Toll-free: 1-800-996-6422 Rochester www.rctc.edu Grand Rapids www.itascacc.edu S1 CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-800-222-1009 Toll-free: 1-800-432-2884, x7601 St. Cloud www.sctc.edu Duluth www.lsc.mnscu.edu Toll-free: 1-800-227-6029 MESABI RANGE COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE* . .. Toll-free: 1-800-657-3860 St. Paul www.saintpaul.edu Eveleth, Virginia www.mr.mnscu.edu SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE Toll-free: 1-800-722-9359 MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE . .... Toll-free: 1-800-247-0911 Faribault, Mankato www.southcentral.edu Minneapolis www.minneapolis.edu VERMILION COMMUNITY COLLEGE* Toll-free: 1-800-657-3608 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGE - SOUTHEASTTECHNICAL . .. Toll-free: 1-877-853-8324 Ely www.vcc.edu Red Wing, Winona www.southeastmn.edu *Hibbing, Itasca, Mesabi Range, Rainy River and Vermilion make up the Northeast Higher Education District, a consortium of five state colleges. **Northwest Technical College at Bemidji is aligned with .

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD Toll-free: 1-800-593-7246 Moorhead www.mnstate.edu State Universities S1 CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY Toll-free: 1-877-654-7278 St. Cloud www.stcloudstate.edu BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Toll-free: 1-877-236-4354 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Toll-free: 1-800-642-0684 Bemidji www.bemidjistate.edu Marshall www.southwestmsu.edu METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY (651) 793-1300 St. Paul, Minneapolis www.metrostate.edu Toll-free: 1-800-342-5978 Winona www.winona.edu MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO Toll-free: 1-800-722-0544 The is not a part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Mankato www.mnsu.edu For U of M information, contact (612) 625-2008 or www.umn.edu. • Decide whether to start at a two-year state college or a four­ Combined community and technical colleges offer technical and year state university: community college programs. You can get a start on a bachelor's Technical colleges are two-year colleges that teach knowledge and degree and transfer after two years, just like you can at a community skills leading to specific careers. college. Or you can enroll in a technical program and learn skills that lead directly to a career, just like you can at a technical college. Community colleges are two-year colleges that can get you started on a bachelor's degree. You can take your first two years of college State universities are four-year institutions offering courses and at a community college and then transfer to a four-year college or programs leading to bachelor's, master's and advanced degrees. university to complete your degree. Community colleges also offer career programs leading directly to a job.

College planning checklist It's never too early to get started. Look ahead and take the courses throughout high school that will meet entrance requirements at the college or university you wish to attend. Use this checklist to help keep your planning on track.

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• Take classes that prepare you to continue your education after high school. At least three years each of mathematics, English, science and soci~1 studies are recommended. Your high school counselor can help you choose the best courses for you.

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To learn more about PSEO, ask your high school counselor, contact the admissions office at the college or university you want to attend or contact the Minnesota Department of Education at (651) 582-8471.

Students with disabilities Many students with physical and learning disabilities choose Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Buildings are accessible, and numerous accommodations are available to help students with documented disabilities succeed. Contact the disability coordinator at the college or university you want to attend to request accommodations. Tuition at Minnesota State Annual tuition and fees 2004-2005 Colleges and Universities is lower than tuition at many 2-year colleges 4-year colleges and universities other colleges, universities and trade schools because the state Minnesota State Colleges Minnesota State Universities of Minnesota pays a portion of ~ Alexandria Technical College "ft~[· Bemidji State University the cost of your education if ~ Anoka-Ramsey Community College 'UU- Metropolitan State University ~ you are a state resident. Anoka Technical College ,U:U Minnesota State University. Mankato ~ Central Lakes College '61111_ Minnesota State University Moorhead ~ Century College "Ul:i St. Cloud State University ~ Dakota County Technical College 'Dlg~ Southwest Minnesota State University ~ Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College 'MU* Winona State University ~ Hennepin Technical College $7.477 University of Minnesota. Twin Cities HmJ Hibbing Community College $7,510 University of Minnesota, Duluth ~ Inver Hills Community College $8,467 University of Minnesota. Morris Out-of-state tuition mB Itasca Community College $17.770 Concordia - Moorhead If you live in Wisconsin, North ~ Lake Superior College ,mHf-11\~fM'dlmN§t1'nnl('li,i,- Dakota, South Dakota or ~ Mesabi Range Community & Technical College $19.928 Concordia - St. Paul Manitoba, Canada, you are mm Minneapolis Community & Technical College $19.990 Bethel Colle e eligible for tuition rates similar ~ Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical $20.758 Au sbur Colle e to those paid by Minnesota HE!II Minnesota State Comm. & Tech. College, Detroit Lakes, Wadena $20.760 Colle e of St. Scholastica ~ residents. Several Minnesota Minnesota State Comm. & Tech. College. Fergus Falls $21.050 Colle e of St. Catherine ~ State Colleges and Universities Minnesota State Comm. & Tech. College, Moorhead $21.828 Universi of St. Thomas allow certain other out-of-state mm Minnesota West Community & Technical College $22.083 Hamline Universi ~ students to pay the lower in­ Normandale Community College $22.148 Colle e of Saint Benedict state rates; check with the HI1lII North Hennepin Community College $22.148 St. John's Universit ~ Northland Comm. & Tech. College. East Grand Forks college or university about its $22.955 Gustavus Adol hus Colle e m!llII Northland Comm. & Tech. College. Thief River Falls policy. Generally, out-of-state "mlt,.~~ii,i,I¥i.I"ttjtrnlt§ft4')'4tjl:'tl41i.I, HE!II Northwest Technical College. Bemidji $25.150 St. Olaf Colle e tuition is double the rate that Pine Technical College (mIl $26.806 Macalester Colle e Minnesota students pay. ~ Rainy River Community College $30.666 Carleton Colle e ~ Ridgewater College Room and board costs mIDI Riverland Community College The costs for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are for average The cost for room and board at ~ Rochester Community and Technical College full-time tuition and fees per year for Minnesota residents. The costs do a state university ranges from ~ St. Cloud Technical College not include room and board for any institution listed. Some colleges $4,100 to $5,100 for one year. ~ Saint Paul College and universities charge additional fees. Fees may vary depending on Some two-year colleges also ~ South Central Technical College program. For exact tuition and fees, contact the admissions office at the provide housing on campus or ~ Vermilion Community College college or university that interests you. nearby, and many others can UilUliIiBm J . Dunwoody Institute help you find housing in the 12925 Rasmussen College Free Application for Federal Student Aid Web site: 13600 Aveda Institute area. The costs of these options www.fafsa.ed.gov will vary. $14900 Minnesota School of Business/Globe 19005 Brown College *costs vary by program Links to campuses: www.mnscu·.edu/systemNisitACampus.html

4 Check out www.mnscu.edu You might be surprised: About one-half of students attending about scholarships from a high school counselor or the financial aid Minnesota State Colleges and Universities receive financial aid to help office at a college or university. pay the cost of college. Tax credits for students also can help reduce How to apply for financial aid: Complete a Free Application for your net costs. Federal Student Aid after January 1 of your senior year. You can obtain Types of aid: Most financial aid for students at state colleges and a form online at www.fafsa.ed.gov or pick up the form at your universities comes from federal and state grants, which you do not school counselor's office. You can get help with filling out the form need to pay back. You also may be eligible for student loans, which at the financial aid office where you plan to attend or from your high need to be repaid later. Eligibility is based partly on your family's need. school counselor. Scholarships: You may qualify for scholarships available through high Deadlines: Apply as soon as possible. Students must submit applica­ schools, community organizations, colleges and universities. tions within 14 days after the beginning of a term to receive a State Scholarships can be awarded for academic achievement, financial need, Grant for that term. Term start dates vary, so contact your campus membership in a group, or your talents. You can get free information admissions office to find out about the deadline.

How financial aid works Tasha's costs for one year Jeremy's costs for one year Michael's costs for one year Here are examples of how Tasha is a freshman at a state university. Jeremy is a freshman at a two-year Michael is a freshman at a state financial aid is helping three She has a brother in high school. and college in the Twin Cities. He has a university. He has a sister in college and full-time students pay for her parents have no significant savings. sister in college, and his parents own his single mother owns a home but has college. Her family's income: $27,000. a home but have no other significant no other significant savings. His family's savings. His family's income: $42,000. income: $58,000. For all three students, federal and state grants (which do not College costs for one year College costs for one year College costs for one year need to be paid back) cover a 2004-2005 tuition: $ 4,474 2004-2005 tuition: $ 3,437 2004-2005 tuition: $ 4,474 significant part of the cost. The Fees: 447 Fees: 388 Fees: 447 tuition and fees are the only Estimated room and board:* 4,250 Estimated room and board:* 7,200 Estimated room and board:* 4,250 costs paid directly to the Estimated living expenses:** 3,645 Estimated living expenses:** 6,116 Estimated living expenses:** 3,645 college or university. The total Cost of attendance: $12,816 Cost of attendance: $17,141 Cost of attendance: $12,816 costs are estimates that could be much lower, depending on Tasha's financial aid Jeremy's financial aid Michael's financial aid your circumstances. Federal grants (do not Federal grants (do not Federal grants (do not need to be paid back): $ 3,800 need to be paid back): $ 2,800 need to be paid back): $ 1,300 Minnesota grant (does Minnesota grant (does Minnesota grant (does not need to be paid back): 1,652 not need to be paid back): 676 not need to be paid back): 1,627 Work study earnings: 3,000 Work study earnings: 4,000 Work study earnings: 3,000 Student loan (to be paid Student loan (to be paid Student loan (to be paid back after graduation): 2,625 back after graduation): 2,625 back after graduation): 2,625 Total financial aid: $11,077 Total financial aid: $10,101 Total financial aid: $ 8,552 Cost to Tasha's family:*** $ 1,739 Cost to Jeremy's family: $ 7,040 Cost to Michael's family: $ 4,264 Tax credits: Some college *Estimated cost of campus dormitory and food *Estimated cost reflecting apartment rent rate *Estimated cost of campus dormitory and food students also benefit from two service. and food costs in the Twin Cities. The estimates service. federal tax credit programs, **This is an estimate of expenses including trans­ are used to calculate financial aid. If a student lives **This is an estimate of expenses including trans­ the Hope Scholarship and the portation, books, clothing and social activities. at home with his or her parents, the actual cost portation, books, clothing and social activities. ***Some families take out an additional bank loan could be much less, although the financial aid Lifetime Learning tax credit. to pay the net costs of college. amounts may remain the same. These may apply to you or **This is an estimate of expenses including trans­ your family, depending upon portation, books, clothing and social activities. your financial circumstances. 5 Many students decide to enroll at a two-year college with a plan to transfer their credits to a state university or four-year college to complete a bachelor's degree. Others find later that they want to trans­ fer credits. Transferring isn't complicated, but it's smart to plan ahead. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities work together to make transferring among institutions easier. All 32 institutions are accredited and offer the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum, a set of courses that will transfer to the other state colleges and universities. Let your college advisor know in advance that you might want to trans­ fer someday. Certain programs and courses are designed to transfer, while others are not. Be sure to ask before you register.

Frequently asked questions about transferring The following programs are examples of the kinds of transfer by all Minnesota State QUESTION: QUESTION: majors you can start by Colleges and Universities and the enrolling in an Associate in Where can I get my transfer Will my credits transfer to a private University of Minnesota. Students Arts degree program: questions answered? college or the University often complete the transfer program Anthropology of Minnesota? in conjunction with another program. Aquatic biology ANSWER: Art ANSWER: , QUESTION: Each state college and university I Astronomy has transfer specialists in the Yes, the University of Minnesota What is the Associate in Arts Biology Biomedical science admissions office who can answer and private colleges generally will degree? Chemistry questions, help with course accept your credits from a liberal Economics selection and plan your future arts program at Minnesota State ANSWER: Education with you. Their names, along Colleges and Universities if you Students typically pursue the Engineering with other helpful information meet the institution's admissions Associate in Arts degree if they English on transferring, can be found requirements for transfer students. know they want to transfer to Family consumer science on www.mntransfer.org. Some technical college programs Geography complete a four-year liberal arts Look under "transfer resources." also have transfer agreements with Geology degree. The Associate in Arts private colleges and the University History degree is a recognized 60- to QUESTION: of Minnesota. It's important to Languages: French, German, 64-credit degree offered at check this out in advance. Spanish When I transfer, will there be community colleges and includes Journalism others like me? , the entire Minnesota Transfer Mathematics QUESTION: Curriculum. It is designed to satisfy Meteorology ANSWER: What is the Minnesota Transfer the first two years of a four-year Pre-professional programs Curriculum? degree program. Students who such as dentistry, law, Yes, 40 percent of all new students plan to transfer should contact medicine, veterinary science at the state universities each year ANSWER: a transfer specialist. Philosophy are transfer students and about Physics half of them are transferring from The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Political science community and technical colleges. is a 40-credit package of general Psychology Some universities offer events and education courses in 10 learning Social work clubs for transfer students. areas that will be accepted for Speech 6 What it takes to get in You have a better chance to do well if you complete a "college prep" The two-year state community and technical colleges have an open curriculum in high school, including at least three years each of math­ admissions policy, which means you can enroll if you have a high ematics, English, science and social studies. If you did not, or if you school diploma or a GED. Even without those, you may be admitted had minimum passing scores on the Minnesota Basic Standards test, if you demonstrate potential for success in college. you may not be admitted to the program of your choice. Most likely you will have to take developmental courses that will not count No standardized tests are required for admission to the two-year toward a degree before you can take college-level courses. state colleges, nor are your high school grades and class rank taken into consideration. After you have been admitted, you will be required to take a test Profiles of each two-year state college begin on Page 12. for placement in the appropriate classes based on your reading, writing and mathematics skills.

Study abroad opportunities Many two-year state colleges and the universities offer opportunities to study abroad for a few weeks to a full year in locations such as Costa Rica, Malaysia or England. State colleges and universities admissions offices can help you get information about study abroad programs.

7 --CENTRAL------METRO ------NORTHEAST -- - NORTHWEST- - SOUTHEAST- -SOUTHWEST- Minnesota State Colleges & 6niversities -'" :0 CL c c 2-year State .82:- 0>-'" c 0 .- 0 E ~ o m College Programs _o c­ co "6.. ~ .Ei ~ Not all programs are listed on this chart. Check o co C Q."O (1) with the college admissions office or search co C I ~ ~ C E~ t www.mnscu.edu to find more programs. .- 0 a 2 ZZ LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES American Indian/Native American Studies • II III .1 •I I 1.1 I ~ I III I I American Sign Language/Interpreter I • • I Art, Music, Theater • • • • • • • Biological and Biomedical Sciences • • 1 .'., Individualized & General Studies • I· ••• • ! Latin American Studies I. • I i ! ! Liberal Arts (first 2 years of a 4-year degree) •• • • • • • • • ••• • ·i· . • • ·1 •• •••• .! •• • Mathematics and Statistics ! • ! ! Physical Sciences • I i • .! I Psychology I. I ! ! Women's Studies I •II II [I • • IIIII I ! IIII ! II AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES Agricultural Business & Production II .1 • • 1 I I I I II •• II r•• 1 T. .T. • • •• Agricultural Sciences • I I I ~ I ·1 • Environmental Science/Studies • • I I Food Processing Safety , i i • I Golf FacilitieslTurf Management • • I I Horticulture Sciences 1 • I • I Landscape Horticulture/Greenhouse I· • • • • • I Meatcutting/Processing ! , • Natural Resources/ForestrylWildland Firefighter I !. • • Taxidermy I ! III • Veterinary Technology I ! II ·1 I III II I ! .! BUSINESS & ADMiNISTRATION Accounting 1.1. Ii. 1.1 • 1.1 • • •• • • • • •• • • I 1.1.1.1 ·1 I •• • • • • ·1·1· [.1 1·1·1·, • • • Administrative Assistant • • •• • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • •• •• • ••• • • • •• • Advertising : • • Business Administration & Management • • •• • • • • • •• • •• • • • • • • • • • •• • •• • • Computer Information Systems & Support • • • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • • • •••• • • •• Computer Networking • • • •• •• • • • • • • • •• • •• • • • • • • • • • • Computer Programming •• ·• .'•• • • • ••• • • • • ••••• Computer Science •• • • • • • • • • Computer Security • • • • Culinary Arts/Food Service • • ••• • • • • • Database Administration • • • • E-commerce • • • Entrepreneurship • • : • Fashion Merchandising • • Finance • • •• • • Hospitality and Casino Management • Hospitality Management • • , • Human Resources Management & Quality • • •• • • •• • • • • Insurance • • I I International Business ~ I • •I Legal Administrative Assistant • •• • • • • •• I • • • I •• • Marketing & Sales • • • • • • • • •• • • • • ••• • • •• Real Estate/Property Management • •• Small Business Management •• • •• I I •• 8 --CENTRAL------METRO ------NORTHEAST -- - NORTHWEST- - SOUTHEAST- -SOUTHWEST- Minnesota State Colleges & Universities 2-year State College Programs

Not all programs are listed on this chart. Check with the college admissions office or search www.mnscu.edu to find more programs. •• :..... • Apparel Design I • II I Broadcasting, Radio & Television I '1 I Digital/Multimedia Communications I • • • •• I • '1' Electronic Publishing I I' • • •• • • I I • I Filmmaking/Film Studies I •• I I I Floral Design I' . • ~ I I , Graphic Communications & Printing I , • • • I •• Graphic Design & Visual Communications 'j • • • • • ••• • • I' • Interior Design & Sales 'j •• . I' Judicial Reporting/Broadcast Captioning I • I Library & Information Technology I • : I Mass Communications I I • I Neon Technology I I • I Photography/Photographic Technology I I' • • • • • I I Web Design, Development & Administration l'l II • • • • •• •• I 1'1 I I I • • t'I'1 • • • HEALTH SERVICES ,

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11 Alexandria JJ1ailing address: City/population: Anoka-Ramsey Mailing address: City/population: 1601 Jefferson St. Alexandria/9,855 11200 Mississippi Blvd. NW Coon Rapids/62,177 Technical College Alexandria, MN 56308 Community Coon Rapids, MN 55433 Cambridge/5,846 College

Web site: Alexandria Technical College Highlights Web site: Anoka-Ramsey Community College www.alextech.edu Alexandria Technical College is located in a www.anokaramsey.edu Highlights Phone numbers: recreational area near many lakes and offers Phone numbers: • Two beautiful campuses - on the Rum Admissions: (320) 762-4520 opportunities such as fishing, hiking, bike and Admissions: (763) 422-3333 River in Cambridge and the Mississippi River Toll-free: 1-888-234-1222 walking paths, and downhill and cross­ TIY (763) 576-5949 in Coon Rapids. TIY: (320) 762-4623 country skiing. The college welcomes students To arrange a campus visit: • Excellent career programs in nursing, from diverse backgrounds and is about 2-1/2 To arrange a campus visit: (763) 427-2600 business, computer networking, biomedical hours northwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul and (320) 762-4520 technology, geographic information 1-1/2 hours southeast of Fargo-Moorhead. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,456 systems and physical therapist assistant Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,608 • Commitment to excellence - In the 1990s, FAFSA code: 002332 • Small class sizes, personal attention FAF5A code: 005544 the National Center for Research in Enrollment: • Internet courses that blend convenience Enrollment: Vocational Education chose Alexandria Total number students served 8,853 with individual attention from skilled Total number students served 3,604 Technical College as one of only 10 Full-time enrollment 4,210 instructors Full-time enrollment 2,158 "exemplary" colleges nationwide. Percent female 65.5% Percent female 41.5% • Personal attention from faculty and staff Percent male 34.5% • Highly acclaimed registered nursing Percent male 58.5% Percent students of color 6.8% program • Hands-on learning in a friendly, supportive Percent students of color 2.1% atmosphere Degrees offered: • Complete four-year degrees in nursing Degrees offered: Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, and business at the Coon Rapids campus • In 2003-2004, students enrolled from 18 Associate in Science, Associate in Applied Associate in Science, Associate in Fine Arts, through Metropolitan State University. states and 84 of Minnesota's 87 counties. Science, diplomas, certificates certificates • Easy access to computer labs • Excellent technology, equipment and Largest programs: Largest programs: facilities - New $10 million Computer • Intercollegiate sports, theater, band Law enforcement, nursing, diesel mechanics General education/liberal arts transfer Science Building opened August 2004. and choir (partnership with Ziegler, Inc., the Caterpillar programs, nursing, computer networking, The college was ranked No.9 in the last • Student-centered services including free dealer for Minnesota and Iowa), carpentry, business, accounting national survey of most-wired two-year tutoring for more than 25 subjects, marine and small engine mechanic (Arctic Cat colleges by "Yahoo! Internet Life." Unique programs: accessible services for students with partnership), interior design Geographic information systems, biomedical • Affordable - The college's foundation disabilities and two TRIO Programs, Student Unique programs: technology, computer networking; courses in awards more than $100,000 in student Support Services and Upward Bound, E-commerce Web developer, distributed glass blowing, Chinese language study abroad, support and scholarships each year. federally funded programs for first­ electrical generation technician, health and American Sign Language Recently, 85 percent of students received generation college students fitness specialist, paralegal, communication art financial aid totaling more than $8 million. Intercollegiate sports: and design, Center for Automation and Motion Women's , ; men's , Control • Variety - Choose from more than 50 basketball programs. Student activities: Student activities: • Results - Graduates are successful in Intramural sports, service learning, Student More than 20 clubs - Concert Choir and Senate, Campus Crusade, Delta Epsilon Chi, finding employment related to their fields. Chamber Singers, Concert Band and Jazz Business Professionals of America, Phi Theta • Daily personal tours - Contact us to Ensemble, theater, Phi Theta Kappa honors Kappa, SkilisUSA-Vocationallndustrial Clubs of schedule your visit. organization, Student Senate, Art Club, America, Art Club, American Society of Interior Multicultural Club, GBLT, Student Activities Designers, Student Technology Access Team, Housing: Board, intramural sports, student newspapers, National Kitchen and Bath Association, Law The college has no on-campus student housing, Creative Writing Club Enforcement Club, Vikingland Builders but numerous rental units are available within Association Student Chapter Housing: two miles of the campus. The college provides The college has no on-campus student housing, housing lists describing rental facilities. but apartments are nearby, and the college assists with finding roommates.

1,} Check out www.mnscu.edu Anoka Technical Mailing address: City/population: Nursing programs include realistic 1355 West Highway 10 Anoka/18,121 experiences to prepare students to College Anoka, MN 55303 work with patients.

Web site: Anoka Technical College Highlights www.ank.tec.mn.us Anoka Technical College is located in Anoka,

Phone numbers: a northwest suburb of the Twin Cities, right off Admissions: (763) 576-4850 Highway 10. Anoka Technical College offers TIY (763) 576-4747 fast, affordable, quality education close by.

To arrange a campus visit: • More than 94 percent of graduates are (763) 576-4850 employed in their chosen field of study. "Our Grads Get Great Jobs!" is more than Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,053 just a slogan. FAFSA code: 007350 • All programs include hands-on, student­ Enrollment: centered, experiential learning. The Total number students served 3,672 application of theory rather than the Full-time enrollment 1,594 memorization of concepts is emphasized. Percent female 49.9% • Anoka is accredited by the Higher Learning Percent male 50.1% Commission and provides the courses and Percent students of color 10.0% studies that are required for industry Degrees offered: certification. Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, • Anoka's teaching quality surpasses the certificates national average, according to research Largest programs: by Sandra Golden and Associates, Inc. Construction electrician, surgical technology, • Instructors have worked in business and electronics, practical nursing, plumbing industry. They know the day-to-day Unique programs: challenges you'll face - and how to Occupational therapy assistant, judicial prepare you for success. reporting, broadcast captioning/CART, golf • Employers say they like and prefer to hire course grounds management, air traffic Anoka Technical College graduates. controller, fire suppression • Free job placement assistance, financial aid Intercollegiate sports: for those who qualify, free tutoring and Anoka Technical College students can try out Internet access are available. for and participate in any Anoka-Ramsey Community College intercollegiate sports • Many programs have partnership opportunities. agreements with universities providing bachelor's degree options. Student activities: Student Senate, Vocational Industrial Clubs • The average technical class size is 30 and of America, TECOTA for students in the lab size is 14. occupational therapy assistant program, Phi Theta Kappa

Housing: Anoka Technical College is a commuter campus; there is no on-campus student housing. Roommate and housing lists are. available.

13 JMailing address: City/population: Central Lakes 501 W. College Drive Brainerd/13,646 College Brainerd, MN 56401 Staples/3,138

Web site: Central lakes College Highlights www.c1cmn.edu • See for yourself - The Campus Tour, a big reason students select Central Lakes Phone numbers: College Admissions: (218) 855-8037 Toll-free: 1-800-933-0346 • Affordable - Low tuition, with traditional TIY: (218) 855-8224 financial aid plus Central Lakes College Foundation scholarships To arrange a campus visit: 1-800-933-0346 • Environment - Small classes, clean and safe surroundings, friendly people Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,712 • Service - Student-centered with free FAFSA code: 002339 tutoring, career counseling and job Enrollment: placement, TRIO program, on-campus Total number students served 4,308 child care Full-time enrollment 2,571 • Faculty - Experienced career professionals, Percent female 55.9% challenging and caring, accessible Percent male 44.1% Percent students of color 3.8% • Technology - Hundreds of computers, multiple computer labs, state-of-the-art Degrees offered: career program tools Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates • Credits transfer - Agreements for bachelor's degree programs with St. Cloud largest programs: State, Bemidji State, Southwest Minnesota Liberal arts, nursing, heavy equipment State, College of St. Scholastica and other operation and maintenance, criminal justice, universities computer science technology • Employment - 90 percent job placement Unique programs: in program-related occupations Criminalistics, Microsoft certified system engineer/administrator, John Deere • Variety - More than 70 degrees and career construction and forestry equipment education programs on the Brainerd and technology, Latin American studies, wildlife Staples campuses tourism, inland underwater search and recovery • Culture - Athletes recruited to next level Intercollegiate sports: from NJCAA Division III competition within Women's volleyball, basketball, golf, ; Minnesota Community College Conference; men's football, basketball, golf, baseball growth opportunity through arts and service learning Student activities: Student Senate, Spanish, accounting, music, • Convenience - Courses offered evenings drama and visual art, diversity, honor society, and weekends, some available at regional law enforcement, natural resources, child locations; many online courses development, psychology, computer, science • Collaboration - Business and industry and engineering, intramurals partners ensure employable skills of Housing: students. The college has no on-campus student housing, but many rental units are within walking distance.

14 Mailing address: City/population: Century College Mailing address: City/population: Dakota County 13300 Century Avenue N. White Bear Lake/24,874 1300 145th St. E. Rosemountl16, 11 0 It? White Bear Lake, MN Technical College Rosemount, MN 55068 55110

Web site: Century College Highlights Web site: Dakota County Technical College Highlights www.century.mnscu.edu Century College has the advantage of being www.dctc.edu Already having a solid reputation for producing high-quality graduates in a variety Phone numbers: two colleges in one - both a community Phone numbers: of fields, Dakota County Technical College is Admissions: (651) 773-1700 college and a technical college. Century offers Admissions: (651) 423-8302 ready to prepare students for the challenges Toll-free: 1-800-228-1978 a full liberal arts curriculum as well as a wide Toll-free: 1-877-937-3282 (1-877-YES-DCTC) and opportunities awaiting them in the 21 st nY: (651) 773-1715 variety of technical and career programs. nY: (651) 423-8621 Students are choosing Century because: century. From its main campus in Rosemount To arrange a campus visit: To arrange a campus visit: Gust 20 minutes south from downtown St. • Century is known for the high quality of (651) 773-1700 (651) 423-8302 Paul), the college strives to be a center of its instructors. Faculty members are experts Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,618 Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,974 excellence for technical education and in their fields and come to Century because employment in an ever-changing world. FAF5A code: 010546 they love teaching. The number of faculty FAFSA code: 010402 members with doctorate degrees has • New programs in nanoscience technology Enrollment: Enrollment: and biomedical equipment technology Total number students served 11,732 doubled in the last 20 years. Total number students served 5,304 Full-time enrollment 5,824 • Students can save from 30 to 40 percent Full-time enrollment 2,133 • TRIO student support services that enhance Percent female 56.4% on the cost of a four-year bachelor's degree Percent female 47.9% student success for first-generation college Percent male 43.6% by taking their first two years at Century. Percent male 52.1% students Percent students of color 18.9% Percent students of color 11.1% • Century has excellent programs in areas • Courses offered days, evenings, weekends, Degrees offered: such as emergency medical services, law Degrees offered: online or self-paced Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, enforcement, information and • Site of the premier General Motors Training Science, diplomas, certificates Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates telecommunications technology, interior Center for the Upper Midwest design, kitchen and bath design, Largest programs: Largest programs: • The college's foundation raises money to horticulture, pre-teacher education, Interior design, practical nursing, truck driver Liberal arts courses such as math and English assist students with tuition, child care and orthotics and prosthetics, and sports training, automotive technician, dental assistant that transfer to a four-year college, English as personal needs and provides a number of facilities management. • a Second Language, nursing, emergency Unique programs: merit-based scholarships. medical services and paramedics, computer • Century offers student clubs, intramural Nanoscience technology, wood finishing • In addition to offering transferable general science/technology activities, an outstanding fitness center and technology, General Motors automotive service, education courses, the college has several fine music and theater programs. exercise and sport science, concrete masonry Unique programs: transfer agreements with four-year colleges Orthotics/prosthetics, women's studies, • Century promotes active learning Intercollegiate sports: for programs and credits. pre-engineering, visual communications opportunities, including a renowned service Women's soccer, softball; men's , • Dakota County Technical College consis­ technology, quality technology, kitchen and learning program. baseball, soccer tently places more than 90 percent of its bath design, sports facilities management, Student activities: graduates in jobs through the resources of pre-teacher education, Health Career Institute Student Senate, Multicultural Club, Phi Theta the Career Services Center and existing Student activities: Kappa, Visual Communications Club, Skills collaborations with business and industry. Chamber orchestra, concert band, choir, Asian USA, Associated Landscape Contractors of • Campus visits are available any Tuesday Student Association, Creative Arts Alliance, America from 12:45 to 2:30 p.m.; no appointment Drama Club, Q and S Club, Phi Theta Kappa Housing: is necessary. honor society, Student Senate, Wood Duck The college has no on-campus student housing Celebration, intramural sports • Dakota County Technical College is proud but maintains a housing resource list including to collaborate with Anoka Technical Housing: area apartments, apartment locator firms and College's medical coding specialist program The college has no on-campus student housing, community housing opportunities. and with the University of Minnesota for but rental units are available within walking the nanoscience technology program. distance of the campus.

Check out www.mnscu.edu 15 Fond du Lac Triba 'JMailing address: City/population: Hennepin Technical Mailing address: City/population: 2101 14th St. Cloquet/11,378 [z 9000 Brooklyn Blvd. Brooklyn Park/68,600 & Community • Cloquet, MN 55720 College Brooklyn Park, MN Eden Prairie/57,000 College U : 55445 Web site: Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College Web site: Hennepin Technical College Highlights www.fdltcc.edu Highlights www.hennepintech.edu Discover the difference at Hennepin Technical Phone numbers: Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Phone numbers: College. Hennepin Technical College Admissions: (218) 879-0808 is the only combined tribal college and state Admissions: (763) 488-2500 graduates succeed in the workplace. With Toll-free: 1-800-657-3712 community college in the . Toll-free: 1-800-345-4655 campuses in Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie and sites in Plymouth, Hopkins and TIY: (218) 879-0805 • Exciting new programs in computer TIY: (763) 488-2571 Bloomington, the college delivers technical To arrange a campus visit: forensics and e-crime To arrange a campus visit: education to a wide array of learners. (218) 879-0808 • Bachelor's degree program in elementary (763) 488-2500 • The college is strengthened through strong Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,750 education Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,507 partnerships with business and industry. FAF5A code: 031291 • Ten new classrooms including high-tech FAF5A code: 010491 • The college has achieved national science labs and computer labs Enrollment: Enrollment: certification in culinary arts, health careers Total number students served 1,862 • High-speed Internet access and individual Total number students served 9,038 and transportation and is accredited by Full-time enrollment 862 e-mail accounts for all students Full-time enrollment 3,784 the Higher Learning Commission and is Percent female 62.1% • Reputation for friendly service and Percent female 42.5% a member of North Central Association. Percent male 37.9% Percent male 57.5% a comfortable campus atmosphere The top 10 reasons students choose Hennepin Percent students of color 28.8% Percent students of color 16.1% •A new $7.5 million academic expansion Technical College: Degrees offered: Degrees offered: opened in August 2003. • Affordable tuition Bachelor's degree, Associate in Arts, Associate Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, • Classes usually have 20 or fewer students. • Convenient locations in Science, Associate in Applied Science, certificates • Flexible scheduling certificates • Students learn from award-winning Largest programs: • Industry-validated curriculum instructors and friendly staff. Largest programs: Practical nursing, automotive mechanics, • Industry-experienced faculty Liberal arts and transfer programs, law • Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College carpentry, professional photography, dental • Small classes enforcement, business, human services, emphasizes uniting cultures and creating assistant • Hands-on learning computer science individual and community awareness of Unique programs: • Job placement assistance each other. Unique programs: Plastics, automated packaging, audio recording, • Courses for career advancement Computer forensics and e-crime, geographic • 2,000-acre Environmental Study Area is professional photography, retail floral, marine • Short-term programs information systems and visualization, only five minutes from campus. and motor sport, medium and heavy truck and Hennepin Technical College offers more than American Indian studies, law enforcement skills, • Unique transfer programs with four-year Ford ASSET (automotive student services 40 programs in the following career areas: environmental science, nursing (transfer educational training) colleges ensure credits will transfer easily. • Media communication program with four-year registered nursing Student activities: • Business and computers program at College of S1. Scholastica; Housing: Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Phi • Health partnership program with Lake Superior A spectacular campus housing facility opened Theta Kappa, student goverment • Service College), business and financial services in 1999. The residence hall features large Housing: • Transportation Student activities: apartment-style units with full kitchens and The college has no on-campus student housing. • Manufacturing and electronics Approximately 20 student organizations and private bathrooms. Units are fully furnished Many options are available near each campus. • Construction and building activities including intramural sports, Law and have high-speed Internet access, • Floral and landscape Enforcement Club, Phi Theta Kappa, American air conditioning and cable television. Indian Business Leaders, Student Senate, Annishinaabe Student Congress, Environmental and Outdoor Recreation Club, Human Services Club, PROP Program, Residence Hall Council

16 Check out www.mnscu.edu Hibbing Mailing address: City/population: 1515 E. 25th St. Hibbing/16,968 Community Hibbing, MN 55746 College

Web site: Hibbing Community College Highlights www.hcc.mnscu.edu Hibbing Community College is a great choice! Phone numbers: You'll find high quality education and career Admissions: (218) 262-7207 training with an added bonus - personal Toll-free: 1-800-224-4422 attention. Whether you're interested in an TIY: (218) 262-7294 academic program that transfers to a four­ year college or university, or a technical To arrange a campus visit: program that will give you an associate degree (218) 262-7200 and the skills to start a career, Hibbing Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,758 Community College has what you need. FAF5A code: 002355 Hibbing Community College offers courses, programs and services at convenient times Enrollment: and locations, even online, to better meet Total number students served 3,671 your individual needs, goals and interests. Full-time enrollment 1,414 Percent female 33.1% The college offers you: Percent male 66.9% • Affordable tuition and fees Percent students of color 3.4% • Transfer programs offering the first two Degrees offered: years of a four-year education Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, • Career programs that prepare you for Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates success in the job market Largest programs: • State-of-the-art instructional equipment Law enforcement, nursing, electrical and hands-on experience maintenance, dental assisting, liberal arts, online offerings • Small classes and one-on-one attention

Unique programs: • The flexibility and convenience of day, Law enforcement, multimedia specialist, evening and online courses to culinary arts, online offerings accommodate your busy schedule

Intercollegiate sports: •A reputation for excellence Women's basketball, volleyball, softball, golf; • The opportunity to earn a bachelor's or men's basketball, football, baseball, golf master's degree in a number of areas on Student activities: campus through the Arrowhead University Intercollegiate and intramural athletics, drama, Consortium. Contact the college band, choir, Engineering and Science Club, Phi admissions office for information. Theta Kappa honor society, Role Models Club, Hibbing Community College is nationally student governmenVStudent Senate, Student recognized for its superior faculty and Leaders Group, Vocational Industrial Clubs of instructional programs. The college is America, Family Host Program accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, Housing: North Central Association of Colleges and The college has convenient on-campus student Schools. housing.

17 Inver Hills -JVIailing address: City/population: 2500 E. 80th St Inver Grove Community Inver Grove Heights, MN Heights/30,708 College 55076

Web site: Inver Hills Community College Highlights www.inverhills.edu Conveniently located just 10 minutes south Phone numbers: of downtown St. Paul and 10 minutes east Admissions: (651) 450-8500 of the Mall of America, Inver Hills offers a TIV (651) 450-8369 broad range of liberal arts, career preparation and job skills educational programs. To arrange a campus visit: (651) 450-8500 •A comprehensive offering of liberal arts courses allows students to complete the Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,925 first two years of most bachelor's degree FAFSA code: 006935 programs.

Enrollment: • Through a unique liberal education and Total number students served 7,459 professional skills program, students may Full-time enrollment 3,102 develop an individual portfolio that profiles Percent female 58.5% 10 essential professional skills, an assess­ Percent male 41.5% ment that complements their traditional Percent students of color 11.7% college transcripts.

Degrees offered: • More than 20 two-year degree options Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, prepare students for employment upon • Associate in Applied Science, certificates graduation or permit them to continue Largest programs: their education through transfer to a four­ Liberal arts, business, nursing, paralegal, year institution. computer science • All teaching and training labs are new or Unique programs: remodeled in the last two years ­ Urban teacher education, emergency health computers, networking, nursing, science, science (paramedic), aviation, Cizo networking fitness and more. certification, adult accelerated degree option • Comprehensive student services include Intercollegiate sports: career development, academic counseling, Students at Inver Hills may try out for Dakota writing and math assistance, peer tutoring County Technical College's teams: women's and services for students with disabilities. soccer, softball; men's soccer, wrestling, • Average class size of about 25 allows for baseball personalized attention.

Student activities: • With distinctive architecture, separate The Forum student newspaper; band; choir; buildings and a natural setting of hills and Student Senate; student life committee; Phi woodlands, Inver Hills is one of the most Theta Kappa honor society, Math League; scenic college campuses in the Twin Cities. intramural and club sports; recreation and fitness programs; student clubs based on academic, career, political and cultural interests Housing: Privately owned housing adjacent to campus, The Hills apartments, offers shared living spaces with private bedrooms.

18 Check out www.mnscu.edu Mailing address: City/population: Itasca Community Mailing address: City/population: lake Superior •J 1851 E. Highway 169 Grand Rapidsl7,829 2101 Trinity Road Duluth/86,044 College Grand Rapids, MN College Duluth, MN 55811 U 55744-3397 Web site: Itasca Community College Highlights Web site: Lake Superior College Highlights www.itascacc.edu In a scenic north woods setting that also www.lsc.mnscu.edu Lake Superior College is situated on a wooded Phone numbers: serves as an expanded learning environment, Phone numbers: campus that overlooks Duluth's famous harbor. Admissions: (218) 327-4468 Itasca Community College is just a three-hour Admissions: (218) 733-7601 It features award-winning architecture, Toll-free: 1-800-996-6422 drive from Minneapolis-St Paul. Not far from Toll-free: 1-800-432-2884 comfortable classrooms, up-to-date technical TIY: (218) 327-4167 campus are the Mississippi River, more than TIY: (218) 722-6893 labs and beautiful study and library facilities. 1,000 lakes, endless trails and year-round The campus has a natural setting that includes To arrange a campus visit: To arrange a campus visit: recreational and cultural opportunities. an urban forest and a trout stream. (218) 327-4464 (218) 733-7601 • Class sizes are small, and instructors help • Offers more than 90 technical majors, Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,004 Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,473 students succeed. programs for transfer, continuing education FAFSA code: 002356 FAFSA colle: 005757 and customized training for businesses • Itasca awards a higher percentage of gift Enrollment: aid than many other Minnesota post­ Enrollment: • Enrollment up 49.5 percent over the last Total number students served 1,504 secondary schools. Total number students served 8,339 five years Full-time enrollment 972 Full-time enrollment 3,080 • Operates the largest online instructional • Campus tours, offered weekdays from Percent female 56.7% Percent female 53.8% program in the Minnesota State Colleges 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., can include visiting Percent male 43.3% Percent male 46.2% and Universities System with 119 classes classes and meeting with a counselor, Percent students of color 7.0% Percent students of color 6.3% available and more than 3,100 registrations coaches or instructors in specific majors. in spring 2004 Degrees offered: Degrees offered: • Students can start their bachelor's degree Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, • The college's Emergency Response Training here and seamlessly transfer to a four-year in Applied Science, diplomas, certificates Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, Center provides world-class training for institution. certificates emergency response professionals, including Largest programs: • New programs are the Associate in Science firefighters and emergency medical technicians. Natural resources, practical nursing, Largest programs: degrees in geography/geographic engineering, Class Act (education), business Nursing, Associate in Arts transfer program • Provides dental hygiene and physical therapy information systems and applied services to uninsured residents of the region Unique programs: psychology, and the e-Iearning technician Unique programs: through faculty-supervised student clinics Specialty transfer programs in applied psychology, diploma. Online Associate in Arts, professional pilot, geography/geographic information systems, fire technology and administration, massage • Provides free computer services to senior • Wildland firefighting is available as a one­ engineering, business, Class Act, American therapy, respiratory care practitioner citizens through a student service learning year diploma or two-year associate degree Indian studies, natural resources/forestry/ project in natural resources. Student activities: wildland firefighting/law enforcement/GIS Student Senate and more than 30 clubs and • "Honors Online" program provides college • The Class Act program provides teaching courses to high school students via the Intercollegiate sports: organizations including art, multicultural club, experiences for students during their first NJCAA Division III women's volleyball, fitness center Internet two yea rs at Itasca. • Provides expanded access to nursing educa­ basketball, softball; men's football, basketball, Housing: • The Engineering Center features a concept wrestling, baseball The college has no on-campus housing but tion through partnerships with Pine Technical lab, learning studios and housing for College, Alexandria Technical College and Student activities: provides information to students seeking engineering students. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Psychology, forestry, business, science and housing in the community. engineering, multicultural and wrestling clubs; •A number of bachelor's and master's • Provides access to the radiologic technology Student Ambassadors; Circle K; O-Gitch-I-Dah degree programs are available locally program in six rural communities through (American Indian group); student government; through the Arrowhead University the use of interactive television and college choir; Panorama; intramural and Consortium. Contact the college partnerships with regional health centers admissions office for information. well ness activities; college-sponsored YMCA • Bachelor's degrees in criminal justice, busi­ student membership discount also available • Special college services include free ness administration and elementary education Housing: tutoring, a special needs office and four are offered at Lake Superior College through Itasca has on-campus housing for engineering computer labs for student use. a partnership with Bemidji State University students; apartment-style housing is adjacent and the Arrowhead University Consortium. to campus. The college also provides a housing list of area apartments, rooms and duplexes. 19 Mesabi Range 'JMailing address: City/population: , 1001 Chestnut St. W Eveleth/3,800 Community & Virginia, MN 55792 Virginia/9,108 Technical College U Web site: Mesabi Range Community & Technical www.mrmnscu.edu College Highlights Phone numbers: • Mesabi Range Community and Technical Admissions: (218) 741-3095 College is located in the heart of beautiful Toll-free: 1-800-657-3860 northeastern Minnesota, with campuses in TIY: (218) 749-7783 Eveleth and Virginia.

To arrange a campus visit: • Small class sizes ensure that students will (218) 749-0314 have personal attention and interaction with instructors and other students. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,889 • The graphic design and print FAFSA code: 004009 communications program makes Mesabi Enrollment: Range the only technical college designated Total number students served 2,241 a graphics arts center north of the Twin Full-time enrollment 1,312 Cities. It is the first Minnesota program to Percent female 54.3% be nationally accredited by the Graphic Arts Percent male 45.7% Education and Research Foundation. Percent students of color 5.5% • Carpentry students gain valuable hands-on Degrees offered: training by building a house during the Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, second year of the program. Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates • The welding program trains students to Largest programs: American Welding Society standards; Transfer programs, practical nursing, carpentry, students can test for AWS certification on information management, electrical and campus at the accredited test facility. industrial automation technology • The computer networking program trains Unique programs: students for certification tests in Novell and Masonry, welding, computer networking, Microsoft. Students have an opportunity to graphic design and print communications, test for levels of certification up to Microsoft human services, industrial mechanical Certified Systems Engineer and Certified technology, automotive technician, Novell Administrator paramedidfire suppression technician • The college's foundation awards nearly Intercollegiate sports: $83,000 in scholarship money to students Women's volleyball, basketball, softball; each year. men's football, basketball, baseball •A number of bachelor's and master's Student activities: degree programs are available locally Student Senate, intramural athletics, Phi Theta through the Arrowhead University Kappa honor society, Business Professionals of Consortium. Contact the college America, dance line, Black Awareness Club, admissions office for information. Miigiiziisug (American Indian organization)

Housing: Mesabi Range Community and Technical College offers partially furnished apartment­ style housing units on the Virginia campus.

70 Mailing address: City/population: Mailing address: City/population: Minneapolis J . Minnesota State 1501 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis/382,700 1250 Homer Road Red Wing/16,269 Community and Minneapolis, MN 55403 College - Southea PO. Box 409 Winonal26,902 Technical College Technical Winona, MN 55987

Web site: Minneapolis Community &Technical Web site: Minnesota State College - Southeast www.southeastmn.edu www.minneapolis.edu College Highlights Technical Highlights • More than 70 diverse programs in six major Phone numbers: You will feel welcome the moment you walk Phone numbers: career fields: business and office, health Admissions: (612) 659-6200 through the doors on the college's beautiful Admissions: (507) 453-2700 and human services, sales and management, Toll-free: 1-800-247-0911 Loring Park campus. Toll-free: 1-877-853-8324 musical instrument repair, technical, and TIY: (612) 659-6731 • Vibrant, diverse, urban environment (1-877-853-TEC H) TTY: (507) 453-2785 trade and industrial To arrange a campus visit: • Liberal arts and career programs • Three sites - Red Wing, Winona and (612) 659-6200 To arrange a campus visit: • Diverse student body 1-877-853-TECH (8324) Winona Airport - all along the majestic Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,886 bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley • Fascinating class discussions Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,813 FAFSA code: 002362 • More than $100,000 in scholarships • Welcoming college environment with small FAFSA code: 002393 Enrollment: awarded to students each year by the classes and instructors who know you by Total number students served 11,041 college foundation Enrollment: name Total number students served 2,609 Full-time enrollment 5,358 • Through the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum, • Small class sizes Full-time enrollment 1,402 Percent female 568% students can transfer approved general Percent female 52.9% Percent male 43.2% • Variety of support services including education courses to other Minnesota state tutoring, career advising, academic Percent male 47.1% Percent students of color 43.9% colleges and universities. counseling Percent students of color 5.8% Degrees offered: • The college is accredited as a distance • New state-of-the-art library Degrees offered: Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, learning institution by the Higher Learning Associate in Applied Science, Associate in Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, • Service learning integrated into many Commission with online classes, certificates, Science, diplomas, certificates certificates programs to give students hands-on work diplomas and degrees. experience and to reinforce the importance Largest programs: Largest programs: • Students enjoy hands-on learning in clinical of civic engagement in the community Nursing, accounting, administrative support, Liberal arts, nursing careers, business, law settings and labs. truck driving, network administration and enforcement, graphic design • Metropolitan State University courses technology • The collegewide job placement rate is available on campus Unique programs: 94 percent. Unique programs: Urban teacher education, sound arts, • New student services center • Two-year registered nurse program with screenwriting, machine tool technology, urban Musical string instrument repair, band • Get Started sessions on Mondays at 5 p.m. an Associate in Science degree is offered parks and recreation, library studies instrument repair, aviation maintenance and Thursdays at noon. Meet in the technology, massage therapy in Red Wing and Winona. Intercollegiate sports: Students Services Center. • The automotive technology program is NJCAA Division III women's basketball, golf; Student activities: certified by the National Automotive men's basketball, golf Business Professionals of America, Student Socialist Discussion, Starting Point, Student Senate, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Technicians Education Foundation. Student activities: Senate, United Nations of Indian Tribes for Distributive Education Clubs of America • Trade and industrial majors include Clubs include apparel, business, chess, Education, Vocational Industrial Clubs of automotive, aviation maintenance, Christian, culinary, education, ESL, Ethiopian, Housing: America, RATE - Realizing Abilities Through carpentry, machine tool and die, truck French, information technology, Muslim, The college has no on-campus housing, but Education, Science Fiction Club, Sisters for driving and heating, ventilating, air nursing, Oromo, soccer, Somali, Black numerous rental units are available nearby. Social Justice, Theatre Park Players conditioning and refrigeration. Collegiates, Campus Greens, Campus Democrats, student newspaper, Culturas Housing: • Technical majors include drafting, Unidas, African American Males of Society, The college has no on-campus student housing, electronics, computer programming and International Student Association, Media but many rental units are available within networking with Cisco and Microsoft Generation, Vocational Technical Honor Society, walking distance of the campus. certification. Out Campus Alliance, PSI Beta Honor Society,

Check out www.mnscu.edu 21 'J Mailing address: City/population: Minnesota State 1414 College Way Detroit Lakesl7 ,557 Community & .:. Fergus Falls, MN Fergus Falls/13,703 Technical College 56537-1000 Moorhead/32,572 tr Wadena/4,293 Web site: Minnesota State Community &Technical www.minnesota.edu College Highlights Minnesota State Community and Technical Phone numbers: Admissions: 1-888-MY MSCTC College comprises four campuses located in (1-888-696-7282) Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Toll-free: 1-888-MY MSCTC Wadena. The Fergus Falls campus previously TIY: 1-800-627-3529 was known as Fergus Falls Community College, and the Detroit Lakes, Moorhead To arrange a campus visit: and Wadena campuses previously were part 1-888-MY MSCTC of Northwest Technical College. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): • The college is accredited by the Higher Detroit Lakes, Wadena, $3,901 Learning Commission of the North Central Fergus Falls, $4,148 Association of Colleges and Schools. Moorhead, $3,976 • Through the four campuses, the college FAFSA code: 005541 offers more than 100 one- and two-year Enrollment: career programs, plus distance education Total number students served 6,268 courses and programs through its Virtual Full-time enrollment 4,082 Campus. 57.1% • Percent female • The Fergus Falls and Moorhead campuses 42.9% Percent male offer the first two years of some degrees 5.2% Percent students of color for transfer to a four-year institution.

Degrees offered: • All campuses provide career programs Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, in health care services, Cisco computer Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates networking and office information careers.

Largest programs: • The campuses are wireless, allowing online Liberal arts transfer, education, business, accessibility for users of laptop computers. construction electricity, computer and network technology, practical nursing

Unique programs: Housing: Business 4.0 program, electrical line worker, The college's Fergus Falls campus has two human resources, neon technology, dental apartment-style housing complexes on campus. hygiene, radiology technology, manufacturing The Detroit Lakes, Moorhead and Wadena campuses do not have on-campus housing, engineering technology but numerous rental units are available in each Intercollegiate sports: community. Women's volleyball, golf, basketball, softball; men's football, golf, basketball, baseball

Student activities: Cultural Activities Can Touch Us, Campus Crusade, College Ambassadors, drama, intramural athletics, music organizations, Once Again Students In School, Phi Theta Kappa honor society, Student Senate, Students In Free Enterprise, Student Newspaper, student professional organizations on all campuses

.,., JMailing address: Mailing address: City/population: Minnesota West City/population: Normandale 1314 N. Hiawatha Ave. Canby/l,878, Granite 9700 France Ave. S. Bloomington/85,400 Community & Pipestone, MN 56164 Fallsl3,053, Jackson/3,490, Community Bloomington, MN Technical College Pipestone/4,383, College 55431-4399 Worthington/ll,248

Web site: Minnesota West Community & Technical Web site: Normandale Community College Highlights www.mnwest.mnscu.edu College Highlights www.normandale.edu Normandale Community College is located at Phone numbers: • Five convenient southwest Minnesota Phone numbers: 98th Street South and France Avenue in Admissions: (507) 825-6811 campus locations: Canby, Granite Falls, Admissions: (952) 487-8201 Bloomington, on a wooded 90-acre site just Toll-free: 1-800-658-2330 Jackson, Pipestone and Worthington. Toll-free: 1-866-880-8740 1.5 miles south of Interstate 494. TIY: 1-800-627-3529 • More than 60 specialized programs in TIY (952) 487-7032 • Nearly 12,000 students from diverse To arrange a campus visit: technical and liberal arts areas To arrange a campus visit: backgrounds attend classes at the college each year, making it among the largest of 1-800-658-2330 • You may attain technical skill or begin your (952) 487-8209 Minnesota's two-year community colleges. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,898 four-year college education from any Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,675 Minnesota West campus. • The college prepares students for full FAFSA code: 005263 FAFSA code: 007954 participation in diverse communities, • Minnesota West was named second Enrollment: Enrollment: creates pathways to other college programs nationally in the Top 10 Digital Community Total number students served 5,012 Total number students served 11,708 and builds community connections. Colleges Survey by the Center for Digital Full-time enrollment 2,144 Full-time enrollment 5,527 Education and the American Association Normandale is committed to quality, Percent female 53.4% Percent female 60.3% of Community Colleges. affordability, student access and success. Percent male 46.6% Percent male 39.7% • Support services are provided for second Percent students of color 5.2% • All students benefit from increased course Percent students of color 18.0% offerings through interactive television and language and developmental education Degrees offered: Degrees offered: the Internet. students as well as students with Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Fine Arts, disabilities. Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates • Minnesota West is a leader in the use of Associate in Applied Science, Associate in • Academic programs in more than 60 areas wireless computer technology and uses Science, certificates Largest programs: are offered, including programs for transfer wireless Internet laptop computers in the Practical nursing, collision repair, electrician, Largest programs: to four-year colleges, specialized career classroom. liberal arts, dental assisting Liberal arts education, liberal arts with programs leading to direct employment • The Higher Learning Commission of the emphases (27 disciplines), business marketing Unique programs: and noncredit continuing education and North Central Association of Colleges and and management, fine arts, education, nursing Renewable energy technology, meat customized training programs. Flexible Schools accredits the college. Minnesota merchandising, robotic technology, power Unique programs: schedules provide a variety of enrollment West also is accredited by NCA to offer sports technology, law enforcement Manufacturing vacuum technology; criminal options. distance education degrees. justice; elementary and special education Intercollegiate sports: • The college provides the Minnesota Transfer collaboration with Minnesota State University, Women's basketball, volleyball, softball, golf; Housing: Curriculum, which is designed to meet the Mankato; engineering foundations; hospitality men's basketball, baseball, football, wrestling, Normandale does not have campus housing. first two years of a bachelor's degree at any management; semiconductor manufacturing golf A list of off-campus housing is available at the Minnesota state college and university as process technology (nanotechnology); Call Center located in the foyer of the College Student activities: well as other four-year colleges. accelerated nursing; dietetic technology; Services building. Some rental units are Student Senate, Business Professionals of radiologic technology available within walking distance of the America, music, theater, Phi Theta Kappa, Student activities: campus. Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Student government, Normandale Program intramural sports Board, The Lion's Roar student newspaper, Housing: Phi Theta Kappa, recreational sports, outdoor Limited student housing is available at the recreation, leadership development, concert Canby and Granite Falls campuses and through band, concert choir, theater, service learning, private apartment arrangements at all campus student and professional organizations, special locations. The college assists students in finding interest and culture-based student clubs • rental housing.

------Check out www.mnscu.edu 23 J Mailing address: North Hennepin City/population: Northland Mailing address: City/population: 7411 85th Ave. N. Brooklyn Parkl68,600 1101 Highway 1 E. East Grand Forksn,569 Community Brooklyn Park, MN Community & Thief River Falls, MN Thief River Falls/8,447 College [l• 55445 Technical College 56701

Web site: North Hennepin Community College Web site: Northland Community & Technical College vvww.nhcc.edu Highlights vvww.northlandcollege.edu Highlights Phone numbers: Turn to North Hennepin Community College Phone numbers: Northland Community and Technical College Information: (763) 424-0702 for an affordable, convenient, quality Admissions: (218) 681-0854 is a comprehensive liberal arts and technical Toll-free: 1-800-818-0395 education. Whether you want to complete the Toll-free: 1-800-959-6282 college with campuses in East Grand Forks TIY (763) 424-0949 first two years of a bachelor's degree with TIY: (218) 681-0990 and Thief River Falls. liberal arts study and then transfer to a four­ To arrange a campus visit: To arrange a campus visit: • Feel right at home with small class sizes year institution, earn an associate degree in (763) 424-0702 1-800-959-6282 and personal attention from experienced one of our career programs, enhance your faculty. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,924 current job skills with specialized classes, or Tuition and fees (2004-2005): East Grand Forks, $3,961 • The East Grand Forks campus now offers FAFSA code: 002370 train for a new career, North Hennepin has the program for you. Thief River Falls, $4,072 an Associate in Arts degree with more Enrollment: evening classes for working adults. FAFSA code: 002385 Total number students served 8,751 Attend an information session any Tuesday at • New programs on the Thief River Falls Full-time enrollment 3,952 6 p.m. in the Educational Services Building for Enrollment: campus include a health and fitness Percent female 60.6% more information and a tour of the campus. Total number students served 4,826 specialist Associate in Science degree, Percent male 39.4% Call (763) 424-0968 for directions. Full-time enrollment 2,689 an Associate in Science degree in mass Percent students of color 19.6% • North Hennepin Community College is Percent female 48.9% communications, and an Associate in committed to educating a diverse Percent male 51.1% Degrees offered: Applied Science degree in manufacturing • community of learners to maximize their Percent students of color 6.5% Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, process technology. Associate in Applied Science, certificates intelledual, creative and leadership potential. Degrees offered: • The East Grand Forks campus offers Enrollment represents the increasing diversity Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Largest programs: expanded programs in registered nursing of surrounding areas with 846 students Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, Liberal arts and general studies, nursing, and early childhood education and from 92 countries. certificates business, computer science, law enforcement! paraprofessional programs. criminal justice • Innovative programs transfer to four-year Largest programs: • Northland has one of the largest liberal arts institutions and lead immediately to Liberal arts, construction eledricity, criminal Unique programs: transfer programs in northern Minnesota. rewarding careers. justice, farm business management, nursing, Every-Other Weekend College, Business ASAP • The East Grand Forks campus is one of the (Associate in Science Accelerated Program), • Morning, afternoon, evening, weekend and sales, marketing and management state's premier laptop campuses. evening/weekend nursing, off-campus programs every-other-weekend classes are available in Unique programs: offered at Buffalo High School, building standard, accelerated, honors, Web-enhanced Aviation maintenance technology, architectural • Northland has a wide variety of online and inspection technology, paralegal, non-invasive and online formats to accommodate work technology, cardiovascular technology-invasive, distance education programs for student cardiology technology, chemical technology, schedules and family obligations. computer modeling and animation, fire convenience in pursuing career and medical laboratory technology, e-commerce, • Small class sizes facilitate close working technology, radiologic technology, health and educational goals. graphic design, advertising, finance relationships between faculty and students fitness specialist • Students at both campuses may be eligible Student activities: leading to increased student success and Intercollegiate sports: to participate in Pioneer athletics, Social, recreational, cultural and educational academic excellence. Women's golf, volleyball, basketball, softball; intramurals and student life adivities. opportunities include student government, • Top-notch student services include face-to­ men's golf, football, basketball, baseball • Student resources include multicultural student clubs and professional organizations, face and online counseling and advising Student activities: student services, counseling, career place­ honor societies, recreational sports, student services, assistance in English for speakers Student Senate, intramurals, Phi Theta Kappa ment, women's resource center, libraries newspaper and literary magazine, art, music, of other languages, career planning and job honor society, chamber choir, jazz band, and a day care center at Thief River Falls. theater placement services, state-of-the-art library community band, theater, art exhibits, Criminal Housing: services and more than 525 computers. Justice Club, KSRQ FM college radio station, Housing: Numerous rental units are available in both The college has no on-campus student housing, • Approximately $100,000 in scholarship student newspaper, Practical Nursing Club, communities. In Thief River Falls, the Campus but many rental units are available within money is available to students each year Pharmacy Club, OTA Club, Carpentry Student Courts complex offers a 40-unit complex walking distance of the campus or via Metro in addition to financial aid options. Chapter Club, Professional Aviation Maintenance Transit bus lines. Association, Welding Club adjacent to the main campus.

')4 Check out www.mnscu.edu Mailing address: City/population: Child care, child development and J Northwest 905 Grant Ave N.E. BemidjV12,408 early childhood education are among Technical College Bemidji, MN 56601 programs offered by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

Web site: Northwest Technical College Highlights wvvw.ntcmn.edu Northwest Technical College in Bemidji is Phone numbers: located in north central Minnesota in the General: (218) 755-4270 heart of the lakes and forests. Bemidji is a Admissions: (218) 755-4278 community alive with year-round outdoor Toll-free: 1-800-942-8324 recreation and cultural activities. TIY: (218) 755-4307 • Northwest Technical College has aligned To arrange a campus visit: with Bemidji State University, increasing (218) 755-4278 educational and student life opportunities.

Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,901 • Northwest Technical College is a premier laptop college with a wireless networked FAFSA code: 005759 campus. Every student has full use of the Enrollment: Internet and e-mail access. Total number students served 995 • Online education programs in accounting Full-time enrollment 613 and nursing offer diplomas and degrees Percent female 68.5% through the Internet. Percent male 31.5% Percent students of color 17.1% • Student resources include the cafeteria, multicultural student center, student Degrees offered: success center, counseling, placement Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, services and library. certificates • College tours can be scheduled by largest programs: appointment, or prospective students may Practical nursing, construction electrician, attend scheduled Campus Visit Days massage therapy, carpentry, sales, marketing during the year. To schedule a tour or to and management find the Campus Visit Day dates, visit the Unique programs: college's Web site at wvvw.ntcmn.edu . Industrial model making, automotive machine technology, clinical lab technology, massage therapy

Student activities: Student Senate, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, intramural sports available through Bemidji State University along with access to the Gillette Recreation Center

Housing: The college has no on-campus student housing, but students are able to contract with Bemidji State University for residence hall housing and meal plans.

25 Pine Technical 'JMailing address: City/population: Rainy River Mailing address: City/population: 900 Fourth St. SE. Pine City/3, 125 1501 Highway 71 International Falls/6,554 College • Pine City, MN 55063 Community International Falls, MN [? College 56649

Web site: Pine Technical College Highlights Web site: Rainy River Community College Highlights www.pinetech.edu Pine Technical College, located halfway www.rrccmnscu.edu Begin your great journey in education at Rainy Phone numbers: between Duluth and the Twin Cities right off Phone numbers: River Community College. Interstate 35, is an ideal place for every type Admissions: (320) 629-5100 Admissions: (218) 285-2207 • Excellent liberal arts program leading Toll-free: 1-800-521-7463 of student. Toll-free: 1-800-456-3996 to great career starts in all fields TIY (320) 629-1030 •A collaborative Associate in Arts Degree TIY (218) 285-2261 • High rates of retention, graduation and with Mesabi Range Community and To arrange a campus visit: To arrange a campus visit: job placement (320) 629-5100 Technical College allows students the (218) 285-2225 chance to achieve their first two years of a • Outdoor leadership program Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,571 Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,003 four-year degree on the Pine Technical • Technical programs leading to great jobs FAF5A code: 005535 College campus. FAFSA code: 006775 in health care, business and recreation

Enrollment: • With several Associate in Science degrees, Enrollment: • Innovative international business program Total number students served 1,128 students who want to begin a four-year Total number students served 633 that involves students on both sides of the Full-time enrollment 402 degree and take advantage of lower tuition Full-time enrollment 306 U.S.-Canadian border Percent female 62.1% rates can focus on a major or profession­ Percent female 61.1% • Financial aid and scholarships available Percent male 37.9 % oriented area. Percent male 38.9% Percent students of color 2.6% Percent students of color 13.9% • On- and off-campus employment • The college's technical programs are opportunities Degrees offered: designed to allow students a great Degrees offered: Associate in Applied Science, Associate in· opportunity to gain employment. Examples Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, • Leadership opportunities for students Science, diplomas, certificates are automotive, administrative careers, Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates • Strong math and science departments accounting, computer and information Largest programs: Largest programs: • Outdoor recreation opportunities Practical nursing, gunsmithing, automotive sciences, and nursing and human services. Liberal arts, practical nursing, international • In-state tuition for all nonresidents and • Pine Technical College is a national model business, recreation and outdoor leadership Unique programs: nonreciprocity students Gunsmithing, public welfare financial worker, in its use of telecommunications and other Unique programs: • Located near Voyageurs National Park, management of information systems, distance education tools. Indigenous studies, outdoor leadership, Minnesota's only national park mechanical engineering •A vibrant student life environment allows international business •A number of bachelor's and master's Student activities: students the opportunity to meet Intercollegiate sports: degree programs are available locally Student government, student and professional classmates, join clubs and experience new Women's basketball, softball, volleyball; through the Arrowhead University organizations, intramural sports, academic activities. men's football, basketball Consortium. Contact the college organizations and clubs • The college's location gives students the Student activities: admissions office for information. Housing: best of both worlds - outdoor experiences Anishinaabe Student Coalition, Black The college has no on-campus student housing, and close proximity to Duluth and the Twin Association of Students, Outdoor Adventure but many rental units are available within Cities. Club, Phi Theta Kappa, Student Activities walking distance of the campus. The college Board, Student Senate, intramural activities assists students in finding rental housing. Housing: On-campus furnished apartment-style residence hall including cable television and phone access, computers and dishwashers

Check out www.mnscu.edu Mailing address: City/population: 2101 15th Ave. N.W Hutchinson/13,403 P.O. Box 1097 Willmar/18,512 Willmar, MN 56201

Web site: Ridgewater College Highlights www.ridgewater.edu Ridgewater College is a community and Phone numbers: technical college with campuses in Willmar Admissions: (320) 231-2906 and Hutchinson.

Toll-free: 1-800-722-1151 o Small class sizes ensure that students TIY: 1-800-627-3529 receive more individual attention and To arrange a campus visit: access to state-of-the-art technology.

(320) 231-2932 o Ridgewater College maintains a high Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,991 percentage of job placement rates for graduates through the Career Planning FAFSA code: 005252 and Job Placement Center. Enrollment: o Ridgewater College offers students the Total number students served 5,996 option of an installment plan for payment Full-time enrollment 3,221 of tuition and fees. Percent female 56.5% Percent male 43.5% o More than 100 programs in liberal arts Percent students of color 4.0% and sciences, transfer options and technical education are offered. Degrees offered: Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, o Cooperative agreements with universities Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, for specified programs mean that students certificates may be able to complete a bachelor's degree while remaining on the Ridgewater Largest programs: College campuses or seamlessly transfer to Liberal arts, health services, business, a university. agriculture, veterinary technology • o The college athletic teams are consistently Unique programs: among the top teams in the Minnesota Nondestructive testing technology, geographic Community College Conference and positioning systems/geographic information NJCAA Region 13. systems for agriculture, advanced collision services, business and computer systems o The Willmar area is a growing and diverse management, computer art and publishing, community located 90 miles west of insurance claim representative, dairy Minneapolis and S1. Paul, and serves as management, audio technology a financial, health care and retail hub for the region. Intercollegiate sports: Women's volleyball, softball, basketball, tennis; o The Hutchinson area offers a wide variety men's baseball, football, wrestling, basketball, of year-round indoor and outdoor golf recreation, shopping and sporting events and is within one hour of the Twin Cities. Student activities: Student newspaper, student government, choir, theater, Phi Theta Kappa, many other student Housing: and professional organizations The college has no on-campus student housing, but rental units are available within walking distance of each campus. The college provides students the most recent listings available for rental housing.

27 Riverland 'JMailing address: City/population: 1900 Eighth Ave. N.W Albert Lea/18,079 Community Austin, MN 55912 Austin/23,670 College C?•• Web site: Riverland Community College Highlights www.riverland.cc You'll find educational value at Riverland. Phone numbers: Pursue your dreams, improve your future and Admissions: (507) 433-0820 enjoy the process - at a fraction of the cost Toll-free: 1-800-247-5039 of many colleges. TDD: 800-627-3529 • Riverland locations in Albert Lea, Austin To arrange a campus visit: and the Owatonna College and University (507) 433-0820 Center make it easy to complete one of more than 50 career programs or earn the Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,871 first two years of a bachelor's degree. FAFSA code: 002335 • Support services are available to help you Enrollment: improve study skills, locate resources, Total number students served 5,136 address personal issues, make strong career Full-time enrollment 2,513 decisions, pay for college or arrange the Percent female 50.0% details of a smooth college transfer. Percent male 50.0% • Opportunities in theater, music, clubs, Percent students of color 4.1% intercollegiate sports and student Degrees offered: government provide an easy way to meet Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, new friends, share your talents and make Associate in Applied Science, Associate in Fine your dreams happen. Arts, diplomas, certificates • In every program, students have access Largest programs: to current state-of-the-art technologies. Liberal arts and sciences, nursing, construction Interactive television and online classes electrician, cosmetology, law enforcement make learning convenient.

Unique programs: • Big Day On Campus is a special day for Associate in Fine Arts degree in music, auto­ high school students to experience industrial machining, Cisco network security, Riverland. Tour the campus, hear about massage therapy student life and meet faculty.

Intercollegiate sports: • At Riverland, your dreams are closer than Women's golf, volleyball, basketball, softball; you think. Riverland makes getting into men's golf, basketball, baseball college, getting through college and paying Student activities: for college easy. Theater, music, intramural sports, Student Senate, Student Ambassadors, student Housing: newspaper, Phi Theta Kappa, ACCENT literary Riverland's student housing offers an magazine, Art ClublLeft Ear, Criminal Justice opportunity for 84 students to live on campus. Society, Human Services Club, International Conveniently located on the Austin Campus, Club, R.LO.l Christian Fellowship, Riverland it's just a short walk to class. Gay-Straight Alliance, SkillsUSA-Vocational Industrial Clubs of America

Lab partners work together on an assignment. 28 Rochester 'J Mailing address: City/population: t. Cloud Technica Mailing address: City/population: 851 30th Ave. S.E. Rochester/91 ,264 1540 Northway Drive S1. Cloud/61 ,248 Community and • Rochester, MN 55904 College S1. Cloud, MN 56303 Technical College U Web site: Rochester Community and Technical College Web site: St. Cloud Technical College Highlights www.rctc.edu Highlights Www.sctc.edu S1. Cloud Technical College is located in one Phone numbers: Rochester Community and Technical College Phone numbers: of the fastest-growing communities in Admissions: (507) 285-7265 was founded in 1915 and is one of the oldest General: (320) 308-5000 Minnesota. The college offers 100 career Toll-free: 1-800-247-1296 community colleges in Minnesota and the Admissions: (320) 308-5089 majors that can be completed in two years TIY: 1-800-627-3529 nation. The college serves approximately Toll-free: 1-800-222-1009 or less. 7,500 students in credit-based enrollments To arrange a campus visit: TIV (320) 308-5988 • Students learn in a hands-on environment and 3,000 in noncredit courses. (507) 285-7219 To arrange a campus visit: and are prepared for the workplace upon • Rochester consistently lands near or on the graduation. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,013 (320) 308-5089 top of several of the nation's" Most Livable Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,810 • S1. Cloud Technical College graduates get FAF5A code: 002373 Cities" lists. jobs. Job placement rates average 97 FAFSA code: 005534 Enrollment: • The college is located in Minnesota's third percent over the last five years. Total number students served 7,489 largest city and is home to the world­ Enrollment: • Students may obtain an Associate in Arts Full-time enrollment 4,011 renowned Mayo Clinic and IBM Rochester. Total number students served 4,505 (transfer degree) through a collaborative Percent female 62.8% Full-time enrollment 2,631 • Rochester had the highest concentration of arrangement with Anoka-Ramsey Percent male 37.2% Percent female 49.1% high-tech business in the United States and Community College. Percent students of color 12.0% Percent male 50.9% had the highest number of patents in the Percent students of color 4.8% •A child care facility is located on campus. Degrees offered: nation filed per 100,000 residents during Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, the last 10 years. Degrees offered: • Campus tours are available Friday mornings Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, throughout the year. To schedule a tour visit • The college offers more than 70 credit­ certificates the college Web site at www.sctc.edu/toursl. Largest programs: based programs with 1OO-plus credential Liberal arts, nursing, allied health, business, options in the areas of liberal arts, allied Largest programs: • The college foundation awards more than digital arts, law enforcement, building utilities health, business, services and technical Practical nursing, sales and management, 100 scholarships annually. mechanic career pathways. architectural construction technology, computer careers, electrical construction technology Unique programs: • The college is part of the University Center Housing: Human services technician, veterinary Rochester, a partnership with the University Unique programs: The campus has no on-campus student technology, surgical technology, horticulture of Minnesota and Winona State University Echocardiography, sonography, cardiovascular housing, but numerous rentals are available technology, radiography, dental hygiene providing students with a spectrum of technology, water environment technology, within a two-mile radius of the campus. land surveying and civil engineering Intercollegiate sports: educational opportunities ranging from Students also may live in the dorms at Nationally renowned varsity Division III athletics certificates to doctoral programs. Intercollegiate sports: S1. Cloud State University; a limited number in women's basketball, golf, soccer, softball, Women's basketball, softball, volleyball; of spots are available, so contact the university early. Housing options may be obtained from volleyball; men's baseball, basketball, football, in music and theater, and student ambassador men's basketball, baseball golf, wrestling the admissions office at S1. Cloud Technical and student government programs. Student activities: College. Student activities: Housing: Student Senate, American Advertising The college's Student Life program gives Since Rochester Community and Technical Federation, SkilisUSA-Vocationallndustrial students the opportunity to expand their College is a commuter college, there is no Clubs of America, Central Minnesota Printing education beyond the traditional classroom. dormitory housing on campus. An apartment Professionals, Central Minnesota Builders Studies have shown that participation in complex on the college property provides Association, Minnesota Electrical Students student activities and student life is as student housing. Many students find other Association, American Drafting and Design important to obtaining a complete college apartment housing throughout the city. Association, American Society of Certified education as is class work. In addition to varsity Rochester has a good city bus system that stops Engineering Technicians, Business Profes;;ionals sports, the Student Life program includes 17 frequently at the campus. Information on of America, Delta Epsilon Chi, American Dental clubs and organizations, fine arts opportunities housing and transportation will be available at Assistants Association the college during orientation.

Check out www.mnscu.edu 29 'AVIailing address: City/population: Saint Paul College 235 Marshall Ave. St Pau1l288,000 St Paul, MN 55102

Web site: Saint Paul College Highlights www.saintpaul.edu Start here. Go anywhere. You can start where you are, and the college will help you get Phone numbers: where you want to go. For you, that might Admissions: (651) 846-1666 be one of 70 career-focused programs, Toll-free: 1-800-227-6029 Future chefs create delicious starting a bachelor's degree or meeting TIY: (651) 846-1569 projects in culinary arts classes. continuing education needs. To arrange a campus visit: • The college has a long and rich history of (651) 846-1666 helping students succeed in high-demand Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,499 careers since 1910.

FAF5A code: 005533 • The new liberal arts and sciences program Enrollment: offers transfer credits that allow students Total number students served 8,175 to start a four-year degree. 3,002 Full-time enrollment • Faculty members possess the necessary Percent female 45.4% industry experience and academic Percent male 54.6% credentials to teach students the critical 35.2% Percent students of color skills and knowledge to be successful.

Degrees offered: • Students have access to technology Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science, through wireless networks and computer Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates labs, including e-mail and Internet access.

Largest programs: • Students experience career-focused Computer careers, practical nursing, technical and liberal arts courses, small construction electricity, American Sign classes, state-of-the-art technology, Language studies, cosmetology, liberal arts, excellent job placement services, flexible construction trades schedules and a diverse student population.

Unique programs: • Employers rely on the college to fill their American Sign Language need for skilled and professional interpreter/transliterator; watch, clock and employees. The college's close link to jewelry repair; esthetician; massage therapy; business and labor ensures that programs geomatics (land surveying) and mapping give you what you need to be successful in sciences; human resource specialist; today's competitive workplace. international trade; Web designer; energy process technician; biomedical machining

Student activities: Housing: Student Senate, SkillsUSA-Vocational Industrial The college has no on-campus student housing, Clubs of America, Business Professionals of but many rental units are available within America, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, walking distance of the campus. The college African Heritage Student Association, Hispanic assists students in finding rental housing. American Student Association, Asian American Student Association South Central Mailing address: City/population: Vermilion Mailing address: City/population: 1920 Lee Boulevard Mankato area/45,570 1900 E. Camp Street Ely/3,656 Technical College North Mankato, MN Faribaultl21,476 Community Ely, MN 55731 56003 College

Web site: South Central Technical College Highlights Web site: Vermilion Community College Highlights www.southcentral.edu South Central Technical College has a history www.vcc.edu Vermilion is of academic excellence since 1946. The Phone numbers: Phone numbers: •A two-year residential college Admissions (507) 389-7220 college has campuses in two great Admissions: (218) 365-7215 • Located in Ely, on the edge of the Boundary Toll-free: 1-800-722-9359 communities - Faribault and Mankato. Toll-free 1-800-657-3608 Waters Canoe Area Wilderness TIV (507) 389-7200 • South Central Technical College offers a TIV (218) 365-7292 •A college where learning is an adventure To arrange a campus visit: full-tuition Presidential Scholarship to high To arrange a campus visit: (507) 389-7220 school seniors with a 3.75 grade point (218) 365-7215 Vermilion offers average who demonstrate leadership skills Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,532 Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,045 • Small class sizes - instructors know you on and school and community involvement. a first-name basis FAFSA code: 005537 One Presidential Scholarship is offered on FAFSA code: 002350 • Faculty with rich academic backgrounds Enrollment: each campus annually. Enrollment: and experiences Total number students served 5,282 • South Central Technical College Total number students served 1,386 Full-time enrollment 2,715 Foundations provided nearly $200,000 in Full-time enrollment 716 • Field study, hands-on learning and Percent female 43.7% student scholarships during the past year. Percent female 39.4% internships Percent male 56.3% Percent male 60.6% • South Central Technical College has more • Travel to outdoor recreation and wilderness Percent students of color 8.4% Percent students of color 3.6% than 50 quality program options with areas Degrees offered: industry-sawy instructors. Many programs Degrees offered: •A complete student life program Associate in Arts in collaboration with have evening degree completion Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, • Strong advising, counseling and career Minnesota State University, Mankato; Associate opportunities. Associate in Applied Science, diploma, planning services in Applied Science; Associate in Science; certificates • South Central Technical College offers a diplomas; certificates • Excellent job placement variety of online courses. It's as good as Largest programs: Largest programs: being there I Natural resources, wildland/wildlife law •A bachelor's degree in business Agribusiness, computer careers, computer enforcement, wildlife management, wilderness administration from Bemidji State University • • The college offers on-campus child care, integrated machining, nursing, office .management, liberal arts and sciences through Vermilion's "3 plus 1" program career counseling and academic support technology services including tutoring and ADA Unique programs: Vermilion students can Water quality science, watershed science, land Unique programs: assistance. • Explore a variety of interests Agriculture; carpentry/cabinetmaking; hotel, surveying, parks and recreation, seasonal park • South Central Technical College emphasizes restaurant and institutional cooking; intensive law enforcement ranger training, computer • Satisfy the general education requirements globalization and integrates an care paramedic; medical laboratory technician; information systems for any of Minnesota's four-year institutions international perspective into the outdoor power and marine; speech-language • Start a major or complete the foundation curriculum. Intercollegiate sports: pathology assistant; wireless communications Women's volleyball, basketball, softball; for almost any baccalaureate degree technician • South Central Technical College enjoys men's football, basketball, baseball • Receive one-on-one assistance in established relationships with regional Student activities: strengthening academic performance businesses and industries that provide great Student activities: Student Senate, Business Professionals of employment opportunities for students and Residential campus offering a complete student •A number of bachelor's and master's America, Delta Epsilon Chi, Post-Secondary graduates. life program including unique clubs (forestry/ degree programs are available locally Agriculture Students organization, SkillsUSA­ wildlife, shotgun sports, fly fishing, outings, through the Arrowhead University Vocational Industrial Clubs of America; National • South Central Technical College offers a wilderness, water tech and many others); Consortium. Contact the college Student Nurses Organization, Phi Theta Kappa unique agriculture education"2 plus 2" intramural sports; snow week, including downhill admissions office for information. program in collaboration with the Housing: canoe races, quinzee (snow mound hut) University of Minnesota. Off campus housing is available in the area. building and snow softball; dances, movie in the living room, cable television, kitchen stove nights and many other activities and refrigerator, living and dining room Housing: furnishings, and bedrooms with desks, wardrobes Vermilion offers apartment-style on-campus and beds. The cafeteria serves students three living. Each apartment comes with a computer meals a day Monday through Friday. Check out www.mnscu.edu 31 Accounting • • American Sign Language • Applied Behavior Analysis • Get a college education anytime, anywhere Aviation Maintenance Management • You can choose from hundreds of courses or complete Business Administration & Management • • • one of 70 programs offered online by the state Child Care/Development j • Community Support/Disabilities colleges and universities. More courses are being • Computer Graphics • added all the time. You can combine online classes with Computer Information Systems & Support • •• • on-campus classes to fit your busy schedule, or you can Computer Networking • earn a degree entirely online. Computer Programming • •• Dental Assistant • Drafting Online programs provide flexibility for students who • Education • prefer learning at their own pace or need courses Educational AssistantiParaeducator • not offered nearby. The courses and programs are Elementary Education • accredited and economical. Tuition and fees for online Health Information Technology • programs and courses vary by college or university. Health Services Administration • Human Resources • • Individualized & General Studies • Contact a college or university, or visit Industrial Technology • www.minnesotaonline.org for a complete list of Interior Design &Sales • online courses and programs and additional details. Law Enforcement • Legal AssistantiParalegal • Liberal Arts Success in online courses depends greatly on a • • Library & Information Technology • student's ability to work independently, write clearly Manufacturing Technology • and participate in online discussions and team projects Marketing •• through the Internet. To find out if online courses are Medical Administrative Assistant •• I right for you, visit www.minnesotaonline.org . Medical Coding • I Medical Transcription • • • I Medical/Clinical Lab Technician • •I Nurse Educator I • Nursing, Clinical I • Nursing, Practical • • I Phlebotomy •I Public Administration I • Web Design & Development •• • I Wind Energy Mechanic • I For admission to a state university, you also should have Haven't picked a major? completed the following courses during high school: Don't worry. Many students explore their interests before selecting • Four years of English (including composition and literature) a major. You can begin with liberal arts courses for your first year or two. • Three years of math (two years of algebra and one year of geometry or the equivalent) Pre-professional programs, minors and special options: • Three years of science (including one year each of a biological The seven state universities offer students many ways to pursue and a physical science) interests through a minor, emphasis or option or a pre-professional • Three years of social studies (including one year of U.S. history program, in addition to programs listed on Page 34. and geography) Pre-professional programs help prepare undergraduate students for • Two years of a single world language advanced study in areas such as agriculture, architecture, dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy • One year of either world culture or fine arts and veterinary medicine. Check with the universities' admissions offices for details.

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35 Bemidji State Mailing address: City/population: • 1500 Birchmont Drive N.E. Bemidji/12,408 University U Bemidji, MN 56601-2699 Web site: Bemidji State University Highlights www.bemidjistate.edu The Lake, the Learning, the Life is a phrase that perfectly embodies the Phone numbers: university's spectacular shoreline campus, a commitment to nationally Admissions: 1-877-BEMIDJI recognized professor-to-student partnerships, and an emphasis on (1-877-236-4354) transforming student lives. Toll-free: 1-800-475-2001 • Bemidji State is the only Minnesota state university listed in every edition TIY: (218) 755-2040 of the "Making a Difference College Guide." This national publication To arrange a campus visit: rates America's best universities that help students find fulfillment and 1-877-236-4354 success within a supportive environment.

Tuition and fees (2004-2005): • Banded tuition means that full-time students pay the same tuition for $5,446 12 credits or 20 credits, a feature students often use to maintain a timely pace toward graduation in four years. FAFSA code: 002336 • State-of-the-art technology permeates the campus, from a renovated Enrollment: library to the many departmental computer labs, from the wired Total number students served 6,446 residence halls to the Super Lab dedicated for student computing, and Full-time enrollment 4,362 from smart classrooms in every academic building to the technology Percent female 57.2% complex under construction on campus. Percent male 42.8% Percent students of color 6.9% • With one of the smallest average class sizes of any Minnesota public university, a high percentage of classes are taught by full-time faculty, Degrees offered: and students are assured of the highest quality learning experiences. Associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, specialist degrees Intercollegiate sports: Housing: Women's NCAA Division I ice hockey, The residential complex includes largest programs: NCAA Division II volleyball, track and Education, business administration, six halls featuring a variety of room field (indoor and outdoor), tennis, design technology, psychology, options, from doubles and singles to basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, two-person suites and single-parent criminal justice softball; men's NCAA Division I ice apartments. All halls are connected Unique programs: hockey, NCAA Division II football, to the campus underground walkway Aquatic biology, environmental track and field (indoor and outdoor), system and are wired to the campus studies, creative and professional basketball, baseball, golf computer network. Room costs are writing, design technology, space fixed at the initial rate for students Student activities: studies, Indian studies, international One of the most active outdoor who return for subsequent years. studies program centers in the country; an Special options: effective Student Senate, which Program minors - management works closely with the administration information systems, applied public on decisions; more than 85 clubs and policy, Ojibwe language, outdoor organizations; extensive intramural management, peace and justice athletics; residence hall councils; studies, women's studies Greek organizations Pre-professional programs - 13 programs including law, medicine, engineering, chiropractic, physical therapy, veterinary medicine Metropolitan State Mailing address: City/Population: 700 East Seventh Street St. Paul/288,000 University St. Paul, MN Minneapolis/382,700 55106-5000

Web site: www.metrostate.edu Metropolitan State University Highlights Metropolitan State University: Phone numbers: Admissions: (651) 793-1300 • Meets the unique educational needs of those living and working in the or (612) 659-7300 metropolitan region as the premier urban, public, comprehensive system TIV (651) 772-7687 university in the Twin Cities.

To arrange a campus visit: • Focuses on providing high-quality, affordable educational programs and (651) 793-1300 services in a student-centered environment.

Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,392 • Provides more than 44 undergraduate programs and a number of graduate programs, with the option to create individualized degree FAFSA code: 010374 programs. Enrollment: • Faculty bring both practical and theoretical knowledge to their instruction. Total number students served 9,486 • Offers daytime, evening and weekend classes on two main campuses Full-time enrollment 4,516 plus several other locations, with comfortable class sizes and flexible, Percent female 61.9% innovative scheduling. Percent male 38.1% Percent students of color 23.0% • Demonstrates commitment to civic engagement.

Degrees offered: • Encourages creative learning strategies, including internships, Web-based learning and independent study. Bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, certificates • Awards credits for college-level learning students gain through nonclassroom experience. Largest programs: Individualized studies, business • Reflects the area's rich diversity in its students, faculty, staff and administration, accounting, computer community partnerships. information systems, psychology • Offers Your Academic Journey, a course to introduce students to the Unique programs: university and skills needed for success. Early childhood studies; law enforcement; screenwriting; community and technical colleges; ment Club, Nursing Students hospitality, travel and tourism; alcohol human services bachelor's degree with Organization, Social Science and drug counseling; ethnic studies; focus areas including corrections, Organization, Education Association technical communication; women's family studies, human services Student Program; ethnic/cultural studies administration, social gerontology, specific organizations such as Asian Special options: training and adult development, and Student Organization, Lavender Program minors - Community violence prevention and intervention Bridge, Somali Student Organization, violence prevention, educational The Latinos, VOICES (Voices of Indian Student activities: psychology, creative writing, child Council for Educational Success) Student Senate; student newspaper; psychology, experimental intermedia University Activities Board; Metro Housing: arts, information and knowledge Theater Underground; International Nonresidential rental units are administration Student Organization; Graduate available within walking distance or Emphases/options - Individualized Student Advisory Committee; interest on local bus lines. bachelor's degree, which includes area and professional-focused student collaborative programs with organizations, such as Law Enforce-

Check out www.mnscu.edu 37 Minnesota State itIailing address: City/Population: 122 Taylor Center Mankato area/45,570 University, Mankato, MN 56001 Mankato

Web site: Minnesota State University, Mankato Highlights www.mnsu.edu • 85 miles south of Minneapolis-St. Paul; beautifully landscaped, 300-acre Phone numbers: campus overlooks the majestic Minnesota River Valley Admissions: (507) 389-1822 • Nationally recognized undergraduate programs in engineering, experiential Toll-free: 1-800-722-0544 education, computer science, nursing, business, law enforcement, theater TIY: 1-800-627-3529 and dance; nationally recognized graduate programs in rehabilitation To arrange a campus visit: services, speech communication 1-800-722-0544 • The university is No.1 in the nation in industrial-organizational psychology,

Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,841 according to a student satisfaction survey conducted at 98 universities by University of Tulsa Psychology Professor Kurt Kraiger and published in the FAF5A code: 002360 July 2004 edition of Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. Enrollment: • Undergraduate students conduct applied research with nationally recognized Total number students served 16,079 faculty members. Full-time enrollment 13,157 • Progressive campus technology lets students make wireless connections Percent female 54.3% from laptops in most general-purpose classrooms and study areas. Percent male 45.7% Percent students of color 4.9% • One of only four M.BA programs in the state of Minnesota accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International Degrees offered: Associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, • Nation's only Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology­ master's degrees, specialist degrees, accredited automotive engineering technology program graduate certificates • Undergraduate engineering program among top 55 in the nation (U.S. News & World Report 2003) Largest programs: Elementary education, business management, computer/information Pre-professional programs - 16 Division I hockey, Division II baseball, sciences, nursing, marketing programs: agriculture, chiropractic, basketball, cross country, football, Unique programs: dental, engineering, forestry, law, golf, swimming, tennis, indoor and Accelerated option nursing program, medicine, mortuary science, outdoor track, wrestling occupational therapy, optometry, rapid response teacher education Student activities: osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, program, theater program, joint law Nearly 200 organizations, including physical therapy, podiatric medicine, and master's degrees in health sciences academic student groups, student theology, veterinary medicine and public administration (with William government and leadership, intramural Mitchell College of Law), master of Program minors - Studio art, athletic sports, religious organizations, honorary fine arts in forensics and speech coaching, automotive engineering and professional fraternities and communication, master of fine arts in technology, aviation management, sororities, nationally ranked solar creative writing, civil and automotive earth science, electronic engineering car team; formula SAE design team; engineering technology, technical technology, environmental science, women's golf, baseball, wrestling, writing graduate certificate ethnic studies, family consumer science, bowling and cheer teams financial planning, gerontology, Special options: Housing: law enforcement, manufacturing Emphases/options - Cytotechnology, Three on-campus residence halls engineering technology, marketing technical writing, GIS/plant science, feature First-Year-Experience financial planning, sports management, Intercollegiate sports: programs for freshmen, special­ earth science education, ecology, Women's Division I hockey, Division II interest floors, residence halls for human biology, microbiology, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, learning communities; wide variety physiology, toxicology, zoology sohball, swimming, tennis, indoor of apartments and rental housing and outdoor track, volleyball; men's units available close to campus.

rhprk Ollt www.mnscu.edu Minnesota State Mailing address: City/Population: English language learning 1104 7th Ave. S. Moorhead-Fargo University classes help prepare students Moorhead, MN 56563 area/123,171 for college and university Moorhead coursework. Web site: www.mnstate.edu Minnesota State University Moorhead Highlights • Campus tours are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Phone numbers: Admissions: (218) 477-2161 • Science education facilities have been upgraded with a new science Toll-free: 1-800-593-7246 laboratories building. TIY: 1-800-627-3529 • The university is home to New Rivers Press, a publishing enterprise To arrange a campus visit: featuring regional authors and educational opportunities.

1-800-593-7246 • The industrial technology program is the only Minnesota program Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,590 accredited by the National Association of Industrial Technology.

FAF5A code: 002367 • The university is part of the Tri-College University; students can take courses at North Dakota State University and Concordia College without Enrollment: paying additional tuition. Total number students served 9,168 Full-time enrollment 6,993 • The nursing program offers a bachelor's degree for RNs, with the Percent female 62.8% convenience of online coursework. 37.2% Percent male • More than 30,000 people annually attend productions by the theater Percent students of color 4.5% department and its summer theater, The Straw Hat Players.

Degrees offered: • Students produce" Campus News," a weekly TV program. Certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's • The Early Education Center is accredited - one of only 7 percent of early degrees, specialist degrees childhood programs nationwide to receive that recognition. • Moorhead's and Fargo's high quality of life gained national attention in Largest programs: Elementary education, mass 2004 with reports by NBC's "Today" show, National Public Radio and the Los Angeles Times. communications, business administration, art, social work, biology Pre-professional programs - Health Student activities: Unique programs: professions, agriculture, architecture, More than 120 student organizations, Athletic training, construction engineering, forestry, geology, wildlife including fraternities and sororities, management, East Asian studies, film management culture and language clubs, depart­ ment and academic clubs, honor studies, geosciences, health services Program minors - American Indian societies, musical groups, weekly administration, international studies, studies, anthropology, astronomy, newspaper, campus radio station, music industry, music performance, graphic communications, theater theater arts dance, women's studies intramural sports and recreation, religious groups, political clubs, Special options: Intercollegiate sports: Student Senate, service clubs Emphases/options - Archeology, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Housing: biochemistry and biotechnology, Conference and NCAA Division II The university offers a variety of living broadcast and print journalism, photo membership; women's soccer, options in eight residence halls and journalism, digital design, exercise volleyball, cross-country, golf, an on-campus apartment complex. science, graphic design, multimedia basketball, tennis, track, softball, Rental housing is available close to development swimming and diving; men's football, the campus. cross-country, basketball, wrestling, track

39 St. Cloud State Mailing address: City/Population: 720 Fourth Ave. S. 51. Cloud/61 ,248 University C?• St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 Web site: St. Cloud State University Highlights www.stcloudstate.edu • Located one hour north of the Twin Cities on the oak-crowned banks of Phone numbers: the Mississippi River Admissions: (320) 308-2244 • Offers 175 majors, minors and pre-professional programs in business, Toll-free: 1-877-654-7278 education, fine arts and humanities, science and engineering, social sciences, (1-877-654-SCSU) and 50 master's degrees TIY: 1-800-627-3529 • Holds nearly every national accreditation available for programs and services To arrange a campus visit: • Professors rather than graduate assistants teach classes; students work 1-877-654-7278 side-by-side with professors on research projects. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,981 • Strong international program with 900 students from 80 countries on FAF5A code: 002377 campus; every year more than 325 students study abroad in any of 16 countries Enrollment: Total number students served 19,771 • As the 12th largest producer of teachers in the nation, prepares Full-time enrollment 14,206 approximately 500 professionals for the classroom each year Percent female 56.0% • Herberger College of Business is one of three in Minnesota internationally Percent male 44.0% accredited at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Percent students of color 5.0% • Committed to nurturing diversity with educational, cultural and support Degrees offered: programs that increase understanding of today's diverse society Associate degrees, bachelor's • Men's Division I hockey team is one of only four teams in the nation to degrees, master's degrees, specialist advance to the NCAA playoffs in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. degrees • Women's teams have competed in 18 NCAA playoffs, and 58 student­ Largest programs: athletes have received All-America recognition on 100 different occasions Elementary education, communica­ since joining the NCAA in 1983. tions, psychology, business, computer information systems, biology Emphases/options - 56 including softball; men's hockey, tennis, Unique programs: professional flight, rehabilitation basketball, track, indoor track and Meteorology, aviation maintenance counseling, community counseling, field, swimming and diving, cross management, nuclear medical tech­ hydrology, astrophysics, public history, country, golf, baseball, football, nology, land surveying and mapping, public relations, advertising, broad­ wrestling real estate, insurance, small business casting, news editorial, piano Student activities: management, statistics, radiologic pedagogy Nearly 250 student organizations in technology, Chicano/Chicana studies Pre-professional programs ­ the arts, language and culture, Special options: Chiropractic, dentistry, law, medicine, politics and social concerns, Program minors - Adaptive physical optometry, physical therapy, physician recreational sports, student education, African studies, American assistant, podiatry, veterinary, government and the Greeks; club Indian studies, Chicano/Chicana agriculture, forestry, medical records, sports such as rowing, rugby, lacrosse studies, computer networking, dance, horticulture, dental hygiene, and soccer offer additional inter­ data communications, East Asian pharmacy, occupational therapy, collegiate competition studies, ethnic studies, film studies, mortuary science, engineering Housing: geographic information systems, Intercollegiate sports: The university offers nine residence gerontology, human relations, Women's hockey, volleyball, tennis, halls on campus; there are military science, outdoor education, basketball, soccer, track, indoor track apartments and other housing reading instruction, religious studies, and field, Nordic skiing, swimming options nearby. Russian, Soviet studies, technology and diving, cross country, golf, studies, therapeutic recreation 40 Mailing Address: City/Population: Southwest P.O. Box 5838 Marshall/12,778 Minnesota State Marshall, MN 56258 University

Web site: www.SouthwestMSU.edu Southwest Minnesota State University Highlights Southwest Minnesota State University, founded in 1963, delivers a high­ Phone numbers: quality liberal arts education and strong career planning for its students. Admissions: (507) 537-6286 U.S. News and World Report has designated Southwest Minnesota State Toll Free: 1-800-642-0684 as the No.1 regional public liberal arts college in the Midwest every year TIY: 1-800-627-3529 from 1998 through 2004. To arrange a campus visit: • Southwest Minnesota State offers 44 undergraduate programs, 51 (507) 537-6286 minors, four associate degree majors and four master's degree programs. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $5,034 The newest master's program is the M.B.A.

FAFSA Code: 002375 • Construction on a new $18 million Student Center will be completed in Enrollment: December 2004. This structure will be the focal point of the campus and Total number students served 6,825 will include all student service offices, food service and the bookstore. In Full-time enrollment 3,458 addition, a $9 million library renovation project is under way. Percent female 60.6% • Southwest Minnesota State prides itself on the personal attention its Percent male 39.4% students receive from faculty and staff. With a faculty-student ratio of Percent students of color 6.9% 1: 18, the average class size is just 23 students.

Degrees offered: The 215-acre Southwest Minnesota State campus features interconnected Associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, academic and Student Center buildings, which are fully accessible. master's degrees

Largest programs: Pre-professional programs ­ Housing: Graduate - Educator development Chiropractic, dentistry, engineering, Southwest Minnesota State University and leadership, M.B.A.; fishery and wildlife management, law, houses approximately 1,000 students Undergraduate - business admini­ medicine, ministry, mortuary science, in residence halls wired with high­ stration, education, accounting, nursing, occupational therapy, speed data capacity. math/computer science, wellness optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, and human performance (physical veterinary medicine education), social work Intercollegiate sports: Unique programs: Women's basketball, golf, soccer, Global studies, honors program, softball, tennis, volleyball; men's radio/television broadcasting, baseball, basketball, football, wrestling rural/regional studies, agribusiness management, hotel and restaurant Student activities: management, institutional More than 80 student activities, management, indigenous including academic, athletic, fine arts, nations/Dakota studies special interest, political, religious and cultural clubs and organizations; Special options: intramural athletics; student Program minors - Social welfare, government; newspaper, radio station, indigenous nations/Dakota studies, television station and literary arts rural studies magazine; global studies with previous Emphases/options - Cytology destinations of Italy, England, Jamaica, (biology), sports management, exercise France, China, Hawaii:Alaska, science, management Scandinavia and Austria

41 Winona State ,Mailing address: City/Population: ~O. Box 5838, Winona/26,902 University U Winona, MN 55987 Web site: Winona State University Highlights www.winona.edu • For the eighth consec\Jtive year, Winona State University has been Phone numbers: designated one of America's 100 Best College Buys for quality and value. Admissions: (507) 457-5100 •A "laptop university," meaning every new student will use a laptop Toll-free: 1-800-342-5978 or computer in class, in the library or anywhere (1-800-DIAL-WSU) • Offers a universitywide four-year graduation guarantee TIV (507) 457-2410 • Home to the first residential college in Minnesota To arrange a campus visit: 1-800-342-5978 • Together with Winona State University-Rochester Center, Winona State University provides 78 academic majors and 16 graduate programs. Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $5,165 • The university is a national leader in continuously assessing institutional FAFsA code: 002394 quality and effectiveness. Enrollment: • Winona State University is the custodian institution of the" Seven Total number students served 9,111 Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education," which include Full-time enrollment 7,583 encouraging high levels of student collaboration, active learning, faculty­ Percent female 63.8% student contact, time on task, prompt feedback, high expectations and Percent male 36.2% respect for diverse talents and methods of learning. Percent students of color 4.2%

Degrees offered: Associate degrees, bachelor's Program minors - Adventure Student activities: degrees, master's degrees tourism, airway science aviation, More than 170 clubs and biochemistry, business law, dance, organizations for academics, fine Largest programs: electronics, geography, global arts, athletics, media, culture and Education (early childhood, studies, intercultural communication, cultural issues, religion, and social elementary and secondary), math international business and service clubs. The university is and computer science, business host to student theatrical, musical administration, social work, mass Pre-professional programs ­ and dance performances. communication Dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, mortuary science, optometry, Housing: Unique programs: pharmacy, physical therapy, physician Seven residence halls are on campus. Composite materials engineering, assistant, veterinary medicine Two other residence halls and the paralegal, aviation and airway University Apartments at East Lake science; master's programs in Intercollegiate sports: are connected by shuttle bus to the nursing, music business Fifteen women's and men's varsity main campus. Numerous off-campus sports including baseball, basketball, Special options: rental housing opportunities are cross country, football, golf, Emphases/options - Advertising, available within a five-block radius of gymnastics, soccer, tennis, track and broadcasting, journalism, field, volleyball campus. photojournalism, public relations, law enforcement, corrections, cell and molecular biology, ecology, water resources management

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1,1,1"1,1""1111"",,111,1,,1,,,11,1,,1,1,,,1,,11 College terms you should know Helpful Web sites: Information about Minnesota State Colleges and Academic program: A series of credit courses people who already have diplomas or degrees; Universities: www.mnscu.edu designed to lead to a degree, diploma or certifi­ others are for people who want to quickly Information for prospective students: cate in a field of study or an occupation. complete a program that leads directly to a www.mnscu.edu/Student/Studentinfo.html Associate in Arts degree, or A.A. degree: An specific job. Links to campuses: academic program of 60 to 64 credits mostly in lib­ Credit: A measure of instruction in courses or eral arts and sciences courses, designed to satisfy other learning activities. A credit typically repre­ www.mnscu.edu/SystemlVisitACampus.html the first two years of a four-year, baccalaureate sents one hour of instruction per week. Courses Print out an application form: degree. This is the most common program taken generally have one to five credits; most have three www.mnscu.edu/Student/MnSCUApplication.html by students who plan to transfer from a two-year or four credits. A full-time load is considered to be college to a four-year university. 15 credits per semester, or 30 credits per year. Search for a program: www.mnscu.edu/Student/FindAProgram.php Associate in Science degree, or A.S. degree: General education ("gen eds"): Courses in liberal An academic program generally of 60 to 64 credits arts and sciences that typically are introductory Search for graduate program information: in courses designed to transfer to a bachelor's and provide students with general knowledge www.mnscu.edu/Student/FindAProgram.php and reasoning ability rather than specific skills for degree program in a scientific, technical or profes­ Find online programs: www.minnesotaonline.org sional field. Also may be designed to prepare stu­ employment or specialized knowledge for a major. Information about transfer: www.mntransfer.org dents directly for employment in a specific job. At Graduate degree: A degree awarded for educa­ least 30 general education credits are required. tion at a level beyond the bachelor's degree. State Free Application for Federal Student Aid Web site: Associate in Applied Science degree, or A.A.S. universities offer graduate certificates, master's www.fafsa.ed.gov degree: An academic program generally of 60 to degrees and specialist degrees in various profes­ Career planning, class listings, online courses: 72 credits designed primarily to prepare students sional and liberal arts fields. www.iseek.org for employment in a specific job, but which may Individualized studies: An academic program also be designed to transfer to a related four-year with courses in various fields of study selected by a Guide to career and educational exploration: major. At least 25 percent of the credits must be in student to meet the student's educational goals www.mncareers.org general education courses. and with the approval of a faculty advisor. Associate in Fine Arts degree, A.F.A. degree: Liberal arts and sciences: Fields of study in the An academic program of 60 to 64 credits designed fine arts, humanities (literature and philosophy), to transfer to a four-year degree in a designated history, foreign languages, social sciences, mathe­ discipline in fine arts, such as music, theater or art. matics and natural sciences. At least 24 general education credits are required. Master's degree: An academic degree program Baccalaureate degree: An academic program of 30 to 54 credits in courses at the graduate level. Technical notes: generally of 120 to 128 credits, of which at least 40 "Tuition and fees" is annual tuition based on a full-time credit load of must be general education credits and at least 40 Minnesota Transfer Curriculum: A 40-credit 15 credits per semester and fees. Enrollment data is from 2002-2003, the upper division credits Uunior- and senior-level package of general education courses in 10 learn­ most recent data available. "Total number students served" is undupli­ ing areas, or "goal areas," that will be accepted cated annual headcount; "full-time enrollment" is full-year-equivalent courses). Programs are designed for a full-time stu­ enrollment. Percentages for male and female students and students of dent to complete in about four years. for transfer by all Minnesota State Colleges and color are percentages of unduplicated headcount based on known fac­ Universities and the University of Minnesota. tors. Colleges and universities vary widely in the percentages of students Bachelor's degree: Same as baccalaureate for whom race and ethnicity is known, ranging from 99.9 percent to degree. Reciprocity: The series of agreements that 28.4 percent. For precise figures, go to www.mnscu.edu . See campus Minnesota has with neighboring states to provide profiles. City population figures are from the state demographer's office. Diploma: An academic program generally of 30 to lower tuition for students in one state who attend Sources: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Policy and Planning Office; Minnesota Department of Administration 72 credits intended to provide students with skills public colleges and universities in the other state. leading directly to a specific job. Upon request, Go Places is available in alternative formats by calling one Reciprocity students typically do not have to pay of these numbers: the out-of-state tuition rate to attend school in a Certificate: An academic program generally of Twin Cities: (651) 296-8012 9 to 30 credits that can be completed in a year or neighboring state. Toll free: 1-888-Mn5CU-4-U (1-888-667-2848) less by a full-time student. Some certificate programs TTY: (651) 282-2660 are designed to provide specialized programs for The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator. I~ ~_------~---