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Your 2013-14 GUIDE TO Minnesota State GO Colleges and Universities MN With 54 campuses and hundreds of online options, we have an affordable program that is right for you! Minnesota State « Ensuring Access Colleges and Universities to an extraordinary education for all Minnesotans « Meeting the Needs of Minnesota’s workforce and communities « Delivering the Most Affordable, highest value higher education option NHED-Rainy River Community College International Falls Northland Community & Technical College Thief River Falls Northland Community NHED-Vermilion & Technical College Community College « Campus Locations by Region NHED-Mesabi Range Ely East Grand Forks Bemidji State Community & Technical College University Virginia •CENTRAL •NORTHWEST NHED-Hibbing Northwest NHED-Mesabi Range METRO SOUTHEAST Community College Community & Technical College Hibbing • • Bemidji Technical College NORthEAST SOUTHWEST Eveleth Minnesota State NHED-Itasca • • University Minnesota State Community College Moorhead Community & Grand Rapids Technical College Detroit Lakes Duluth Minnesota Fond du Lac Tribal & Minnesota State Universities Inside: State Minnesota State Community College Minnesota State Colleges Community Community & Cloquet Extraordinary Education...... 1 & Technical Minnesota Technical College College State Community Wadena Moorhead & Technical College Choosing the Right College or University ...... 2 Fergus Falls Central Lakes Brainerd College METRO AREA Comparing Costs: Get More for Your Money...... 3 Staples Anoka-Ramsey Pine Technical College Anoka Community College Financial Aid Can Work for You...... 6 Pine City Technical Coon Rapids Alexandria Technical & College Community College Anoka Century Earn College Credit in High School...... 8 Anoka-Ramsey North Hennepin College Alexandria St. Cloud Technical & Community College Community College Community Hennepin White Bear Lake College Technical Brooklyn Park St. Cloud State University Online Education, Services and Study Abroad...... 9 Cambridge College St. Cloud Metropolitan Brooklyn Park State University Ridgewater Minneapolis Minneapolis Transferring Credits...... 10 College Metropolitan Community & State University Willmar Ridgewater Minnesota West Technical College St. Paul College Minneapolis Saint Paul Choosing a State College...... 11 Community Hutchinson Hennepin & Technical Minnesota West College Inver Hills Technical St. Paul College Community & Minneapolis St. Paul College Community State College: Associate Degree, Canby Normandale College Technical College Eden Prairie Community Granite Falls Inver Grove Transfer and Technical Programs...... 12 College Heights Bloomington Southwest Minnesota Minnesota State University State College – State College Profiles...... 17 Marshall South Central Dakota County College Southeast Technical College South Central Technical North Mankato College Rosemount Red Wing Minnesota Choosing a State University ...... 31 Minnesota West Minnesota State Faribault University, Mankato State College – Community & Southeast Technical Technical College Mankato Riverland Rochester Undergraduate Programs...... 32 Pipestone Community Minnesota West College Community & Winona Minnesota West Community & Owatonna Technical College State State University Graduate Programs...... 33 Community & Technical College Rochester University Technical Jackson Riverland Riverland College Community College Community College State University Profiles...... 34 Worthington Albert Lea Austin 06/13 Continuing Education and Customized Training...... 41 An Extraordinary Education at an Affordable Price

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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) includes 24 public community, technical and comprehensive colleges and seven state universities. Currently, 65% of all Minnesota residents pursuing an undergraduate credential attend one of Minnesota’s 31 affordably-priced state colleges and universities, which are conveniently located on 54 campuses in 47 communities across the state.

MnSCU is the 5th largest system Statewide of public colleges and universities in the country 430,000 Students degrees, certificates, and diplomas 41,000 awarded each year attend one of our 31 colleges or universities each year

ONLINE programs offered, with more than 16,400 courses offered 470 completely or predominantly online to more than 107,000 students a year

customized training, occupational and professional programs 16,000 delivered to more than 120,000 Minnesota business employees annually

Extraordinary Education | www.mnscu.edu 1 2 Choosing College orUniversity Choose theRight The MostAffordableOption 4 YEAR 2 YEAR Average Tuition andF 0 career skillsthatfityourinterests. the state.You canstayclose tohomeorexploreanewareaofthestatepursueknowledgeand Minnesota StateCollegesandUniversitiesofferexcellent,affordableeducationin47communitiesacross the RightCollege or University |www.mnscu.edu 24 7 StateUniversities $ 5,355 $5000 state communitylleges to a university to finish a bachelor’s degree. to auniversityfinishbachelor’s area. Oryoucanearnanassociatedegreeandtransfer years orlesswithadegree,certificatediplomaincareer programs. Asafull-timestudent,youcangraduateintwo comprehensiv lleges $ ees forF 7,340 Minneso ull-Time Students(beforescholarshipsandgrants) Minneso $10,000 ta state colleges

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Comparing Costs: Get More for Your Money 2013-2014 Annual Tuition and Fees for Full-Time Students

Minnesota State Colleges Minnesota State Universities Private colleges and universities $5,386 ...... Alexandria Technical and Community College $7,856 ...... $33,154 ...... Augsburg College $4,928...... Anoka-Ramsey Community College $6,582 ...... Metropolitan State University $23,950 ...... $5,567 ...... $7,240 ...... Minnesota State University, Mankato $31,760 ...... Bethel University $5,393 ...... Central Lakes College $7,337 ...... Minnesota State University Moorhead $46,167 ...... $5,360 ...... $7,217 ...... St. Cloud State University $37,926 ...... College of Saint Benedict $5,693 ...... Dakota County Technical College $7,755 ...... Southwest Minnesota State University $31,612 ...... College of St. Scholastica $5,256 ...... Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College $7,423 ...... Winona State University $32,814 ...... Concordia College (Moorhead) $5,122 ...... Hennepin Technical College $19,700 ...... Concordia University (St. Paul) $5,272 ...... Inver Hills Community College $39,533 ...... Gustavus Adolphus College $5,087 ...... Lake Superior College $11,865 ...... University of Minnesota, Crookston $35,090 ...... $5,185 ...... Minneapolis Community and Technical College $12,805 ...... University of Minnesota, Duluth $45,388 ...... Minnesota State College–Southeast Technical $12,584 ...... University of Minnesota, Morris $32,750 ...... Minneapolis College of Art and Design $5,686 ...... Winona $13,056 ...... University of Minnesota, Rochester $34,744...... St. Catherine University $5,541 ...... Red Wing Minnesota State Community and Technical College $13,421 ...... University of Minnesota, Twin Cities $37,162...... St. John’s University $5,418...... Fergus Falls $29,315 ...... St. Mary’s University of Minnesota $5,283 ...... Detroit Lakes Private trade schools $40,700 ...... St. Olaf College $5,358 ...... Moorhead $13,400 ...... Aveda Institute $35,308...... University of St. Thomas $5,283 ...... Wadena $17,100 ...... Brown College $5,657 ...... Minnesota West Community and Technical College $17,550 ...... Minn. School of Business/Globe College $5,484 ...... Normandale Community College $13,455 ...... Rasmussen College $5,447 ...... North Hennepin Community College Northeast Higher Education District The costs for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are for average full-time tuition and fees per year for Minnesota residents. Some colleges $5,308 ...... Hibbing Community College and universities charge additional fees. Fees vary depending on the program. For exact tuition and fees, contact the admissions office at the college $5,307 ...... or university that interests you. The costs do not include room and board for any institution listed. $5,293 ...... Mesabi Range Community and Technical College $5,323 ...... Rainy River Community College $5,323 ...... Vermilion Community College Northland Community and Technical College $5,517 ...... East Grand Forks $5,517 ...... Thief River Falls $5,479 ...... Northwest Technical College – Bemidji No Tuition Increase for Two Years! $5,081 ...... Pine Technical College $5,390 ...... That’s right. Tuition will remain the same for the next two years, $5,510 ...... Riverland Community College making your degree even more affordable. All Minnesota State Colleges and $5,623 ...... Rochester Community and Technical College Universities are freezing tuition to provide you with the continued opportunity to earn $5,301 ...... St. Cloud Technical and Community College an affordable degree while keeping college debt levels as low as possible. $5,198 ...... $5,370 ......

Comparing Costs | www.mnscu.edu 3 Alternative Costs and Affordable Options

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are the highest value, most affordable higher education option, with tuition that is significantly lower than private non-profit and for-profit colleges, universities and trade schools. A four-year degree can cost anywhere from $14,688 to $138,136, depending on the path you choose.

Costs of Alternative Paths to a Baccalaureate Degree:

4-Year Scenario Year 1 Year 2 YEAR 3 year 4 Tuition PSEO PSEO MnSCU university MnSCU university $ A high school high school 14,688 PSEO MnSCU college MnSCU university MnSCU university $ B high school 20,048 C MnSCU college MnSCU college MnSCU university MnSCU university $25,408 D MnSCU university MnSCU university MnSCU university MnSCU university $29,376 E MnSCU college MnSCU college University of Minnesota University of Minnesota $37,328 F University of Minnesota University of Minnesota University of Minnesota University of Minnesota $53,216 Private college Private college MnSCU college MnSCU college $ G or university or university 79,788

Private college Private college Private college Private college $ H or university or university or university or university 138,136

Cost comparisons from 2012-13, before grants and scholarships.

4 Comparing Costs | www.mnscu.edu Lower Tuition Costs With State and Pell Grants

Estimated Net Student Tuition Cost Undocumented Students Academic Year 2013-2014 State legislation passed in 2013 makes students who are undocumented immigrants 2013-14 tuition rate for full-time MnSCU MnSCU eligible for state resident tuition at all students (30 credits, 15 per term) College UNIVERSITY MnSCU colleges and universities. To qualify, minus estimated state and Pell grants: Students Students undocumented students must: Income Levels for Average 2013-14 Average 2013-14 :: Grant Recipients Student Cost Student Cost  Have attended a Minnesota high school for three years and have graduated from high $ $ $ Less than 20,000 737 989 school or attained the equivalent of high $20,000 to $39,999 $1,453 $1,614 school graduation in Minnesota; :: Provide documentation of having complied $40,000 to $59,999 $2,289 $3,153 with selective service requirements; and ::  Provide documentation of having applied $60,000 and above $3,399 $4,664 to obtain lawful immigration status, if a process for obtaining such status has been established by the federal government. Debt of MnSCU Graduates Compared to their counterparts at other higher (Note: At the present time this federal education institutions in Minnesota, more process has not been established, therefore Academic Year 2013-2014 MnSCU students graduate with less or no debt. such documentation is not currently required)

MnSCU % MnSCU % Median Debt for Median Debt for In addition to resident tuition, undocumented with no debt with debt those with debt all graduates students who meet the conditions above may also be eligible to receive a Minnesota State Certificates/ $ $ Diplomas 47.0% 53.0% 10,554 2,712 Grant and/or private scholarships from MnSCU foundations. Contact the financial aid office at Associate 33.8% 66.2% $14,825 $8,536 the college or university you plan to attend for Degree more information.

Baccalaureate $ $ Degree 27.5% 72.5% 25,128 18,123

Comparing Costs | www.mnscu.edu 5 Financial Aid Can Work for You

Your Key to Financial Aid — Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA Form: High school students should complete the FAFSA as soon as possible after Jan. 1 of their senior year, or as early as possible in the enrollment process. Find the form online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. For help with completing the form, go to the financial aid office at the college or university you plan to attend. The FAFSA determines your eligibility for one or more of the following types of financial aid:

Grants You may be eligible to receive federal and state grants of $300 to more than $9,000 per year. You do not need to pay these back. 61% 64% Work-study Work-study programs give you the opportunity to work on campus or with approved off-campus employers to earn money to pay for college. Work-study jobs are often very flexible, allowing you to work around your classes and personal schedules. of state college of state university students received students received financial aid in 2012 financial aid in 2012 Student loans You also may be eligible for student loans, which must be paid back. Student loans usually have a lower interest rate than other kinds of loans. Tax Credits Scholarships Some college students also benefit from two federal Scholarships are a great source of aid, and you do not need to pay them back. tax credit programs: the American Opportunity Tax Many scholarships are available for students with special interests and backgrounds. Credit and the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit. These Talk to your financial aid office advisors at your chosen college or university about what may apply to you or your family, depending on your kind of scholarships you can get. financial circumstances.

2013-2014 FAFSA Deadlines

:: Federal :: Minnesota :: College/University June 30, 2014 by 30 days after term start, Check with the campus midnight, central time by midnight, central time financial aid office for dates specific to the college or university of your choice

6 Financial Aid Can Work for You | www.mnscu.edu When comparing college costs, financial aid estimates need to be figured into the equation. Below are four different financial aid scenarios How Financial Aid that outline 2013-2014 net college costs for full-time MnSCU students with different circumstances and family income levels. Can Offset College Costs New this year: Part-time MnSCU students (enrolled in fewer than 15 credits per term) can now receive Pell Grants and State Grants pro-rated to their enrollment credit level.

José (state college) Freshman Jeannie (state college) Freshman Aisha (state university) Freshmen Marcus (state university) Freshmen José lives on his own and has a sister in Jeannie lives on her own and has a brother Aisha lives on-campus and has a brother Marcus lives on campus and has a brother college. His parents own a home but have in high school. Her single mother has in high school. Her single mother has no in college. His parents own a home but no other significant savings. no significant savings. significant savings. have no other significant assets or savings. Annual Family Income of $45,000. Annual Family Income of $30,000. Annual Family Income of $30,000. Annual Family Income of $60,000.

Tuition and Fees Tuition and Fees Tuition and Fees Tuition and Fees 2013-2014 tuition ...... $4,816 2013-2014 tuition ...... $4,816 2013-2014 tuition ...... $6,782 2013-2014 tuition ...... $6,782 Fees ...... $539 Fees ...... $539 Fees ...... $558 Fees ...... $558 Total Tuition + Fees ...... $5,355 Total Tuition + Fees ...... $5,355 Total Tuition + Fees ...... $7,340 Total Tuition + Fees...... $7,340

Financial Aid Financial Aid Financial Aid Financial Aid Federal Pell Grant Federal Pell Grant Federal Pell Grant Federal Pell Grant (does not need to be paid back) ...... $4,600 (does not need to be paid back) ...... $5,550 (does not need to be paid back)...... $5,550 (does not need to be paid back)...... $2,800 Minnesota State Grant Minnesota State Grant Minnesota State Grant Minnesota State Grant (does not need to be paid back)...... $1,552 (does not need to be paid back)...... $580 (does not need to be paid back)...... $1,300 (does not need to be paid back)...... $1,367 Total Financial Aid...... $6,152 Total Financial Aid ...... $6,130 Total Financial Aid...... $6,850 Total Financial Aid...... $4,167

Net College Costs = Net College Costs = Net College Costs = Net College Costs = FREE + $797 Remaining for books FREE + $775 Remaining for books $490 $3,173

José has estimated room and board Jeannie has estimated room and board Aisha has estimated residence hall room Marcus has estimated residence hall expenses of $7,114 and living expenses expenses of $5,200 and living expenses and board of $6,994 and living expenses room and board of $6,994 and living of $9,241, but actual costs could be much of $7,100, but actual costs could be much of $4,252. Aisha qualifies for $5,500 in expenses of $4,252. Marcus qualifies for lower if he lives with his parents or shares less if she lives with her family or shares Federal Direct Loans, which must be $5,500 in Federal Direct Loans, which an apartment. In addition to grants (that an apartment. Living expenses include paid back after graduation, and $2,650 must be paid back after graduation, and don’t have to be paid back), José qualifies transportation, books, clothing and social in work-study earnings to pay for room $3,000 in work-study earnings to pay for for loans of up to $5,500, which must be activities. She qualifies for loans of up to and board and living expenses, which room and board and living expenses, paid back after graduation, and for $5,000 $5,500, which must be paid back after include books, clothing, social activities which include books, clothing, social in work-study earnings to pay for room and graduation, and for work-study earnings up and transportation. activities and transportation. board and living expenses (transportation, to $3,000. books, clothing, and social activities).

For all four scenarios above, federal and state grants (which do not need to be paid back) cover a significant part of the cost. Tuition and fees are the only costs paid directly to the college or university. The total costs are estimates that could be much lower, depending on your circumstances. Some families take out a bank loan to pay some costs of college. Costs are for average full-time tuition and fees per year for Minnesota residents.

Financial Aid Can Work for You | www.mnscu.edu 7 Earn College Credit in High School

Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO): Students can get a jump start on earning college credits by taking college courses while they are in still in high school through Minnesota’s PSEO program. This program allows students to take college courses tuition free, saving both time and money on completing a college degree. PSEO courses may also fulfill high school course requirements and count toward a high school diploma.

The PSEO program allows high school students to take college courses on a college or Technical Course Options university campus or online taught by college or university faculty members. To be eligible Students who are interested in technical courses to take PSEO courses, high school juniors must be in the upper one-third of their class or may take one technical college level course taught on earn a score at or above the 70th percentile on a test such as the ACT or SAT. Seniors must a college campus as early as grade 10. To be eligible be in the upper half of their class or score at or above the 50th percentile on a test such as to do so, they must be enrolled in a public school, have the ACT or SAT. a minimum of a “proficient” score on the 8th grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) test for Many high schools offer PSEO courses through concurrent enrollment, allowing students to reading and meet the assessment prerequisites set for take college courses taught by highly qualified high school teachers without having to leave the the course that must be met by all students. If a student high school. Under certain circumstances, students in 9th or 10th grade may also be allowed to successfully completes the technical course with a take concurrent enrollment courses. C or higher, the student can take additional technical courses as long as he or she meets the assessment If you are interested in PSEO, talk to your high school guidance counselor and college/ requirement for those courses. university admissions staff or go to www.mnscu.edu/pseo. Most campuses have deadlines for applications for enrollment in November for spring enrollment and June for fall enrollment. Local school districts also need to be notified by May 1st for fall semester AP and IB Options starts. Check with your district and college or university for their specific deadline dates. Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses are offered at many high schools and provide a rigorous curriculum that prepares students to take college level courses. Students who pass an Advanced Placement test or the International Baccalaureate examination with acceptable scores will be awarded college credit at any MnSCU college or university. 8 Earn College Credit in High School | www.mnscu.edu Online Education, Online education helps busy students meet their goals. Services and Supplement your on-campus class schedule with online classes, Study Abroad or complete a degree, certificate or diploma program entirely online. Through www.mnscu.edu/online you can find thousands of courses and more than 470 online programs offered by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. 470 16,400

online programs online Courses

TRIO Services Help Students Succeed Study Abroad The Federal TRIO Programs are outreach and student services programs designed to identify Explore new countries, meet local residents and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO programs serve and learn about their cultures through study and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students and individuals with abroad programs offered by the Minnesota disabilities to successfully enroll in and complete academic goals. State Colleges and Universities. Programs range from a few weeks to a full semester abroad, and many programs feature Services for Students with Disabilities volunteer projects in communities and local schools that let you contribute your talents Minnesota State Colleges and Universities all have accessible buildings for students with while you learn. disabilities, and they provide accommodations to help students who have documented physical and learning disabilities. To learn more, talk with the disability coordinator at the You can visit ancient ruins and elegant college or university you’re interested in attending. castles, and learn first-hand about the history of countries such as Italy, England, Denmark, Australia and Mexico. Ask about Services for Veterans study abroad information at the colleges or Veterans are welcomed at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. If you’ve served in the universities that interest you. armed forces, you might be eligible for help with paying for college. Stop by one of the on-campus veterans centers for information, support and assistance. Also, check with the campus financial aid office about benefits from the Minnesota GI Bill. Learn more at www.mnscu.edu/military. 107,100 Career Planning Resources Career planning tools, job information, educational programs: www.iseek.org MnSCU students took an Guide to career and educational exploration: www.mncareers.org online class in 2011-2012

Online Education, Services and Study Abroad | www.mnscu.edu 9 Transferring Credits

Students often decide to transfer to a different college or university while completing a degree. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities work together to make transferring as easy as possible. All of our 31 state colleges and universities offer all or part of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum, a 40-credit package of general education courses accepted for transfer to other state colleges and universities, the University of Minnesota, and many private colleges and universities.

Plan Ahead to Transfer Successfully Get Advice Any course has the potential to transfer; however, general education courses Transfer specialists at each campus can help you are the most commonly transferred. It is possible that credits will transfer with course selection and transfer plans. Talk to a from one institution to another, but not fulfill the requirements of your new transfer specialist and your academic advisor every degree program. semester about your degree plans and where you wish to transfer. Also be sure to review your degree audit When enrolling at a two-year college, it is important to know which degree path report (DARS) every semester. It will help you track your is right for you, as associate degree programs vary in transferability. progress towards completing your goals.

:: Associate in Arts (A.A.) degrees are designed to transfer most readily Visit u.select (www.transfer.org) to see how credits into most baccalaureate programs at one participating institution are accepted into specific programs at other participating institutions. :: Associate in Science (A.S.) degrees often transfer into specific four-year degree programs at partnering colleges and universities through articulation agreements

:: Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees and technical diplomas are designed for immediate entry into the workplace and may have more limited transferability.

10 Transferring Credits | www.mnscu.edu Minnesota state colleges offer associate degrees, the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC), Choosing a certificates and diplomas. The state community and technical colleges have an open admissions policy. This means all you need to enroll is a high school diploma or a GED. If you don’t have a high State College school diploma or GED, you may take a standardized test to be admitted. You can complete two years at a state college and transfer to another college or university, or you can complete a one-year or two-year career program and go to work right away. Either option is a great value. MnSCU tuition costs are the lowest in the state, and are frozen the next two years (until 2015).

Choosing a State College | www.mnscu.edu 11 CENTRAL METRO AREA NORTHEAST NORTHWEST southeast southwest State College Programs For a complete list of programs, visit www.mnscu.edu. Alexandria TCC Cambridge Anoka-Ramsey, Brainerd Central Lakes, Staples Central Lakes, City Pine Pine, St. Cloud TCC Coon Rapids Anoka-Ramsey, Anoka Anoka Technical, White Bear Lake Century, Rosemount County, Dakota Brooklyn Park Hennepin Tech, Eden Prairie Hennepin Tech, Inver Hills, Grove Heights Minneapolis Normandale, Bloomington North Hennepin, Brooklyn Park Saint Paul Fond du Lac, Cloquet Duluth Superior, Lake NE - Hibbing NE - Itasca, Grand Rapids Eveleth NE - Mesabi Range, Virginia NE - Mesabi Range, Int’l Falls River, NE - Rainy Ely NE - Vermilion, Detroit Lakes MN State CTC, Fergus Falls MN State CTC, Moorhead MN State CTC, Wadena MN State CTC, Northland, East Grand Forks Northland, Thief River Falls Northwest, Bemidji Wing Red MSC-SE Technical, Winona MSC-SE Technical, Riverland, Albert Lea Riverland, Austin Riverland, Owatonna Rochester South Central, Faribault South Central, North Mankato Canby Minnesota West, Granite Falls Minnesota West, Jackson Minnesota West, Pipestone Minnesota West, Worthington Minnesota West, Hutchinson Ridgewater, Willmar Ridgewater, Offered Completely Online

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12 State College Associate Degree, Transfer and Technical Programs | www.mnscu.edu Alexandria TCC Anoka-Ramsey, Cambridge Central Lakes, Brainerd Central Lakes, Staples Pine, Pine City St. Cloud TCC Anoka-Ramsey, Coon Rapids Anoka Technical, Anoka Century, White Bear Lake Dakota County, Rosemount Hennepin Tech, Brooklyn Park Hennepin Tech, Eden Prairie Inver Hills, Inver Grove Heights Minneapolis Normandale, Bloomington North Hennepin, Brooklyn Park Saint Paul Fond du Lac, Cloquet Lake Superior, Duluth NE - Hibbing NE - Itasca, Grand Rapids NE - Mesabi Range, Eveleth NE - Mesabi Range, Virginia NE - Rainy River, Int’l Falls NE - Vermilion, Ely MN State CTC, Detroit Lakes MN State CTC, Fergus Falls MN State CTC, Moorhead MN State CTC, Wadena Northland, East Grand Forks Northland, Thief River Falls Northwest, Bemidji MSC-SE Technical, Red Wing MSC-SE Technical, Winona Riverland, Albert Lea Riverland, Austin Riverland, Owatonna Rochester South Central, Faribault South Central, North Mankato Minnesota West, Canby Minnesota West, Granite Falls Minnesota West, Jackson Minnesota West, Pipestone Minnesota West, Worthington Ridgewater, Hutchinson Ridgewater, Willmar Offered Completely Online Marketing andSales visit www.mnscu.edu. For acompletelistofprograms, Programs State College Meeting andEventManagement Quality Improvement Small BusinessManagement Real Estate/Property Management Educational Assistant/Paraeducator Education -InstructionalTechnology Education -General EDUCATION Sports Management Travel Planner/Tourism Teaching -EarlyChildhood Teaching -PhysicalEducation Teaching -Music Teaching -Mathematics Teaching -EnglishasaSecondLanguage Teaching -Elementary Alternative/Renewable EnergyTechnologies ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ANDNATURAL RESOURCES Teaching -SpecialEducation Teaching -Physical/EarthScience Environmental andEarthSciences Biomedical EquipmentTechnology ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGIES Wood SciencesandWood Products Wilderness ManagementandWildlandFirefighter Water QualityTechnologies Parks andRecreation Electrical Lineworker Drafting -ElectricalandMechanical Communication SystemInstallation/Repair Engineering -Chemical Electric Utility/Power Generation Engineering -General Engineering -CivilandSurveying Engineering Technology -Electronic Engineering Management Engineering Technology -General Geographical InformationSystems(GIS) Fluid Power (Hydraulic/Pneumatics) Nondestructive Testing Nanotechnology • • • Alexandria TCC • • • • • Anoka-Ramsey, Cambridge CENTRAL • • • • • • Central Lakes, Brainerd • • Central Lakes, Staples Pine, Pine City • • • • • • • • • St. Cloud TCC • • • • • Anoka-Ramsey, Coon Rapids • • Anoka Technical, Anoka • • • • • • • Century, White Bear Lake METRO AREA • • • • • • • • • • • Dakota County, Rosemount • • • • • • • Hennepin Tech, Brooklyn Park • • • • • • Hennepin Tech, Eden Prairie • • • • • • Inver Hills, Inver Grove Heights • • • Minneapolis • • • • • • • State College Associate Degree,Transfer andTechnical Programs |www.mnscu.edu Normandale, Bloomington • • • • • North Hennepin, Brooklyn Park • • • • • • Saint Paul • • • • • • Fond du Lac, Cloquet • • • • • • Lake Superior, Duluth NORTHEAST • • NE - Hibbing • • • • • • • NE - Itasca, Grand Rapids • • • NE - Mesabi Range, Eveleth • • • NE - Mesabi Range, Virginia • • NE - Rainy River, Int’l Falls • • • • • • NE - Vermilion, Ely • • • MN State CTC, Detroit Lakes • • MN State CTC, Fergus Falls NORTHWEST • • • MN State CTC, Moorhead • MN State CTC, Wadena • • • Northland, East Grand Forks • • • • Northland, Thief River Falls • • • Northwest, Bemidji • MSC-SE Technical, Red Wing • • • • • MSC-SE Technical, Winona southeast • • Riverland, Albert Lea • • • • Riverland, Austin • • Riverland, Owatonna • • • • • • • Rochester • • • • • • South Central, Faribault • • • • • • South Central, North Mankato • • Minnesota West, Canby • • • Minnesota West, Granite Falls southwest • • • Minnesota West, Jackson • Minnesota West, Pipestone • Minnesota West, Worthington • • • • • • • • • Ridgewater, Hutchinson • • • • • • • Ridgewater, Willmar • • • • • • • • • • • Offered Completely Online 13 CENTRAL METRO AREA NORTHEAST NORTHWEST southeast southwest State College Programs For a complete list of programs, visit www.mnscu.edu. Alexandria TCC Cambridge Anoka-Ramsey, Brainerd Central Lakes, Staples Central Lakes, City Pine Pine, St. Cloud TCC Coon Rapids Anoka-Ramsey, Anoka Anoka Technical, White Bear Lake Century, Rosemount County, Dakota Brooklyn Park Hennepin Tech, Eden Prairie Hennepin Tech, Inver Hills, Grove Heights Minneapolis Normandale, Bloomington North Hennepin, Brooklyn Park Saint Paul Fond du Lac, Cloquet Duluth Superior, Lake NE - Hibbing NE - Itasca, Grand Rapids Eveleth NE - Mesabi Range, Virginia NE - Mesabi Range, Int’l Falls River, NE - Rainy Ely NE - Vermilion, Detroit Lakes MN State CTC, Fergus Falls MN State CTC, Moorhead MN State CTC, Wadena MN State CTC, Northland, East Grand Forks Northland, Thief River Falls Northwest, Bemidji Wing Red MSC-SE Technical, Winona MSC-SE Technical, Riverland, Albert Lea Riverland, Austin Riverland, Owatonna Rochester South Central, Faribault South Central, North Mankato Canby Minnesota West, Granite Falls Minnesota West, Jackson Minnesota West, Pipestone Minnesota West, Worthington Minnesota West, Hutchinson Ridgewater, Willmar Ridgewater, Offered Completely Online

Robotics/Instrumentation Technology • • • • • • • • • Telecommunications/Wireless Technology • • • • • HEALTH Activity Director • • Biotechnology/Biochemistry • • Cardiovascular Technology • • • Central Services Technician • Communication Sciences and Disorders • • Community Health Services • • • • • • • • • • Dental Assistant • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dental Hygienist • • • • • • Dialysis • • EMT - Basic or First Responder • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • EMT - Paramedic • • • • • • • • • • • Health Information Technology • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Health Sciences - Multi-field • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Health Services Administration • • Health Unit Coordinator • • • • • • • • • Health, Fitness and Sport Science • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Histotechnology • • Holistic Health and Healing • • • Massage Therapy • • • • • • • • • Medical Administrative Assistant • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Medical Assistant • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Medical Coding Specialist • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Medical Technology/Clinical Lab Science • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Medical Transcription • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Neurophysiology Technology • • Nursing • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Nursing - Assistant/Home Health Aide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Nursing - Practical • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Nutrition and Dietetic Technology • • Occupational Safety • • Occupational Therapy Assistant • • Orthotics and Prosthetics • Pharmacy Technology • • • • • • • • • • • • Phlebotomy • • • • • • • • • • • Physical Therapy Assistant • • • Polysomnography • Radiologic Technology • • • • • • • • • Respiratory Therapy • • • Sonography • Surgical Technology • • • • • •

14 State College Associate Degree, Transfer and Technical Programs | www.mnscu.edu CENTRAL METRO AREA NORTHEAST NORTHWEST southeast Southwest State College Programs For a complete list of programs, visit www.mnscu.edu. Alexandria TCC Cambridge Anoka-Ramsey, Brainerd Central Lakes, Staples Central Lakes, City Pine Pine, St. Cloud TCC Coon Rapids Anoka-Ramsey, Anoka Anoka Technical, White Bear Lake Century, Rosemount County, Dakota Brooklyn Park Hennepin Tech, Eden Prairie Hennepin Tech, Inver Hills, Grove Heights Minneapolis Normandale, Bloomington North Hennepin, Brooklyn Park Saint Paul Fond du Lac, Cloquet Duluth Superior, Lake NE - Hibbing NE - Itasca, Grand Rapids Eveleth NE - Mesabi Range, Virginia NE - Mesabi Range, Int’l Falls River, NE - Rainy Ely NE - Vermilion, Detroit Lakes MN State CTC, Fergus Falls MN State CTC, Moorhead MN State CTC, Wadena MN State CTC, Northland, East Grand Forks Northland, Thief River Falls Northwest, Bemidji Wing Red MSC-SE Technical, Winona MSC-SE Technical, Riverland, Albert Lea Riverland, Austin Riverland, Owatonna Rochester South Central, Faribault South Central, North Mankato Canby Minnesota West, Granite Falls Minnesota West, Jackson Minnesota West, Pipestone Minnesota West, Worthington Minnesota West, Hutchinson Ridgewater, Willmar Ridgewater, Offered Completely Online

HUMAN AND PERSONAL SERVICES American Sign Language/Interpreter • • • • Child Care/Development • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Cosmetology, Manicurist and Barbering • • • • • • • • • Counseling - Chemical Dependency • • • • • • Gerontology • • Human and Community Services • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Occupational Skills • • • • • Psychology - Counseling • Translating and Interpreting • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Computer Engineering Technology • Computer Networking and System Administration • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Computer Programming • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Computer Science and Information Systems • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Computer Security and Forensics/IT Auditing • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Computer Technology and Support Services • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Database Technologies and Administration • • • Management Information Systems • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Web Design, Development and Visualization • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Webmaster and Web Administration • • • LAW, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY Criminal Justice/Corrections • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Criminalistics and Investigative Sciences • • • • • Fire Protection/Firefighting • • • • • • • • • • • Law Enforcement • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Legal Administrative Assistant • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Paralegal • • • • • • • Public Security and Emergency Management • • • • • • • • • LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES American Indian/Native American Studies • • • • • Anthropology/Archaeology • Art/Studio Arts • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biological and Natural Sciences • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Chemistry • • • • • Communications Studies • Dance • Ethnic and Cultural Studies • Film Studies • Global Studies/International Relations • • • • • • Individualized and Multidisciplinary Studies • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Latin American Studies •

State College Associate Degree, Transfer and Technical Programs | www.mnscu.edu 15 CENTRAL METRO AREA NORTHEAST NORTHWEST southeast southwest State College Programs For a complete list of programs, visit www.mnscu.edu. Alexandria TCC Cambridge Anoka-Ramsey, Brainerd Central Lakes, Staples Central Lakes, City Pine Pine, St. Cloud TCC Coon Rapids Anoka-Ramsey, Anoka Anoka Technical, White Bear Lake Century, Rosemount County, Dakota Brooklyn Park Hennepin Tech, Eden Prairie Hennepin Tech, Inver Hills, Grove Heights Minneapolis Normandale, Bloomington North Hennepin, Brooklyn Park Saint Paul Fond du Lac, Cloquet Duluth Superior, Lake NE - Hibbing NE - Itasca, Grand Rapids Eveleth NE - Mesabi Range, Virginia NE - Mesabi Range, Int’l Falls River, NE - Rainy Ely NE - Vermilion, Detroit Lakes MN State CTC, Fergus Falls MN State CTC, Moorhead MN State CTC, Wadena MN State CTC, Northland, East Grand Forks Northland, Thief River Falls Northwest, Bemidji Wing Red MSC-SE Technical, Winona MSC-SE Technical, Riverland, Albert Lea Riverland, Austin Riverland, Owatonna Rochester South Central, Faribault South Central, North Mankato Canby Minnesota West, Granite Falls Minnesota West, Jackson Minnesota West, Pipestone Minnesota West, Worthington Minnesota West, Hutchinson Ridgewater, Willmar Ridgewater, Offered Completely Online

Liberal Arts and Sciences - AA Transfer • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mathematics • • Music • • • • • • • Theater Arts and Drama • • • • • • Women and Gender Studies • • • Writing - Creative and Technical • • • • • • MANUFACTURING, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR Apparel and Textile Manufacturing • Gunsmithing • Heavy Equipment Maintenance • • Industrial Maintenance • • • • • • • • • • • • • Jewelry Repair • Machining • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Manufacturing and Industrial Technology • • • • • • • • • • • • • Musical Instrument Design and Repair • Plastics Technology • • Welding • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS Advertising and Public Relations • Audio Technology/Sound Arts • • • • Broadcasting, Radio and Television • • Digital Arts, Computer Animation and Multimedia • • • • • • • • • • • • • Filmmaking and Screenwriting • Graphic Design and Visual Communications • • • • • • • • • • • • • Judicial Reporting/Broadcast Captioning • Library and Information Technology • • Mass Communications • Music Industry Management • Photography/Photographic Technology • • • • • • • • Video Production • • • • TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION Air Traffic Controller/Dispatcher • Aircraft Pilot and Navigator • Auto Body Repair • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Aviation Maintenance/Avionics • • Aviation Management and Airway Science • Mechanic - Auto Technician • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mechanic - Diesel Engine/Truck • • • • • • • • Mechanic - Marine, Motor Sports and Small Engine • • • • • • Railroad Conductor • Truck Driving • • • • • •

16 State College Associate Degree, Transfer and Technical Programs | www.mnscu.edu Alexandria Technical and Community College Anoka-Ramsey Community College www.alextech.edu www.anokaramsey.edu

Admissions: (320) 762-4520 Admissions: (763) 433-1100 Toll-Free: 1-888-234-1222 Toll-Free: 1-866-433-5590 Campus Visit: 1-888-234-1222 ext. 4520 Campus Visit: (763) 433-1300

Mailing Address: 1601 Jefferson St, Alexandria, MN 56308 Mailing Address: 11200 Mississippi Blvd. N.W., City/Population: Alexandria / 11,070 Coon Rapids, MN 55433 City/Population: Coon Rapids/61,476; Cambridge/8,111 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,386 FAFSA Code: 005544 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $4,928 FAFSA Code: 002332

Enrollment: Housing: Student housing is adjacent to the Enrollment: Highlights Total number students served ...... 4,095 campus, and many community rental options are Total number students served ...... 12,256 Anoka-Ramsey Community College offers unique Full-time ...... 51.3% within walking distance of the campus. Visit www. Full-time ...... 35.8% campuses on the Rum River in Cambridge and the Part-time ...... 48.7% alextech.edu/housing to explore these options Part-time ...... 64.2% Mississippi River in Coon Rapids. Call (763) 433-1300 or Percent female...... 50.1% Percent female ...... 61.2% visit www.anokaramsey.edu for a tour. Percent male ...... 49.6% Highlights Percent male ...... 38.5% Percent students of color ...... 6.1% :: Job placement rates have averaged more than 90 Percent students of color ...... 18.2% anoka-ramsey offers percent for several decades :: Free tutoring, personal attention, small class Degrees offered: Advanced Technical :: The college is recognized as a national leader in Degrees offered: Associate in Applied sizes and dedicated faculty and staff. Ask about Certificate, Associate in Applied Science, Associate Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, advanced technical skills and transfer education scholarships and financial aid packages in Arts, Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate :: Most programs include hands-on, student-centered, :: Advanced degrees through other system institutions Largest programs: Associate in arts, experiential learning Largest programs: Liberal arts and sciences, on its campuses, including bachelor’s degrees communication art and design, diesel mechanic, :: Students receive outstanding personal attention associate degree in business, nursing, business with in business administration, FasTrack license for law enforcement, marine and small engine mechanic, :: Highest graduation rate of all Minnesota public two- marketing and management emphasis, computer and secondary teacher certification, nursing, special welding technology year colleges information sciences education, teacher education K-8 license, DLiTE :: A rich history includes exceptional instruction, high program (undergraduate major in teaching) Unique programs: Business management academic expectations and extensive partnerships Unique programs: Fine arts (art, music :: More than 100 online courses and complete online with emphasis in fashion, finance, or marketing; and theater), creative writing, biomedical technology, with local, state, national and international programs; Associate in Arts degree, Associate communication art and design; computer and biological sciences, environmental science, integrative businesses and industries in Science degrees in accounting and business; voice networking; health and fitness specialist, and health and healing, physical therapist assistant, mechatronics (combines mechanical, electronic and :: Associate in Science, Associate in Arts, and many engineering; courses in glass-blowing, Chinese language certificates in business computer applications and networking systems) of the Associate in Applied Science degrees study abroad, American Sign Language business generalist transfer toward completion of bachelor’s degrees at :: 10 off-campus locations in Blaine, Columbia Heights, American Society of Student activities: many universities Intercollegiate sports: Women’s Elk River, Fridley, Monticello, New Brighton, North Interior Designers, Anime Club, Business Professionals basketball, women’s fastpitch softball, women’s soccer, Branch High School and Primary School/Learning of America, Child Development Club, Creative Writing women’s volleyball, men’s baseball, men’s basketball, Center, Saint Francis, YMCA-Emma B. Howe (free Club, Delta Epsilon Chi, Diesel Club, G.A.T. Gamers, men’s soccer Intercultural Club, International Interior Design day care) Association, Intramural Sports, Law Enforcement Club, Student activities: Concert choir, chamber Anoka-Ramsey Community College is National Kitchen and Bath Association, Phi Theta Kappa singers, concert band, jazz band, theater, student aligned with Anoka Technical College. honor society, SkillsUSA, special interest and program newspaper, Phi Theta Kappa honor society, academic clubs, Student Ambassadors, Student Senate, Veterans clubs, intramural sports, Christian Fellowship Club, Center, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America Muslim Association, Multicultural Club

Housing: The college has no on-campus student housing, but rental units are available within walking distance

State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 17 Anoka Technical College Central Lakes College www.anokatech.edu www.clcmn.edu

Admissions: (763) 576-4850 Admissions: (218) 855-8037 Campus Visit: (763) 576-4850 Toll-Free: 1-800-933-0346 Campus Visit: (218) 855-8037 Mailing Address: 1355 W. Highway 10 Anoka, MN 55303 Mailing Address: 501 W. College Drive City/Population: Anoka/17,142 Brainerd, MN 56401 City/Population: Brainerd/13,590; Staples/2,981 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,567 FAFSA Code: 007350 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,393 FAFSA Code: 002339

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: Highlights Total number students served ...... 3,366 Total number students served ...... 6,253 :: New Student Success Center in a centralized location At many colleges and universities you are just another Full-time ...... 48.7% Full-time ...... 48.9% face in the crowd. At Central Lakes College, your Part-time ...... 51.3% offers coaches, counselors, tutoring, mentoring, job Part-time ...... 51.1% education is a personalized experience with small Percent female ...... 62.1% placement and more for student success Percent female ...... 57.8% classes, and supportive faculty and staff. Percent male ...... 36.7% :: Located just outside of the Twin Cities, the college Percent male ...... 42.2% Percent students of color ...... 18.8% has more than 35 career programs that respond Percent students of color ...... 7.9% :: Preferred – One of the fastest-growing two-year to today’s contemporary and traditional technical colleges in the nation, according to Community Degrees offered: Associate in Applied industry needs Degrees offered: Advanced Technical Science, Certificate, Diploma Certificate, Associate in Applied Science, Associate College Week :: Many programs can be completed in two years or less. in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate of Fine Arts, :: Affordable – Financial aid and foundation :: Teaching method focuses on hands-on learning and Largest programs: Practical nursing, Certificate, Diploma scholarships of more than $10 million annually to information technology, medical assistant, surgical doing what you learn 75 percent of students technology, machine trades, occupational therapy assistant :: The college has transfer agreements with many four- Largest programs: Liberal arts for transfer to :: Location – Central to outdoor activities and easily year institutions, including Bemidji State University; a four-year school; nursing; heavy equipment operations reached from anywhere in the state Unique programs: Broadcast captioning, judicial Concordia College; Metropolitan State University; and maintenance; law enforcement; computer :: Comfort – Campuses that are modern, safe and clean. reporting, occupational therapy assistant, golf course :: Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota technology; natural resources; business; media Variety – More than 70 transfer and career programs grounds management, health information technology, to start you on a four-year degree or path to program- State University Moorhead; St. Cloud State technologies; environmental, health and human services; multimedia and gaming, information technology manufacturing; transportation related employment University; and University of Minnesota, Crookston :: Friendly – Caring instructors and support staff keep Student activities: Multicultural Student :: Small class sizes, with a 22-to-1 student-teacher ratio, Unique programs: Honors Associate in Arts students first Center, Phi Theta Kappa, Student Senate include hands-on, lecture and group learning experiences. Degree, videography production, child development care :: Support – Mentors, tutors, advisors and counselors, :: New science lab opened in 2009 and guidance, American Sign Language, robotics and all working for you Housing: Anoka Technical College does not have :: Many classes offered online automated systems, Associate in Fine Arts - theater :: Visionary – Leading the way for continuity of credits, on-campus student housing, but roommate and housing :: Modern classrooms equipped with latest equipment performance, special education, emerging digital from high school through postsecondary career paths. lists are available and technology technologies, enology, and viticulture :: Partners – Agreements with school districts, :: Full- and part-time student scholarships and financial municipalities and university partners for lifelong Intercollegiate sports: Women’s aid available to those who qualify learning opportunities basketball, women’s golf, women’s softball, women’s :: Full college experience – Cultural arts, athletics, :: Professional training and continuing education classes volleyball, men’s baseball, men’s basketball, men’s student government, nationally recognized civic provided by Professional and Workforce Training, football, men’s golf engagement and business internships located on campus :: Campus remodeling in 2011 includes new math and Student activities: Music, Student Senate, writing lab Theater :: Student food shelf on campus established in 2010 Housing: Student housing is adjacent to campus or within walking distance Anoka Technical College is aligned with Anoka-Ramsey Community College under one president.

18 State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Century College Dakota County Technical College www.century.edu www.dctc.edu

Admissions: (218) 855-8037 Admissions: (651) 773-1700 Admissions: (651) 423-8000 Toll-Free: 1-800-933-0346 Toll-Free: 1-800-228-1978 Toll-Free: 1-877-937-3282 Campus Visit: (218) 855-8037 Campus Visit: (651) 773-1700 Campus Visit: (651) 423-8000

Mailing Address: 501 W. College Drive Mailing Address: 3300 Century Ave. N. Mailing Address: 1300 145th St. E. Brainerd, MN 56401 White Bear Lake, MN 55110 Rosemount, MN 55068-2999 City/Population: Brainerd/13,590; Staples/2,981 City/Population: White Bear Lake/23,797 City/Population: Rosemount/21,874

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,393 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,360 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,693 FAFSA Code: 002339 FAFSA Code: 010546 FAFSA Code: 010402

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: Highlights Total number students served ...... 14,968 Century College has a beautiful Student Center with a Total number students served ...... 5,664 Dakota County Technical College is located at the Full-time ...... 42.8% stage and game room, and a new Science and Library Full-time ...... 44.8% convergence of two worlds. The main campus in Part-time ...... 57.2% Building that features built-in window seats for studying Part-time ...... 55.2% Rosemount, Minn., borders the Minneapolis/St. Percent female ...... 55.3% and lounging, laptop computer checkout, wireless Percent female ...... 36.5% Paul metropolitan area to the north and the rural capacity, a fireplace and more than 45,000 books. Other heartland of Dakota County to the south. Offering more Percent male ...... 44.6% Percent male ...... 61.0% features include state-of-the-art classrooms and nine than 50 programs and majors under six academic Percent students of color ...... 15.4% Percent students of color ...... 35.3% science labs. departments — from Software Development to Social Media Marketing to Architectural Technology to Sport Degrees offered: Associate in Applied As both a community college and a technical college, Degrees offered: Associate in Applied Management to Nanoscience Technology to Heavy Duty Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Century also offers: Science, Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma Truck Technology — DCTC is made to order for students Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate, Diploma who want to build strong skills quickly and get to work. :: GPS LifePlan, an electronic tool to connect Largest programs: Accounting, Automotive Largest programs: Courses such as English educational goals to future career plans Technician, Dental Assistant, Early Childhood and Youth :: Watch short clips of campus life, programs and and mathematics that transfer to a four-year college, :: Award-winning faculty members Development, Electrical Lineworker, Information Systems student services at DCTC Videos to get a better English for Speakers of Other Languages, nursing, :: Excellent programs in areas such as emergency Management, Supervisory Management, Welding sense of our campus community emergency medical services and paramedics, computer medical services, law enforcement, computers, :: Socialize with current students, faculty, staff and science and technology interior design, horticulture and dental hygiene Unique programs: Civil Engineering Technology, alumni at DCTC on Facebook and DCTC on Twitter :: A Phi Theta Kappa honor society named one of the Energy Technical Specialist – Nuclear, Entrepreneurship/Small :: Experience our student-friendly campus in Unique programs: Orthotics/prosthetics, top 100 chapters in the nation Business, General Motors Automotive Service Education Rosemount, Minn., by taking a Campus Visit any women and gender studies, pre-engineering, visual :: An Associate in Fine Arts in music degree Program, Heavy Construction Equipment Technology, Interior Tuesday from 12:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. communications technologies, kitchen and bath design, :: Nearly 40 student clubs, men’s and women’s soccer Design, Landscape Horticulture, Multicultural Management, :: Visit Online Learning to explore numerous classes sports facilities management, paraeducator teams, intramural activities, new fitness center, and Nanoscience Technology, Railroad Conductor Technology offered online or in hybrid format, the latter a mix of music and theater programs online and classroom learning Intercollegiate sports: Women’s softball :: A renowned service learning program Intercollegiate sports: Women’s :: Discover Credit for Prior Learning, Short-term NJCAA div. 3, women’s soccer NJCAA div. 3, men’s :: The Wood Duck Trail for walking and running fastpitch softball, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, Programs, our Individualized Studies A.S. degree and baseball NJCAA div. 3, men’s soccer NJCAA div. 3 :: A multicultural center where international students men’s baseball, men’s basketball, men’s soccer other flexible learning options from more than 45 countries meet to plan activities, :: Enjoy small class sizes, instructors who care and a Student activities: Phi Theta Kappa honor socialize and study Student activities: More than 20 student campus environment that welcomes students from society, chamber orchestra, concert band, choir, Asian :: The Fab Lab, where students use fabrication tools organizations, including SkillsUSA, Gay Straight Alliance, any age or background Student Association, Creative Arts Alliance, drama club, and software to build just about anything Veterans Club, Chess Club, Business Professionals of :: Experience hands-on labs, co-curricular activities and Q and S Club, Student Senate, intramural sports, debate :: A vibrant arts scene with orchestra, choir and theater America, student government and a variety of other student real-world learning that prepare you to thrive in your team, math team programs and professional organizations chosen career :: A veterans center for current military and returning :: Increase your skills with modern equipment and Housing: The college has no on-campus housing, veterans Housing: The college has no on-campus housing but relevant coursework developed through strong but rental units are within walking distance offers a list of housing options at dctc.edu/go/housing relationships with business and industry

State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 19 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Hennepin Technical College www.fdltcc.edu www.hennepintech.edu

Admissions: (218) 879-0808 Admissions: (763) 488-2500 Toll-Free: 1-800-657-3712 Toll-Free: 1-800-345-4655 College Visit: (218) 879-0800 Campus Visit: (763) 488-2500

Mailing Address: 2101 14th St., Cloquet, MN 55720 Mailing Address: 9000 Brooklyn Blvd. City/Population: Cloquet/12,124 Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 City/Population: Brooklyn Park/75,781 Eden Prairie/60,797 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,256 FAFSA Code: 031291 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,122 FAFSA Code: 010491

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: Highlights Total number students served ...... 2,888 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College brings Total number students served ...... 9,602 :: Hennepin Technical College is the largest stand-alone Full-time ...... 38.1% together a tribal college and a state community college in Full-time ...... 21.0% technical college in Minnesota and offers more than Part-time ...... 61.9% partnership. The beautiful campus setting and buildings Part-time ...... 79.0% 50 career and technical programs Percent female ...... 54.5% are unlike any other college campus. Percent female ...... 43.0% :: The Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie campuses have Percent male ...... 45.2% :: Reputation for friendly service and a comfortable Percent male ...... 57.0% newly remodeled and expanded areas that support Percent students of color ...... 22.1% campus atmosphere Percent students of color ...... 31.7% success through admissions and registration services, advising, career services, tutoring, testing, financial aid, :: Convenient daytime, evening, weekend and online disability services, cashiers, the library and Learning Degrees offered: Associate in Applied courses Degrees offered: Associate in Applied Resource Center Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, :: Super-fast wireless network on campus for laptop Science, Associate in Science, diplomas, certificates :: Last year, the college awarded more than $200,000 Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate, Diploma and hand-held device users in scholarships :: Cultural center and physical education space, plus Largest programs: Information technology, :: Hennepin Technical College is a great value; the Largest programs: Liberal arts and transfer law enforcement and nursing training facilities practical nursing, law enforcement, automotive college has one of the lowest tuition rates in programs, law enforcement, nursing, human services, :: High rate of law enforcement graduates pass the technology, machine trades the state environmental science Minnesota Peace Officers Standards and Training :: The college has many transfer agreements with four- Board exam Unique programs: Audio production, year universities, allowing students more access and Unique programs: Geospatial technologies, :: Students learn from award-winning instructors and automation robotics engineering technology, fire opportunities American Indian studies, law enforcement skills, friendly staff protection, floral design, Ford Automotive Student :: Small class sizes with a 25-to-1 student-faculty ratio. environmental science, clean energy technology :: 2,000-acre Environmental Study Area is only five Services Educational Training, outdoor power equipment, :: Labs use cutting-edge technology and meet all minutes from campus plastics engineering technology, professional photography, required industry standards Intercollegiate sports: Women’s :: Comfortable class sizes, convenient access to public works :: The college offers many short-term programs that basketball, women’s softball, women’s volleyball, men’s instructors can be completed in as few as 16 weeks basketball, men’s football, men’s baseball :: Ruth A. Myers Library/Ojibwe Archives Student activities: Program clubs, Skills USA, :: New programs and awards are pharmacy technology, :: Well-equipped science labs and computer labs Student Ambassador, Student Senate, Veterans Club community paramedic, medical manufacturing device Student activities: American Indian Business :: Fine arts opportunities in visual art, music and theater technician, nursing station technician, safety coordina- Leaders, Anishinaabe Student Council, Human Services courses Housing: The college does not have on-campus tor and sustainability carpentry Club, Law Enforcement Club, Student Senate :: Emphasis on uniting cultures and creating individual student housing. Rental units are close to campus :: The college opened a new law enforcement and and community awareness of each other criminal justice educational center in partnership with Housing: Spectacular residence hall owned and :: Unique transfer programs with four-year colleges Metropolitan State University operated by the college features large apartment-style make it easy to transfer credits :: More than 300 industry advisory members work with units with kitchens and private bathrooms. Units are :: Several award-winning student clubs and activities the college to ensure the curriculum meets industry furnished and have high-speed Internet access, air standards conditioning and cable television. Competitive rental rates :: Faculty has both industry and teaching experience are an excellent value. Early application is recommended as the limited space fills quickly each year

20 State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Inver Hills Community College Lake Superior College www.inverhills.edu www.lsc.edu

Admissions: (763) 488-2500 Admissions: (651) 450-3000 Admissions: (218) 733-7601 Toll-Free: 1-800-345-4655 Campus Visit: (651) 450-3000 Toll-Free: 1-800-432-2884 Campus Visit: (763) 488-2500 Campus Visit: (218) 733-7601 Mailing Address: 2500 80th St. E. Mailing Address: 9000 Brooklyn Blvd. Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 Mailing Address: 2101 Trinity Road Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 City/Population: Inver Grove Heights/33,880 Duluth, MN 55811 City/Population: Brooklyn Park/75,781 Eden Prairie/60,797 City/Population: Duluth/86,265 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,272 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,122 FAFSA Code: 006935 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,087 FAFSA Code: 010491 FAFSA Code: 005757

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: Highlights Total number students served ...... 9,030 :: One of the most scenic college campuses in the Twin Total number students served ...... 8,982 Lake Superior College is situated on a wooded campus Full-time ...... 35.1% Cities, Inver Hills has a small college look and feel, with Full-time ...... 39.7% that overlooks Duluth’s breathtaking Lake Superior harbor Part-time ...... 64.9% nine modern buildings designed to fit naturally into the Part-time ...... 60.3% and St. Louis River valley. It features award-winning architecture, comfortable classrooms, and beautiful study Percent female ...... 59.2% surrounding wooded hills and wetlands. The campus Percent female ...... 51.5% and library facilities. The campus has a natural setting Percent male ...... 40.0% is just 10 minutes south of downtown St. Paul, and 10 Percent male ...... 43.1% that includes an urban forest, award-winning nature Percent students of color ...... 27.7% minutes east of the Mall of America Percent students of color ...... 9.6% trails, disc golf course and a designated trout stream. A :: Graduates of Inver Hills go on to study at respected new $12.1 million Health and Science Center opened in Degrees offered: Associate in Applied colleges and universities across the country, or enter Degrees offered: Associate in Applied January 2012. Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, directly into in-demand career fields like cybersecurity, Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate nursing and emergency medical services Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate, Diploma :: Lake Superior College offers more than 80 technical :: Students can earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree on majors, programs for transfer, continuing education Largest programs: Associate in Arts the Inver Hills campus, thanks to exclusive partnerships Largest programs: Associate in Arts degree, and customized training for business and industry (transfer curriculum), nursing, law enforcement, with The College of St. Scholastica, Concordia University radiologic technology, associate degree nurse, dental :: A long-time provider of online education, the college contemporary business, paralegal, human services, St. Paul, Metropolitan State University and Saint Mary’s hygiene, fire technology and administration, practical nursing operates one of the largest and most comprehensive emergency medical services (paramedic) University of Minnesota. Programs of study include online instructional programs in the Minnesota Accounting, Business, Organizational Management Unique programs: Professional pilot, State Colleges and Universities system, serving Unique programs: Network Technology and Leadership, Criminal Justice, Allied Healthcare paralegal, dialysis patient care technician, fire more than 2,200 students and offering more than and Security, EMS-Paramedic, Education, A.S.A.P. for Management, Social Work, Psychology and Business technology and administration, and a Physical Therapy 165 course sections online. More than 25 percent adult learners, Associate in Arts degree offered online Administration Assistant Military Bridge program that provides an of the college’s credits are provided online. Online and with eight emphasis areas (Anthropology, Biology, :: Three associate degree programs and six certificate option for military trained PT personnel to earn an programs include dialysis patient care, accounting, Chemistry, Gender and Women Studies, History, programs are offered entirely online, including: Associate associate degree business administration, network administration and Mathematics, Political Science, Psychology), Engineering in Arts, Contemporary Business, Contemporary Business an Associate in Arts transfer degree Fundamentals, Exercise Science, Service Learning, Practice, Child Care Teacher, Criminal Justice, Customer Student activities: Student Senate and :: The college’s Emergency Response Training Center Honors Program, Learning Communities Service, Human Resource Management, Project more than 40 clubs, including art and ceramics, provides world-class training for emergency response Management, and Sales and Marketing computer gaming, snowboarding and skiing, curling, professionals, including firefighters and emergency Student activities: Student Senate, Phi :: Nationally recognized for its adult accelerated degree chess, intercultural, Spanish, veterans, Phi Theta Kappa medical technicians Theta Kappa, V.I.B.E. Volunteering Club, International programs, Inver Hills was the first two-year college in honor society, Christian Fellowship, Fire Technology :: The college provides dental hygiene and physical Student Club, EMS Student Association, Anthropology the nation to be designated an Adult Friendly Learning Club, Ultimate Frisbee, resistance training, College therapy services to students and uninsured Club, Black Student Union, Student Nurse Leadership Institution by the Council for Adult Experiential Learning Democrats, College Republicans, theatre club residents of the region through faculty-supervised Organization, Criminal Justice Club, DECA, Veterans :: More than 1,000 students participate in service student clinics Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, choir, theatre, intramural learning activities each semester. Students also are HOUSING: Lake Superior College has no on-campus :: Designated as a military friendly campus for 2011, sports (flag football, hockey, volleyball, disc golf) able to participate in on-site service work by helping housing but provides information to students seeking 2012 and 2013 out in the campus community garden, which grows housing in the community Housing: Inver Hills has no on-campus student food to donate to local food shelves housing. Nearby rental complexes offer convenient and high-quality housing alternatives State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 21 Minneapolis Community and Technical College Minnesota State College – Southeast Technical www.minneapolis.edu www.southeastmn.edu

Admissions: (612) 659-6200 Admissions: 1-877-853-8324 Toll-Free: 1-800-247-0911 Toll-Free: 1-877-853-8324 Campus Visit: (612) 659-6200 Campus Visit: 1-877-853-8324

Mailing Address: 1501 Hennepin Ave. Mailing Address: 1250 Homer Road Minneapolis, MN 55403 Winona, MN 55987 City/Population: Minneapolis/382,578 City/Population: Red Wing/16,459; Winona/27,592

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,185 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,614 FAFSA Code: 002362 FAFSA Code: 002393

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: Highlights Total number students served ...... 14,072 Minneapolis Community and Technical College is Total number students served ...... 3,152 :: Minnesota State College – Southeast Technical Full-time ...... 36.0% conveniently located downtown with easy access to jobs, Full-time ...... 52.9% educates for employment, offering more than 90 Part-time ...... 64.0% internships, city life, restaurants, entertainment venues Part-time ...... 47.1% programs in six major fields, including business and Percent female ...... 53.1% and cultural activities. The college provides a welcoming Percent female ...... 61.8% office, health and human services, liberal arts and environment for students of all ages and at all stages in Percent male ...... 46.6% Percent male ...... 38.2% sciences, musical instrument and creative arts, sales their professional development. With 130 programs in Percent students of color ...... 10.7% Percent students of color ...... 55.3% liberal arts, career and technical fields, the college offers and management, technical, trade and industrial an array of academic and career choices. Classes are :: Both the Winona and Red Wing campuses offer Degrees offered: Associate in Applied offered days, evenings, weekends and online. The beautiful Degrees offered: Associate in Applied intimate learning environments where instructors Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, campus includes a state-of-the-art library, science center, Science, Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma know students by name Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate, Diploma new culinary kitchen and dining room, new Boynton Health :: Learn from the best. Instructors are experts in their Service clinic, new student center and new outdoor plaza Largest programs: Nursing, individualized fields and eager to train the next generation Largest programs: Liberal arts, business connected to Loring Park. studies, introduction to health care, administrative :: Get your hands dirty. Many courses are taught in fully management, allied health, education and child :: Knowledgeable, award-winning faculty members careers, industrial technology and leadership operational clinics and labs that simulate real-world development, and graphic design: print and web committed to student success job settings :: Students from around the world who represent a Unique programs: Musical instrument :: You can complete approved general education Unique programs: Air traffic control, American range of ages and backgrounds repair and construction, guitar building and repair, courses at an affordable price and transfer to other Indian studies, apparel technologies, biotechnology, :: Small class sizes to connect with faculty and band instrument repair, violin repair, massage therapy, colleges and universities through the Minnesota cinema studies and production, community development, classmates nanotechnology, jewelry manufacturing and repair Transfer Curriculum computer forensics, electroneurodiagnostic technology, :: State-of-the-art technical, science and world :: Become a registered nurse through a two-year global studies, homeland security, polysomnography, language labs Student activities: Delta Epsilon Chi-Winona associate degree program at either the Winona or women’s studies :: Nationally accredited technical programs in high- Campus, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, SkillsUSA, Red Wing campus demand fields Student Music Assoc-Red Wing Campus, Student Senate :: 91 percent of the college’s graduates find jobs in their Student activities: Forty-three groups, :: New Associate in Arts degrees with emphasis in chosen fields. Area employers specifically seek out including student government, Phi Theta Kappa honor Communication Studies and Creative Writing Housing: The college has no on-campus housing, Southeast Technical grads society, theater productions, music ensembles and :: A variety of student support services, including career but numerous rental units are available. Privately owned :: Trade and industrial majors include automotive; other fine arts clubs; academic interest clubs focused on services, multicultural student services, disability dorm-style housing is available close to the campuses carpentry; machine tool and die; truck driving; and addiction counseling, design, math, media generation, services, Veterans Center and Learning Center heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration nursing, science and trades skills; special interest clubs :: Campus visits available at 5 p.m. most Mondays and :: Technical majors include drafting, electronics, focused on ethnic student groups, environmental issues, noon most Thursdays in the Student Services Center computer programming, and networking with Cisco soccer and student newspaper and Microsoft certification :: Day, evening and online classes offer flexibility for Housing: The college has no on-campus student nontraditional students housing, but many rental units are within walking distance of the campus. The college helps students find rental housing

22 State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Minnesota State Community and Technical College Minnesota West Community and Technical College www.minnesota.edu www.mnwest.edu

Admissions: 1-877-450-3322 Admissions: 1-800-658-2330 Toll-Free: 1-877-450-3322 Toll-Free: 1-800-658-2330 Campus Visit: 1-877-450-3322 Campus Visit: 1-800-658-2330

Mailing Address: 1414 College Way, Fergus Falls, MN 56537 Mailing Address: 1314 N. Hiawatha Ave., Pipestone, MN 56164 City/Population: Fergus Falls/13,138; City/Population: Worthington/12,764; Canby/1,795; Detroit Lakes/8,569; Moorhead/143,569; Wadena/4,088 Granite Falls/2,897; Jackson/3,299; Pipestone/4,317

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,336 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,657 FAFSA Code: 005541 FAFSA Code: 005263

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: Housing: Student housing is available at the Canby Total number students served ...... 9,063 Minnesota State Community and Technical College Total number students served ...... 5,264 campus, and private apartment arrangements are Full-time ...... 48.5% offers more than 120 career and liberal arts programs Full-time ...... 38.0% available at all locations. The college provides students Part-time ...... 51.5% at locations in the heart of Minnesota’s beautiful lakes Part-time ...... 62.0% with a list of rental housing Percent female ...... 60.1% country and the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. Percent female ...... 54.6% Percent male ...... 38.9% :: Options – 25 online majors and hundreds of online Percent male ...... 41.8% Highlights Percent students of color ...... 15.3% courses lead to degrees, diplomas and certificates. Percent students of color ...... 12.2% Minnesota West Community and Technical College has The Associate in Arts degree is offered on all five campuses and four learning centers in beautiful Degrees offered: Associate in Applied Science, campuses and online and transfers easily toward a Degrees offered: Advanced Technical southwest Minnesota. Thousands of wind turbines Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate of bachelor’s degree Certificate, Associate in Applied Science, Associate in dot the landscape along the Buffalo Ridge, which runs through Minnesota West’s service area. Minnesota West Fine Arts, Certificate, Diploma :: Experience – Students enjoy a rich college experience Arts, Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma is a national leader in renewable and sustainable energy through a wide array of student life activities and programs. The college offers more than 60 majors in Largest programs: Liberal arts transfer, travel abroad programs, an opportunity often available Largest programs: Liberal arts and sciences technical and liberal arts areas. nursing, business, radiologic technology, computer- only on four-year campuses transfer, nursing, wind energy technology and renewable related degree programs :: Support – The college ranks among the top three and sustainable energy, administrative support careers :: Five southwest Minnesota campus locations: Canby, two-year Minnesota colleges in fundraising and has Granite Falls, Jackson, Pipestone and Worthington. Unique programs: Electrical line worker, awarded $207,000 in scholarships for 2012-2013 Unique programs: Agriculture, biofuels Learning centers in Fairmont, Luverne, Marshall and equine science, power sports technology, American Sign :: Focus – Student-centered education, with small class technology, energy technical specialist, construction, allied Redwood Falls Language, entrepreneurship, medical laboratory technician sizes, personal instruction and hands-on learning health, power sports, wind energy technology, powerline :: State leader in online, distance delivery and :: Partnerships – Community partnerships provide technology, online Associate in Arts degree. National technology Intercollegiate sports: Women’s on-the-job experience so students see career options leader in renewable and sustainable energy programs. :: First of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities basketball, golf, softball and volleyball; men’s baseball, early in their college life, rather than in the final years An on-campus wind tower is used for both learning and to erect an on-campus wind tower used for both basketball, football and golf of a degree program power generation. Several allied health programs offered learning and power generation :: Connections – Nearly 750 industry and business in a renovated hospital for hands-on learning :: Leader in allied health programming Student activities: Music, art and drama; representatives serve on advisory boards, ensuring :: The college is accredited by the Higher Learning student government; student and professional curriculum meets industry standards. Intercollegiate sports: Women’s softball, Commission of the North Central Association of organizations, including Business Professionals of :: Innovation – Business and Entrepreneurial Services women’s volleyball, women’s basketball, men’s baseball, Colleges and Schools America and SkillsUSA; Phi Theta Kappa honor society, assists new or aspiring business owners men’s football, men’s basketball, men’s wrestling :: Small class sizes allow for personal assistance with intramural sports, Student Ambassadors instructors and opportunities for getting to know Student activities: Phi Theta Kappa, BPA, your classmates Housing: All four campus communities have off- PAS, Student Government, Cultural Diversity Club, :: Numerous transfer agreements with state and private campus rental units available. Fergus Falls has apartment- Choir, Drama, numerous program specific clubs and colleges and universities allow for easy transition to style campus housing with meal plan options organizations the next step :: Learn more about the college through Facebook at facebook.com/minnesotawest

State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 23 Normandale Community College North Hennepin Community College www.normandale.edu www.nhcc.edu

Admissions: (952) 358-8201 Admissions: (763) 424-0702 Toll-Free: 1-866-880-8740 Toll-Free: 1-800-818-0395 Campus Visit: (952) 358-8201 Mailing Address: 7411 85th Ave. N. Mailing Address: 9700 France Ave. S. Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 Bloomington, MN 55431 City/Population: Brooklyn Park/75,781 City/Population: Bloomington/82,893 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,447 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,484 FAFSA Code: 002370 FAFSA Code: 007954

Enrollment: Housing: Normandale does not offer student housing Enrollment: Highlights Total number students served ...... 14,595 Total number students served ...... 10,671 Conveniently located in the northwest metropolitan area, Full-time ...... 43.3% Highlights Full-time ...... 29.2% North Hennepin Community College is proud to be one of Part-time ...... 56.7% Normandale Community College is located at 98th Street Part-time ...... 70.8% the most diverse and welcoming campuses in the state. Percent female ...... 55.5% and France Avenue South in Bloomington on a wooded Percent female ...... 56.7% Percent male ...... 44.1% 90-acre site just 1.5 miles south of Interstate 494. Percent male...... 43.0% :: Offering a variety of affordable two-year degrees, Percent students of color ...... 30.6% Percent students of color...... 39.6% certificates, and classes that can easily transfer to :: Nearly 15,000 students from diverse backgrounds four-year universities and prepare students for their chosen professions, NHCC also offers four-year Degrees offered: Associate in Applied attend classes at the college each year, making it Degrees offered: Associate in Applied degree programs through university partnerships, Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, one of Minnesota’s largest community colleges Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, select programs at Buffalo High School, as well as :: Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate The college prepares students for full participation continuing education and training programs that can in diverse communities, creates pathways to other be delivered in the workplace Largest programs: Liberal arts transfer, college programs and builds community connections. Largest programs: Liberal arts and general :: Coupled with highly-credentialed faculty and friendly business marketing and management, science and Normandale is committed to quality, affordability, studies, business, computer science, law enforcement and knowledgeable staff, NHCC is accredited engineering, nursing, teacher education student access and success and criminal justice, nursing, paralegal by the Higher Learning Commission of the North :: Normandale offers nationally accredited music, Central Association of Colleges and Schools and Unique programs: Associate of Fine Arts theater, art and business programs – rare among Unique programs: Histotechnology, medical has specialized accreditation or approval by national degrees in music, theatre, art and creative writing; two-year colleges lab technology, and undergraduate research; construction and/or international organizations for its business, histotechnology, medical laboratory technician, vacuum and thin film technology, engineering foundations; :: Joint programs with Minnesota State University, and pre-engineering; entrepreneurship; individualized nursing, online, paralegal, and peer tutor programs health information for health care; dental hygiene; Mankato; Metropolitan State University; and the studies; creative writing; studio arts; web graphic design :: NHCC’s state-of-the art facilities include its recently and programming and e-commerce; music; theatre, film, four-year degree collaborations with Metropolitan University of Minnesota provide students additional expanded Center for Business and Technology with State University in accounting, business administration, opportunities to reach their career goals and stage combat; American Sign Language; honors the latest in multimedia technology, computer lab advanced dental therapy and a dental hygiene dual :: Support services are provided for second language and program; TRIO; tutoring; veterans resource center; equipment, and live-streaming classrooms admission/enrollment; four-year degree collaborations developmental education students as well as students continuing education and customized training for business; :: A new Bioscience and Health Careers Center, with Minnesota State Mankato in communication studies, with disabilities four-year degree partnerships at NHCC’s campus anticipated to open in fall 2014, will feature STEM education and the Twin Cities Engineering program :: The college provides a community dental clinic that labs and high-tech spaces for its growing biology, accepts public assistance and offers dental services on Student activities: Special interest clubs chemistry, nursing, and medical lab technician Student activities: Student government, a sliding scale for those living in southwest metro area and professional organizations, including performing and programs, as well as support its acclaimed undergraduate research programs student newspaper, Phi Theta Kappa honor society, :: The Kopp Student Center features vista views visual arts, Phi Theta Kappa honor society, multicultural :: Students are also encouraged to explore the array service learning, recreational sports, outdoor recreation, overlooking the college’s Japanese Garden, food programming, recreational activities, intramural sports, of Student Life opportunities, campus events, student government leadership development, concert band, concert choir, service facilities, a campus store, a US Bank branch and resources, designed to enhance their college theater, student and professional organizations, special and versatile spaces for meeting and gathering experience. Campus tours are offered any Monday or interest and culture-based student clubs and more :: The new Partnership Center includes classroom space, Housing: The college has no on-campus housing, Friday at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., or Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. engineering labs, faculty offices and student gathering but rental units are within walking distance or on the spaces to meet the increasing demand for community Metro Transit bus line and academic programs 24 State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Northeast Higher Hibbing Itasca Mesabi Range Community and Education District Community College Community College Technical College www.hibbing.edu www.itascacc.edu www.mesabirange.edu Admissions: (763) 424-0702 The Northeast Higher Education District Toll-Free: 1-800-818-0395 is a consortium of five state colleges: Hibbing, Itasca, Mesabi Range, Rainy Admissions: (218) 262-7207 Admissions: (218) 322-2340 Admissions: (218) 749-0313 Mailing Address: 7411 85th Ave. N. River and Vermilion. Toll-Free: 1-800-224-4422 Toll-Free: 1-800-996-6422 Toll-Free: 1-800-657-3860 Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 Campus Visit: (218) 262-6713 Campus Visit: (218) 322-2340 Campus Visit: (218) 749-0314 City/Population: Brooklyn Park/75,781 Mailing Address: Mailing Address: Mailing Address: Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,447 1515 E. 25th St., Hibbing, MN 55746 1851 E. Highway 169, Grand Rapids, MN 55744 1001 W. Chestnut St.,Virginia, MN 55792 FAFSA Code: 002370 City/Population: Hibbing/16,361 City/Population: Grand Rapids/10,869 City/Population: Virginia/8,712; Eveleth/3,718

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,308 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,307 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,293 FAFSA Code: 002355 FAFSA Code: 002356 FAFSA Code: 004009

Enrollment: Enrollment: Enrollment: Total number students served ...... 2,040 Total number students served ...... 1,612 Total number students served ...... 2,345 Full-time ...... 66.3% Full-time ...... 71.8% Full-time ...... 59.3% Part-time ...... 33.7% Part-time ...... 28.2% Part-time ...... 40.7% Percent female ...... 54.0% Percent female ...... 47.8% Percent female ...... 43.8% Percent male...... 45.9% Percent male ...... 52.0% Percent male ...... 55.9% Percent students of color ...... 12.2% Percent students of color ...... 12.5% Percent students of color...... 13.1%

Largest programs: Nursing, law enforcement, Largest programs: Liberal arts, engineering, Largest programs: Transfer programs, industrial electrical maintenance, automotive, liberal arts transfer, natural resources, practical nursing, psychology mechanical technology, nursing, welding diesel mechanic Unique programs: Class Act (for students Unique programs: Human services, human Unique programs: Pharmacy technician, solar interested in education); engineering; psychology; wildland services - chemical dependency specialist and graphic photovoltaic, elder care/gerontology, industrial systems firefighting; natural resources/GIS; industrial technology: design media technology, professional truck driver power generation, and pulp and paper technology; strategic security studies; health science Highlights Highlights Located in the heart of beautiful northeastern Minnesota, “Dream and Achieve” at Hibbing Community College, Highlights Mesabi Range has small class sizes that lead to personal which offers a mix of traditional liberal arts courses Itasca is the best place to start. attention and interaction with other students. and innovative career programs to prepare students for :: :: transfer or immediate employment. Students will find More than $100,000 in scholarships are awarded to The college foundation awards $105,000 in scholarships a wide range of opportunities to nurture their strengths students annually annually :: :: and a welcoming environment for all ages and stages of Itasca faculty and staff take time to listen and help Strong tradition of successful athletics, student professional development. students succeed government and student life :: Minnesota northwoods location is perfect for outdoor activities. :: Women’s volleyball, basketball, softball and golf; men’s :: Variety of academic- and career-related clubs, student :: Itasca’s instructors take time to listen and help you football, basketball, baseball and golf government, SKills USA, environmental group, theater, succeed :: International study, student government, theater, Phi service learning, study abroad, varsity and intramural :: Itasca has residence halls on campus and an adjacent Theta Kappa honor society, career program clubs, and a athletics and more student apartment complex. A list of available housing in strong student life program :: Women’s volleyball, basketball, softball, golf; men’s the community is also available :: Semi-furnished apartments on campus basketball, baseball and golf; coed club soccer :: Women’s volleyball, basketball, softball; men’s football, :: Excellent placement rates and high paying jobs in many :: The college has convenient furnished on-campus housing basketball, wrestling, baseball career programs :: Itasca is known as a learning community college where students experience a high level of curricular and co-curricular engagement with faculty and staff, and have opportunities for project-based learning within their chosen fields of study through practicums, internships, class projects and/or attending, national conferences State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 25 Rainy River Community College Vermilion Community College Northland Community and Technical College www.rainyriver.edu www.vcc.edu www.northlandcollege.edu

Admissions: (218) 683-8552 Admissions: (218) 285-7722 Admissions: (218) 365-7200 Toll-Free: 1-800-959-6282 Toll-Free: 1-800-456-3996 Toll-Free: 1-800-657-3608 Campus Visit: (218) 683-8801 Campus Visit: (218) 285-7722 Campus Visit: (218) 235-2191 Mailing Address: 1101 Highway 1 E. Mailing Address: Mailing Address: Thief River Falls, MN 56701 1501 Highway 71, International Falls, MN 56649 1900 E. Camp St., Ely, MN 55731 City/Population: East Grand Forks/8,601; City/Population: International Falls/6,424 City/Population: Ely/3,460 Thief River Falls/8,573

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,323 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,323 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,517 FAFSA Code: 002350 FAFSA code: 006775 FAFSA Code: 002385

Enrollment: Enrollment: Enrollment: Housing: Numerous rental units are available in Total number students served ...... 452 Total number students served ...... 976 Total number students served...... 5,328 East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls. Both campuses Full-time ...... 75.1% Full-time ...... 70.3% Full-time ...... 44.5% maintain lists of housing. The Thief River Falls campus has Part-time ...... 24.9% Part-time ...... 29.7% Part-time ...... 55.5% apartment-style housing complexes on campus Percent female ...... 62.2% Percent female ...... 33.1% Percent female...... 58.0% Percent male ...... 37.6% Percent male ...... 66.7% Percent male...... 41.7% Highlights Percent students of color ...... 24.3% Percent students of color...... 11.0% Percent students of color...... 16.1% :: Northland has campuses in East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls Largest programs: Liberal Arts and Sciences, Largest programs: Associate in Arts degree, Degrees offered: Advanced Technical :: More than 100 different career programs and degree Science Education, Math Education, Health Science, and wildland/wildlife law enforcement, natural resource Certificate, Associate in Applied Science, Associate in options are available Industrial Technology technology, forestry Arts, Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma :: Northland has one of the largest liberal arts programs of two-year colleges in northern Minnesota Unique programs: Science Education and Unique programs: Taxidermy, water Largest programs: Practical nursing; liberal :: Flexible scheduling gives students a variety of Math Education quality science, outdoor therapeutic recreation, sports management, park ranger training arts; sales, marketing and management; aviation enrollment options. Students are able to attend full Highlights maintenance technology; associate degree mobility time or part time, and Northland offers hundreds of Located just five minutes from Voyageur’s National Highlights nursing; criminal justice and law enforcement online classes each year Park and the Canadian border, Rainy River Community It doesn’t get any better than this. The outdoor :: The average class size is 22 students College offers a great education with small class sizes, enthusiast will appreciate the many programs and Unique programs: Northland offers many :: Numerous student resources are available, including affordable tuition, and faculty and staff dedicated to your activities that can be offered only on the edge of the exciting programs that lead to great careers. Our career counselors and advisors, libraries, learning success! Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Unmanned Aerial Systems and Imagery Analysis programs services and information technology :: More than $75,000 awarded in scholarships every year :: Vermilion specializes in environmental programs are the first of their kind in the entire nation. We also :: Students on both campuses are invited to participate :: More than 90% of RRCC students receive some form of for students interested in outdoor careers such as are proud to be able to say that we were ranked third in in Pioneer intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and financial aid forestry, fisheries, wildlife, wilderness management, America in Practical Nursing degrees produced. We also student life activities :: Transfer-ready programs outdoor leadership and land surveying have many niche programs like cardiovascular technology, :: Northland is the home of Pioneer 90.1, a 24-kilowatt :: Athletics include NJCAA Division III women’s volleyball, :: Men’s football, basketball, baseball; women’s surgical tech, firefighter-paramedic, aviation maintenance, FM radio station operated by new media production, basketball, and softball; ACHA Division II women’s volleyball, basketball, softball and in-demand careers like welding and commercial students and community volunteers club hockey; NJCAA Division III men’s basketball, and :: On-campus apartment-style housing; a full meal plan vehicle operator training :: Northland Aerospace offers 86,000 square feet of baseball; and men’s extramural hockey is available climate controlled aerospace training at the Thief :: Get involved with Student Senate, Phi Theta Kappa :: Academic and social clubs, including wildlife, honor society, Black Association of Students, wilderness, wingshooters and outdoor pursuits Intercollegiate sports: Women’s River Falls airport Anishinaabe Student Coalition, and other activity- basketball, women’s softball, women’s volleyball, men’s :: Named a “Military Friendly School” based organizations baseball, men’s basketball, men’s football, men’s wrestling :: Northland offers 7 intercollegiate sports for men and :: Rainy Hall on-campus housing features two-bedroom women apartments with full kitchen, bathroom, living and Student activities: Chorus, Community :: Northland offers Unmanned Aerial Systems dining area Band, Intramural Athletics, Jazz Band, PHI THETA KAPPA, Maintenance Training and Imagery Analysis, the Pioneer 90.1 Radio, Student Senate FIRST programs of their kind in America

26 State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Northwest Technical College Pine Technical College www.ntcmn.edu www.pinetech.edu

Admissions: (218) 683-8552 Admissions: (218) 333-6647 Admissions: (320) 629-5100 Toll-Free: 1-800-959-6282 Toll-Free: 1-800-942-8324 Toll-Free: 1-800-521-7463 Campus Visit: (218) 683-8801 Campus Visit: (218) 333-6645 Campus Visit: (320) 629-5100

Mailing Address: 1101 Highway 1 E. Mailing Address: 905 Grant Ave. S.E. Mailing Address: 900 4th St. S.E. Thief River Falls, MN 56701 Bemidji, MN 56601 Pine City, MN 55063 City/Population: East Grand Forks/8,601; City/Population: Bemidji/13,431 City/Population: Pine City/3,123 Thief River Falls/8,573 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,479 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,081 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,517 FAFSA Code: 005759 FAFSA Code: 005535 FAFSA Code: 002385

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: :: Several Associate in Science degree programs Total number students served ...... 1,168 :: Location – Situated in the beautiful north woods Total number students served ...... 1,849 provide students the opportunity to begin a four-year Full-time ...... 37.2% of Minnesota, Northwest Technical College has Full-time ...... 32.0% degree and take advantage of lower tuition rates and Part-time ...... 62.8% a mission to integrate the value of work with Part-time ...... 68.0% smaller class sizes while immediately focusing on a Percent female ...... 69.0% educational experiences to develop resourceful Percent female ...... 57.7% chosen major Percent male ...... 31.0% lifelong learners Percent male ...... 36.8% :: The college’s technical programs prepare students Percent students of color...... 17.4% :: Aligned with Bemidji State University – Northwest Percent students of color ...... 8.2% for job placement and employment. Examples include Technical College and Bemidji State University, automotive technology, accounting, practical nursing, Degrees offered: Associate in Applied just more than two miles away, have a unique Degrees offered: Associate in Applied medical assistant, computer programming, and more Science, Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma relationship that extends many benefits of attending Science, Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma :: A unique associate degree, the A.S. in Broad a four-year university, including housing, meal plans, Science, aligned with Winona State University, allows Largest programs: Automotive service the recreation and fitness center, health services, the Largest programs: Automotive technology, students to pursue careers in a variety of health- technology, child care and education, dental assisting, library, the American Indian Resource Center, clubs business administration, computer programming, related fields medical administrative technology, nursing and campus activities medical assisting, nursing, advanced manufacturing :: A collaboration with Lake Superior College brings :: College and university agreements – Credit students the option to earn an Associate in Arts Unique programs: High performance engine transfer agreements have been established for Unique programs: American Sign Language, degree right at home – without leaving the Pine machinist, sustainable environment technologies, many degree programs to transfer to several business technology, electrocardiography, entrepreneurship, Tech campus community health worker, renewable energy colleges and universities gunsmithing and firearms technology, network :: The college’s use of telecommunications and other :: Online education – Multiple programs and a administration, phlebotomy, human services eligibility worker distance education tools is a national model for Student activities: Direct Wire Club, thorough list of courses are available online colleges and universities Intramural Sports through Bemidji State, Native :: Warm and welcoming – Students experience personal Student activities: Collegiate Entrepreneurs :: A winner of a prestigious health occupations grant, American Student Organization, attention, small classes, accessible faculty, learning Organization, Computer Club, Ever Green Club, Math Club, Pine Tech has an expanded and enhanced lineup of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Student Senate, enrichment services and original artwork on campus Nursing Club, Phi Theta Kappa honor society, Robotics Club, health-focused programs, including a new medical Student Nurses Association :: Campus visit – Campus visits are highly encouraged Shooters Association, Skills USA, Student Senate assistant A.A.S. degree as well as credentialing for students and their families. Visits may be programs in electrocardiography and phlebotomy, Housing: The college is aligned with Bemidji State scheduled by calling (218) 333-6645 or by going to Housing: The college does not have on-campus plus a high-tech, state-of-the-art simulation lab to University, and students are eligible to live in university the college’s website, www.ntcmn.edu student housing; however, many rental options are support all health programs residence halls and purchase a meal plan. Private available within walking distance of the campus :: A vibrant student life environment provides housing information is available on our website Northwest Technical College is aligned opportunities for students from all disciplines to with Bemidji State University. Highlights socialize, network, contribute and participate in the Pine Technical College offers a range of programs with college community flexible scheduling, small class sizes, industry-focused programs, experienced and knowledgeable instructors, and friendly, helpful staff. Graduates are well-prepared to enter their chosen fields or transfer to a university.

State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 27 Ridgewater College Riverland Community College www.ridgewater.edu www.riverland.edu

Admissions: (320) 222-5200 Admissions: (507) 433-0820 Toll-Free: 1-800-722-1151 Toll-Free: 1-800-247-5039 Campus Visit: (320) 222-5200 Campus Visit: (507) 433-0600

Mailing Address: 2101 15th Ave. N.W., Mailing Address: 1900 8th Ave. N.W., Austin, MN 55912 Willmar, MN 56201 City/Population: Albert Lea/18,016; Austin/24,718; City/Population: Hutchinson/14,178; Willmar/19,610 Owatonna/25,599

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,390 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,510 FAFSA Code: 005252 FAFSA Code: 002335

Enrollment: Housing: Ridgewater College has no on-campus Enrollment: Housing: Riverland’s student housing offers an Total number students served ...... 5,762 student housing, but affordable rental units are available Total number students served ...... 4,932 opportunity for 84 students to live on the Austin campus Full-time ...... 58.7% within walking distance of each campus. Check local Full-time ...... 41.4% Part-time ...... 41.3% listings and the college website for housing options Part-time ...... 58.6% Highlights Percent female ...... 52.3% Percent female ...... 54.0% Riverland is a comprehensive community college Percent male ...... 47.4% Highlights Percent male ...... 45.6% inspiring learning for living through a personalized Percent students of color ...... 11.1% :: Technical programs – Learn a trade and get a great job Percent students of color ...... 15.1% educational environment. in two years or less. The college’s high career placement Degrees offered: Advanced Technical rate is evidence that employers love the graduates from Degrees offered: Advanced Technical :: Campuses in Albert Lea, Austin and Owatonna make Certificate, Associate in Applied Science, Associate in the college’s more than 40 degree programs Certificate, Associate in Applied Science, Associate it convenient to earn the first two years of a bachelor’s Arts, Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma :: First two of four – Complete an Associate in Arts or in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate of Fine Arts, degree or complete one of more than 50 career program Associate in Science degree at Ridgewater and you’ll Certificate, Diploma options in accounting, business, business and office Largest programs: Liberal arts and sciences, be well on your way to a bachelor’s degree in virtually technology, construction, computer technology, health, agriculture, nursing/allied health, administrative support, any major Largest programs: Liberal arts and sciences, management, manufacturing, service and transportation veterinary technology :: Online learning – Ridgewater now offers three completely nursing, human services, business, supervisory :: Support services are available to help students improve online associate degrees: liberal arts, computer-aided management, law enforcement, computer technology, study skills, locate resources, address personal issues, Unique programs: Activity director, drafting and design, and law enforcement-peace officer accounting, business and office technology make strong career decisions or arrange the details of advanced collision services, agronomy technology, dairy or corrections, along with dozens of stand-alone courses a smooth college transfer management, calibration engineering technology, GPS/ on the way to your degree Unique programs: Associate in Arts degree :: Riverland awards 12 degrees, diplomas and certificates GIS for agriculture, insurance claim representative, :: Extraordinary value – Paying for college isn’t easy, with business, global studies, music, physical education via distance learning (online and interactive TV). This nondestructive testing technology and you deserve a lot for your dollar. At Ridgewater, or theater emphasis; coaching; production technician; provides flexible scheduling for students your investment in education is taken seriously, and wind turbine technician; solar installer; supervisory :: Big Day on Campus is for high school students to Intercollegiate sports: Women’s student needs take top priority management online experience Riverland. Offered monthly during the Basketball, Women’s Softball, Women’s Volleyball, Men’s :: Great people – Students and alumni note the caring school year, participants tour the campus, hear about Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Men’s Football, Men’s Wrestling and helpful nature of staff and faculty as one of Intercollegiate sports: Women’s student life and meet faculty Ridgewater’s most impressive traits Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Softball, Women’s :: The college features a world-class health science Student activities: Student government, :: Outstanding location – Enjoy the recreation and pace Volleyball, Men’s Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Men’s Soccer education simulation center for nurses, radiographers college ambassadors, choir, theater, Phi Theta Kappa of life in central Minnesota while keeping a short and lab technicians honor society, student and professional organizations, commute to the metro area Student activities: Accent-A Literary Magazine, :: Riverland is among a small group of community dozens of program-related clubs :: Your success matters – Many outstanding support Amnesty International, Christian Fellowship, Criminal colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and services are available at Ridgewater, including Justice Society, Gaming Club, Gay/Straight Alliance, Home Universities system that offer an Associate in on-campus academic support centers, online tutoring, Builders Association, Human Services Club, International Fine Arts degree TRIO Student Support Services and regular student Club, International Friendship Club, Left Ear-Art Club, Music- success workshops College Choir and Frequency, Phi Theta Kappa, Radiography Club, Riverland Nursing Forum, Riverland Student Ambassadors, Skills USA, Student Senate, Theatre 28 State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Rochester Community and Technical College St. Cloud Technical and Community College www.rctc.edu www.sctcc.edu

Admissions: (507) 433-0820 Admissions: (507) 285-7265 Admissions: (320) 308-5089 Toll-Free: 1-800-247-5039 Toll-Free: 1-800-247-1296 Toll-Free: 1-800-222-1009 Campus Visit: (507) 433-0600 Campus Visit: (507) 285-7557 Campus Visit: (320) 308-5000

Mailing Address: 1900 8th Ave. N.W., Austin, MN 55912 Mailing Address: 851 30th Ave. S.E. Mailing Address: 1540 Northway Drive City/Population: Albert Lea/18,016; Austin/24,718; Rochester, MN 55904 St. Cloud, MN 56303 Owatonna/25,599 City/Population: Rochester/106,769 City/Population: St. Cloud/65,842

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,510 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,623 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,301 FAFSA Code: 002335 FAFSA Code: 002373 FAFSA Code: 005534

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: bathrooms. In addition, the greater St. Cloud area offers Total number students served ...... 8,207 Expect More at RCTC! Total number students served ...... 6,195 many housing options that are directly on the public Full-time ...... 46.9% Full-time ...... 46.9% transportation line to connect students to the SCTCC Part-time ...... 53.1% :: Rochester Community and Technical College was Part-time ...... 53.1% campus (and bus transportation is free with your SCTCC Percent female ...... 60.3% founded in 1915 on a motion by Dr. Charles Mayo to Percent female ...... 53.0% Cyclone Student ID card) the Rochester School Board Percent male ...... 39.5% Percent male ...... 47.0% :: Rochester is Minnesota’s oldest original community Percent students of color ...... 13.9% Percent students of color ...... 19.2% college and one of the nation’s oldest original Highlights community colleges St. Cloud Technical and Community College is a regional treasure located in the heart of Central Minnesota and Degrees offered: Associate in Applied :: The college serves approximately 8,200 students in Degrees offered: Advanced Technical Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, credit-based courses and 3,000 students in noncredit Certificate, Associate in Applied Science, Associate in Arts, is the college of choice for quality career, technical and Associate of Fine Arts, Certificate, Diploma courses Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma transferable education. Our mission focuses on highly- skilled employment and life-long learning opportunities. An :: Rochester consistently lands near or at the top of Associate in Arts degree in liberal arts and sciences that the nation’s “Most Livable Cities” lists Liberal arts and science, Largest programs: Liberal arts, nursing, Largest programs: provides the first two years of a four-year degree. health information technology, law enforcement and :: Rochester is Minnesota’s third-largest city and home business management, accounting, nursing to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic and IBM veterinary technology :: An Associate in Arts degree in liberal arts and :: The college offers more than 300 different online Unique programs: Sonography, cardiovascular classes and 70 credit-based programs with more sciences that provides the first two years of a four- technology, water environment technology, civil Unique programs: Dental hygiene, than 130 credential options in the areas of liberal year degree :: environmental science, equine science, horticulture arts, allied health, business, services and technical engineering, health information technology, energy More than 90 career majors that can be completed technology, music education, sport management and career pathways renewal, associate degree in nursing mobility, advertising in two years or less in business management, construction technology, health sciences, information veterinary technology :: Rochester Community and Technical College is part communication and design of a learning alliance with Winona State University. technology, manufacturing, nursing, and transportation. :: Graduates have had more than a 90 percent job Intercollegiate sports: Women’s This long-term collaboration offers certificate Intercollegiate sports: Women’s placement rate in their fields of study over the last basketball, women’s golf, women’s soccer, women’s programs through master’s degrees, all delivered basketball, women’s fast pitch softball, women’s on the Rochester campus five years softball, women’s volleyball, men’s baseball, men’s volleyball, men’s baseball, men’s basketball :: Seamless transfer options to a variety of four-year :: Visit Rochester Community and Technical College on basketball, men’s football, men’s golf, men’s wrestling YouTube or facebook.com/MyRCTC universities for continued study Student activities: More than 20 clubs and :: Cutting-edge simulation labs for dental assistant, :: RCTC is consistently ranked nationally in many of its organizations, including student government, DECA, Student activities: More than 25 student varsity athletic programs. Men’s athletics include dental hygiene, nursing, paramedicine, sonography, clubs and organizations, fine arts opportunities in music football, baseball, basketball, golf and wrestling. Phi Theta Kappa honor society, Skills USA and fine arts and surgical technology programs in our new Health and theater and student government programs Women’s athletics include basketball, golf, soccer, opportunities in writing, theater and music Sciences Building :: softball and volleyball Pioneering programs in water environment technologies, nuclear energy, and nursing (focused on Housing: An apartment complex is located on Housing: St. Cloud Technical and Community care for aging, rural populations) college property and is available for student housing. College collaborates with St. Cloud State University to :: Small class sizes. Flexible course options available provide students with a variety of housing opportunities Additional privately owned apartments are available online, on-site, in the evenings, and early mornings throughout Rochester and surrounding communities only a few miles from our campus, including the new :: More than $150,000 scholarships awarded annually Coborn Plaza Apartments with private bedrooms and :: Child-care facility on campus

State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 29 Saint Paul College South Central College www.saintpaul.edu www.southcentral.edu

Admissions: (651) 846-1600 Admissions: (507) 389-7220 Toll-Free: 1-800-227-6029 Toll-Free: 1-800-722-9359 Campus Visit: (651) 846-1666 Campus Visit: (507) 389-7220

Mailing Address: 235 Marshall Ave. Mailing Address: 1920 Lee Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55102 North Mankato, MN 56003 City/Population: St. Paul/285,068 City/Population: Mankato area/52,703; Faribault/23,352

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,198 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $5,370 FAFSA Code: 005533 FAFSA Code: 005537

Enrollment: Highlights Enrollment: Highlights Total number students served ...... 9,855 Saint Paul College recently was ranked the No. 1 Total number students served ...... 6,152 :: South Central College is a growing comprehensive Full-time ...... 39.1% community college in the nation by Washington Full-time ...... 45.2% community and technical college in two great college Part-time ...... 60.9% Monthly magazine for student engagement in active Part-time ...... 54.8% towns – Faribault and North Mankato. The college Percent female ...... 54.5% and collaborative learning, student-faculty interaction Percent female ...... 50.4% offers students more choices, better value and and support for learning. The college offers 44 associate Percent male ...... 45.2% Percent male ...... 47.4% unlimited opportunities degree programs, including the Associate in Arts degree, Percent students of color ...... 12.7% :: Percent students of color ...... 58.7% and 70 career certificate and diploma programs. The college provides an Associate in Arts degree in liberal arts and sciences that allows students to take Degrees offered: Associate in Applied :: For more than 100 years, Saint Paul College has been Degrees offered: Advanced Technical the first two years of a bachelor’s degree, in addition Science, Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, helping students succeed in high-demand careers Certificate, Associate in Applied Science, Associate in Arts, to more than 50 career and professional majors Certificate, Diploma :: Transfer agreements with four-year colleges and Associate in Science, Certificate, Diploma :: South Central College has a growing online presence universities provide pathways for students to transfer and offers fully accredited courses and majors that Largest programs: Liberal arts and sciences, and continue their higher education. The college Largest programs: Liberal arts and sciences, are taught by the college’s faculty practical nursing, business and computer science, also works with more than 500 business, industry nursing, agribusiness, accounting, computer careers, :: The college emphasizes globalization and integrates American Sign Language interpreter, construction trades and labor representatives to provide employment office technology, marketing management an international perspective into the curriculum opportunities for graduates Several international travel experiences are available Unique programs: Health information :: Advanced technology enhances curriculum and the Unique programs: Agribusiness, biology, to students technology, American Sign Language interpreter and learning experience. Classrooms are equipped with civil engineering technology, community social :: South Central College enjoys established transliterator, land surveying, sheet metal, global trade, state-of-the-art technology, and free WiFi access is service, culinary arts, engineering broad field, graphic partnerships with regional businesses and culinary arts, personal trainer, computer graphics available campuswide communication, legal administrative assistant, industries. This provides great opportunities for and programming, medical laboratory technology, :: The campus is student-oriented, with support mechatronics, medical laboratory technician, community student employment and internships photography entrepreneur services that include academic support and free paramedic, multi-media technology :: South Central College offers career counseling, tutoring, computer labs, academic success services, advising services, TRIO student support services, Student activities: Association for transfer services, career services and access to free Student activities: Anime/Japanese Visual veterans services and academic support services, Computing Machinery, Environmental Action Society, online job postings Culture, Business Professionals of America, Campus including tutoring in math and science, and Muslim Student Association, Phi Theta Kappa, PRISM, :: The Power of You scholarship program provides Activities Board, Campus Crusade, Collegiate DECA, assistance for students with disabilities Respiratory Care Club, Saint Paul College Student qualified students graduating from Minneapolis or St. Environmental Action Group, Film Club, Intercultural :: The college foundations provide more than Senate, Science Club, Scitamard Society, Skills USA, Paul public schools the opportunity to attend Saint Student Organization, Phi Theta Kappa, Photography $250,000 in student scholarships annually, Student Ambassadors, Veterans Center Paul College tuition-free Club, Post Secondary Agriculture, PRIDE, Skills USA, including full-tuition Presidential Scholarships for :: “Start Here” tour and information sessions are every Society for Leadership and Success, Speech and Debate high school seniors demonstrating leadership skills Housing: The college has no on-campus student Tuesday at 10 a.m. and the first and third Wednesday of Team (Forensics), Spotlight (Student Newspaper), while maintaining a 3.75 or greater grade point housing, but many rental units are within walking each month at 6 p.m. Go to www.saintpaul.edu/ Student Nurses Association, Student Senate, UNO average. Scholarship deadline is early March distance of the campus StartHere (Hispanic/Latino Club), Vets Club

Housing: Off-campus housing is available in the area

30 State College Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Choosing a Admissions Requirements The seven state universities generally will accept you as a first-year State University student if you can answer “yes” to at least one of these questions: :: Did you graduate in the top half of your high school class? Minnesota’s seven state universities offer hundreds of :: Did you score 21 or higher on the ACT standardized test? academic programs. You can start at one of the seven :: Did you receive a combined score of 1,000 or higher on the SAT standardized test?

state universities or transfer from a state college or Some state universities may have slightly different admissions requirements. Check with other colleges and universities. the university admissions office for details. If you do not meet the minimum requirements, you may be considered for admission under special provisions.

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Admissions: (218) 755-2040 Highlights Toll-Free: 1-877-236-4354 Bemidji State University is a lakeside campus offering arts, sciences and professional programs in a personal learning Campus Visit: 1-877-236-4354 atmosphere focused on the environment, service and the global family.

Mailing Address: 1500 Birchmont Drive N.E. :: Top tier – Ranked as a “top-tier” Midwest :: Personal attention – Low 21-to-1 ratio of students Bemidji, MN 56601 university for the fifth consecutive year by U.S. to faculty. Professors are readily available outside City/Population: Bemidji/13,431 News and World Report of class :: Nationally recognized – Named one of the nation’s :: Affordable tuition – Students may take 12 to 18 Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $7,856 FAFSA Code: 002336 322 most eco-friendly campuses by The Princeton credits for the same rate. Resident or reciprocity Review tuition rates are available for all undergraduates. :: New on campus – Newly refurbished Birch Hall Some classes and programs apply differential residences, new football/soccer stadium playing tuition rates. About 83 percent of students receive Enrollment: Emphases and options – Exhibit design, construction surface; dramatically increased opportunities for some type of financial aid Total number students served ...... 6,645 management, wetlands ecology, criminalistics, vocal education abroad, with 17 university partners in 12 :: Athletic-academic champions – Nationally Full-time students ...... 71.1% performance, manufacturing technology, studio arts, nations, regional event center and a goal to bring competitive men’s hockey team earned a berth Part-time students ...... 28.9% finance, international business, marketing, medical more international students to campus in the NCAA’s Frozen Four in 2009 and made Percent female ...... 55.4% sciences, accounting information systems, fitness :: Major opportunities – More than 50 majors and the WCHA semifinals in 2011. In past six years, Percent male ...... 44.4% leadership and promotion, medical fitness preprofessional programs, often customizable the track and field program produced 16 All- Percent students of color ...... 8.8% by adding an emphasis area, concentration or America honorees, including three NCAA Division Preprofessional programs – Fourteen programs, specialization; many on-line options, including 400 II individual championships. Nine Bemidji State Degrees offered: Associate degrees, including chiropractic, dentistry, engineering, law, courses and six degree completion programs University athletes have received Academic All- bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, undergraduate medicine, mortuary science, occupational therapy, :: Service-minded – All undergraduates take an America honors since 2000 and graduate certificates optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physical therapy, environment class related to their major. Students :: Outdoor adventures – With a lakeside facility, physician assistant, podiatry, veterinary medicine may obtain a development transcript detailing their the Outdoor Program Center offers an array of Largest programs: Technological studies, co-curricular involvement adventures, from canoeing, cross-country skiing psychology, education, biology, criminal justice, Intercollegiate sports: women’s :: Small classes – Nearly half of the university’s and hiking locally to backpacking and rock climbing business administration, nursing basketball, women’s cross country, women’s golf, classes have 20 or fewer students; only 5 percent in the western United States women’s hockey, women’s soccer, women’s softball, of classes have 50 or more students Unique programs: Entrepreneurship/small women’s tennis, women’s track, women’s volleyball, business management, aquatic biology, environmental men’s baseball, men’s basketball, men’s football, men’s studies, applied engineering, clinical laboratory science, golf, men’s hockey Indian studies, design technology, creative writing, marketing communication, international business, Student activities: Nationally recognized Ojibwe language, art and design Outdoor Program Center with lakeside amenities. More than 85 clubs and organizations such as ceramics, choir, Special options: social work, Spanish, political science and honors. Also PROGRAM MINORS – Applied public policy, chemical special-interest organizations, including Students for the dependency, computer forensics, developmental/ Environment, Council of Indian Students, International adapted physical education, earth science, electronic Student Organization writing, fraud examination, geographic information systems, industrial technology, management information systems, geology, philosophy, women’s studies/gender studies, wetlands ecology, human performance

34 State University Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Metropolitan State University www.metrostate.edu

Admissions: (651) 793-1302 Highlights Campus Visit: (651) 793-1302 :: Meets the unique educational needs of those :: Offers daytime, evening, online and weekend classes Mailing Address: living and working in the metropolitan region as on two main campuses plus several other locations, 700 7th St. E., St. Paul, MN 55106 the premier urban public comprehensive system with comfortable class sizes and flexible, innovative City/Population: St. Paul/285,068 university in the Twin Cities scheduling (Minneapolis campus co-located with Minneapolis/382,578 :: Focuses on providing high-quality, affordable Minneapolis Community and Technical College) Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $6,582 educational programs and services in a student- :: Awards credits for college-level learning that FAFSA Code: 010374 centered environment students gain through non-classroom experience :: Provides more than 50 undergraduate programs and :: Encourages creative learning strategies, such as a number of graduate programs, with the option to online learning, internships and independent study create individualized degree programs :: Collaborates with Hennepin Technical College in Enrollment: Emphases and options - Individualized bachelor’s :: Has faculty who bring both practical and theoretical Brooklyn Park on the Law Enforcement and Criminal Total number students served ...... 11,379 degree, which includes collaborative programs with knowledge to their instruction Justice Education Center Full-time students ...... 34.9% community and technical colleges; urban teacher :: Reflects the area’s rich diversity in its students, :: Works with the Peace Corps to allow volunteers to Part-time students ...... 65.1% programs for elementary, middle school and secondary faculty, staff and community partnerships. earn bachelor’s degrees while serving Percent female ...... 55% licensure; human services bachelor’s degree with focus :: Demonstrates unwavering commitment to civic :: Named the Outstanding Advising Technology Percent male ...... 42% areas, including corrections, disability studies, family engagement Innovation winner by the National Academic Advising Percent students of color...... 32% studies, human services administration, gerontology, Association for the university’s online orientation training and adult development, and violence prevention Degrees offered: Bachelor’s degrees, master’s and intervention degrees, certificates, applied doctorate degrees Student activities: Student Senate, student Largest programs: Individualized studies, newspaper, Universities Activities Board, Theater accounting, business administration, psychology, nursing Underground, International Student Organization, Haute Dish (fine arts magazine), TRIO, Student Union, veterans Unique programs: Applied doctorate in services; interest area and professional-focused student business administration, applied doctorate in nursing organizations, such as Alcohol and Drug Counseling practice, bachelor’s degree completion program for Peace Student Group, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Corps volunteers, computer forensics, dental hygiene, Club, Nursing Student Organization, Psychology Club, early childhood education, law enforcement, advanced Students for Social Change, Student Science Association, dental therapy, registered nurse to master’s degree in Technical Writers Group, Urban Teacher Club; several nursing, screenwriting, technical communication, theater, ethnic- and cultural-specific organizations, such as African urban elementary education American Association, Asian Student Organization, Lavender Bridge (GLBT students), Women Empowered, Special Options: The Latinos, Muslim Student Organization, Voices of Program minors - Advertising, anthropology, biology, Indian Council for Education Success, Computer Forensics child psychology, civic engagement, computer forensics, creative writing, criminal justice, disability studies, Housing: The university has no on-campus housing, educational psychology, environmental communication, but rental units are available within walking distance or on experimental intermedia, gender studies, industrial and local bus lines organizational psychology, media literacy, mental health psychology, practical ethics, project management, religious studies, gerontology, theater, violence prevention and intervention

State University Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 35 Minnesota State University, Mankato www.mnsu.edu Highlights Admissions: (507) 389-1822 Minnesota State Mankato: Where real-world thinking helps students transform big ideas into rewarding futures. Toll-Free: 1-800-722-0544 Campus Visit: 1-800-722-0544 :: One of the Midwest’s most beautiful campuses: 300 :: New high-tech campus buildings: Suite-style residence Mailing Address: acres overlooking the majestic Minnesota River Valley hall, state-of-the-art chemistry building, alternative 122 Taylor Center, Mankato, MN 56001 City/Population: Mankato/52,703 :: Campus tours every weekday at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., energy complex, new student union 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. :: TechRec exercise gym: 50 machines with Internet and Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $7,240 :: Ranked in top quartile of the nation’s four-year colleges cable TV FAFSA Code: 002360 and universities (Forbes America’s Best Colleges) :: 4,800-square-foot student weight room, three student :: More than 18,000 students, including almost 800 basketball and volleyball courts, indoor student walking international students from 90 countries and running track, racquetball and handball courts, group :: More than $120 million available in scholarships, fitness and dance studios and a martial arts room Enrollment: Preprofessional programs – Thirteen: assistantships, grants, work-study and student loans. :: Wireless connectivity throughout campus Total number students served ...... 18,218 chiropractic, dental, engineering, law, medicine, :: Hundreds of student research opportunities in 20 centers :: State’s premiere college theater: 10 acclaimed Full-time students ...... 78.5% mortuary science, occupational therapy, optometry, :: Undergraduates conduct research side-by-side with musicals and plays per academic year in two theaters; Part-time students ...... 21.5% osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, nationally recognized faculty two dance concerts; two touring productions and four Percent female ...... 52.9% podiatry, veterinary medicine :: Four applied doctorate programs: nursing practice, professional summer stock productions Percent male ...... 46.8% educational leadership, counselor education, :: Nationally renowned men’s and women’s basketball, Percent students of color...... 11.5% Intercollegiate sports: Women’s NCAA school psychology NCAA Division I hockey, wrestling, track and swimming. Division l hockey, Division ll basketball, cross country, :: Home of Vikings Training Camp and Timberwolves Degrees offered: Associate degrees, bachelor’s golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, indoor and mini-camp degrees, master’s degrees, undergraduate and graduate outdoor track, volleyball; men’s NCAA Division l hockey, certificates, specialist degrees, applied doctorate degrees Division ll baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor and outdoor track, wrestling Largest programs: Psychology, nursing, management, law enforcement and elementary Student activities: More than 200 clubs education and organizations, including academic student groups, student government and leadership, intramural sports, Unique programs: Athletic training, automotive international student groups, honorary and professional engineering technology, construction management, civil fraternities and sororities, special-interest groups, religious engineering, computer engineering technology, dental organizations hygiene, family consumer science, law enforcement, Scandinavian studies, technical communication, urban Housing: Five residence communities house planning/regional studies 2,700 students, with academic and social opportunities for all students. Suite-style living available in Julia A. Special Options: Sears Residence Community, built in 2008, and Preska Program minors – Aging studies, business Residence Community, opened in 2012. Apartment-style law, corporate and community fitness/wellness, housing and traditional double rooms are available in developmental/adapted physical education, geology, recently renovated halls. Many off-campus rental units Latin American studies, military science for upperclassmen are within easy walking distance from campus Emphases and options – Art teaching, human resource management, elementary/secondary school administration, family nurse practitioner, financial planning, microbiology, music industry audio production, public relations, toxicology

36 State University Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Minnesota State University Moorhead www.mnstate.edu

Admissions: (218) 477-2161 Highlights Toll-Free: 1-800-593-7246 Campus Visit: www.mnstate.edu :: Fargo-Moorhead is a thriving, close-knit community :: Professors teach 99 percent of classes and are located off Interstate 94. Consistently ranked one advisors and mentors. Student-faculty ratio of 18-to-1 Mailing Address: of the safest and best communities in which to encourages undergraduates to participate in faculty- 1104 7th Ave. S., Moorhead, MN 56563 live, it’s a bustling college town with more than mentored research and creative projects, and 72 City/Population: Moorhead/143,569 30,000 students percent of classes have fewer than 30 students :: :: Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $7,337 In a national survey, students say Minnesota Flexible offerings include 76 majors with 172 FAFSA Code: 002367 State University Moorhead is committed to their emphases and options, 9 pre-professional studies personal and professional success through active, programs,10 graduate degrees, 11 certificate collaborative learning and faculty-mentored research programs, 19 areas of teacher licensure preparation, and creative projects plus online and off-site programs in the Twin Cities Enrollment: Emphases and options – Digital arts, computer :: Students routinely earn honors for their academic :: Wellness Center features state-of-the-art equipment, Total number students served ...... 8,772 animation and multimedia, elder law and probate, achievements, including nine Goldwater Scholars rock climbing wall, exercise studio, track and Full-time students ...... 78.5% geoarchaeology, graphic design, health and medical named in 12 years basketball courts Part-time students ...... 21.5% sciences, integrated advertising and public relations, :: Students regularly win regional and national awards :: Success during the 2012-13 athletics season included Percent female ...... 59.8% international business, long-term care administration, in film, mass communications, education, music, a national runner-up in long jump; two Academic All- Percent male ...... 40.0% online journalism, specific special education disabilities theater, art and design, and accounting Americans; six national participants overall in track Percent students of color ...... 9.0% :: The university boasts nine Minnesota Professors and field; a national qualifier in wrestling; two national Preprofessional programs – Chiropractic, dentistry, of the Year in the past 20 years, more than any qualifiers in diving; NSIC tournament first-round wins Degrees offered: Associate degrees, medicine, occupational therapy, optometry, physical other university in a five-state area, including the by both men’s and women’s basketball; and more bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, undergraduate therapy, physician’s assistant, veterinary science 2010 Outstanding U.S. Master’s Universities and than 20 individuals who earned all-NSIC honors and graduate certificates, specialist degrees, applied Colleges Professor :: Campus tours offered 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. doctorate degrees Intercollegiate sports: :: Same tuition rate for 12 to 19 credits is a smart Monday through Friday and select Saturdays Women’s: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, investment. Eighty-five percent of students receive Largest programs: Elementary education, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball financial assistance, with an average aid package of business administration, biosciences, social work, art Men’s: Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Track, $10,027 and average scholarship equal to $1,348 and design Wrestling

Unique programs: Anthropology, athletic Student activities: Meet new friends, training, biotechnology, construction management, develop interpersonal skills and volunteer in more than criminal justice, East Asian studies, elementary inclusive 150 organizations: Academic, culture and language, education, exercise science, film studies, geosciences, Greek life, honorary, publications, religious, service, sports gerontology, graphic communications, health services and recreation, student government and many special administration, international studies, medical physics, interest clubs; club sports and activities, including hockey, music industry, operations management, paralegal, lacrosse, rugby, baseball, soccer, curling, dance, cheer speech/language/hearing science, sustainability team, fencing, marital arts

Special Options: HOUSING: Program minors – Astronomy, communication Eight residence halls and an on-campus apartment studies, East Asian studies, gerontology, language and complex offer a variety of living options for first-year and literacy, leadership studies, religious studies, Spanish, upper-class students. Programmatic offerings, including theater dance, women’s studies 11 Learning Communities, blend residential life with academic interests to create a strong sense of community and a well-rounded college experience

State University Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 37 St. Cloud State University www.stcloudstate.edu

Admissions: (320) 308-2244 Highlights Toll-Free: 1-877-654-7278 Campus Visit: 1-877-654-7278 :: More than 200 undergraduate and 60 graduate :: More than $126 million in scholarships, grants, loans programs in liberal arts, science and engineering, and work opportunities are distributed to students Mailing Address: business, education, health and human services, each year. Seventy-six percent of St. Cloud State 720 4th Ave. S., Saint Cloud, MN 56301-4498 City/Population: St. Cloud/65,842 and public affairs students received financial aid in 2012-13 which :: Thirty years ago, the Herberger Business School included more than $122 million in scholarships, Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $7,217 became nationally and internationally accredited grants, loans and work opportunities FAFSA Code: 002377 :: Minnesota’s largest producer of teachers with :: Designated as a National Center of Academic a national award-winning co-teaching model to Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the enhance classroom-training experience Department of Homeland Security and the National :: $11.3 million facility holds chemistry, biochemistry, Security Agency Enrollment: gerontology, human relations, military science, reading biology, anatomy, immunology, advanced DNA and :: One hour northwest of the Twin Cities in a Total number students served ...... 20,895 instruction, religious studies, technology studies, mammalian cell culture labs metropolitan area of 189,000 Full-time students ...... 65.4% optics, teaching English as a second language, heritage :: Multicultural focus includes nearly 1,000 students :: Successful graduates abound, including concept Part-time students...... 34.6% preservation, forensic science from more than 80 countries on campus and 32 designer TyRuben Ellingson, a 1982 graduate Percent female ...... 52.7% education abroad opportunities who had a creative hand in developing the visual Percent male ...... 47.0% Emphases and options – Rehabilitation counseling, :: Award-winning school newspaper, radio station and effects that helped catapult the movie “Avatar” to Percent students of color...... 12.6% community counseling, astrophysics, public history, public television station unparalleled box-office success, and John Stumpf, a relations, publications, advertising, broadcasting, news 1976 graduate, president and chief executive officer Degrees offered: Associate degrees, editorial, linguistics, piano pedagogy, creative writing, applied of Wells Fargo, one of the country’s largest banks bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, undergraduate statistics, actuarial science, construction management, with 275,000 employees and 6,650 locations and graduate certificates, specialist degrees, applied electro-optics, applied sociology, graphic design doctorate degrees Preprofessional programs – Chiropractic, Largest programs: Management, criminal dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, physical therapy, justice, finance and accounting, mass communications physician assistant, podiatry, veterinary, agriculture, forestry, horticulture, dental hygiene, pharmacy, Unique programs: Applied behavior analysis, occupational therapy, mortuary science applied clinical research, cultural resource management (applied archaeology), engineering management, Intercollegiate sports: Women’s soccer, hydrology, land surveying and mapping, Latin American women’s softball, women’s basketball, women’s cross studies, meteorology, nuclear medicine technology, country, women’s golf, women’s ice hockey, women’s radiologic technology (X-ray and diagnostic imaging), nordic skiing, women’s swimming, women’s tennis, real estate, regulatory affairs and services, small women’s track and field, women’s volleyball, men’s business management, statistics, travel and tourism, baseball, men’s basketball, men’s football, men’s cross women’s studies country, men’s diving, men’s golf, men’s ice hockey, men’s tennis, men’s track and field, men’s wrestling Special Options: Program minors – Developmental and adapted Student activities: Acacia Fraternity, physical education, African studies, American Indian Accounting, Advertising Federation, Advocates for Animals, studies, Chicano/Chicana studies, Asian Pacific American Aero Club, African Student Association, AIESEC, Aikido studies, community health, computer networking and Club, All Tribes Council, Alpha Epsilon Omega, Alpha Eta applications, dance, data communications, East Asian Rho, Alpine Ski and Snowboard, American Association of studies, ethnic studies, geographic information science, Airport Executiv, American Choral Directors Association

38 State University Profiles | www.mnscu.edu Southwest Minnesota State University www.smsu.edu Highlights Admissions: (507) 537-6286 Southwest Minnesota State University is a fully accredited liberal arts institution, the youngest of the seven four-year Toll-Free: 1-800-642-0684 universities within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. The university offers personal Campus Visit: (507) 537-6286 attention, a private school quality education at an affordable public school price. Southwest Minnesota State University Mailing Address: is fully accessible and offers 48 undergraduate majors, 46 minors, four associate degree majors and four master’s 1501 State St., Marshall, MN 56258 programs. A number of “two-plus-two” programs with community colleges within the MnSCU system makes it City/Population: Marshall/13,680 seamless to move from an associate degree to a bachelor’s degree.

Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $7,755 :: :: FAFSA Code: 002375 A challenging and supportive academic environment Major visit days include Mustang Days, Oct. 17-18; at a university where professors, not graduate A Day at SMSU, Nov. 16; Experience SMSU Day/ assistants, teach Hawaiian Night, Feb. 1, 2014; Spring Get Away, April :: The world’s only bachelor’s degree in culinology, 5, 2014. Call 1-800-642-0684 for more information Enrollment: Emphases and options – Sports management, approved by the Research Chefs Association :: A campuswide Undergraduate Research Conference Total number students served ...... 7,909 recreation, public relations, farm management, ag :: Coed Living and Learning Communities, residential each December highlights students’ academic Full-time students ...... 36.0% finance, crops, soils, graphic design, human resources communities that share an academic or special achievements and projects Part-time students ...... 64.0% management, music management, restaurant interest with other residents. These include culinology :: Academic Commons area offers academic support Percent female ...... 58.7% management, hotel management house; access, opportunity and success community; fine services that augment an educational experience that Percent male ...... 41.3% arts community; and the Mustang Traditions house includes small class sizes, a supportive faculty and Percent students of color ...... 8.0% Preprofessional programs – Chiropractic, :: An informative website – www.smsu.edu – will staff, and opportunities to become involved dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, mortuary science, answer your questions and features a virtual tour of :: Online course offerings that help those with busy Degrees offered: Associate degrees, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, campus from any location lifestyles earn a degree bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, undergraduate physical therapy, veterinary medicine :: A new School of Agriculture and Food, which includes :: On- and off-campus master’s degrees in education, and graduate certificates culinology/hospitality, along with agribusiness management, special education, physical education: coaching of Intercollegiate sports: Coed wheelchair agricultural solutions, agronomy and agriculture sport and business Largest programs: Business management, basketball, women’s basketball, women’s golf, women’s :: A new Alumni Plaza, a central gathering place for :: A campus built with accessibility in mind; exercise science, early childhood education, finance, soccer, women’s softball, women’s tennis, women’s students and a site for a variety of campus events: interconnected academic buildings mean 72 degrees, elementary education volleyball, women’s cross country, women’s indoor and concerts, barbecues, speakers, performances and even in the middle of winter outdoor track and field. men’s baseball, men’s basketball, out-of-classroom academic and social events :: NCAA Division II athletics; member of Northern Sun Unique programs: RN to BSN, culinology, men’s football, men’s wrestling, men’s cross country and :: Renovated state-of-the-art science labs Intercollegiate Conference hospitality management, agronomy, agricultural men’s indoor and outdoor track and field :: More than $150 million in construction, renovation and solutions, global studies, radio and TV, professional infrastructure upgrades the past decade writing and communication, environmental science, Student activities: More than 90 clubs creative writing, English for speakers of other languages and organizations, including student government, newspaper, literary magazine, radio and TV, fine arts; Special Options: social, environmental, recreational, political, sports and Program minors – Agronomy, advertising design, academic clubs and organizations art/graphic design, biology, computer science, criminal justice, economics, special ed, literature, geology, environmental science, exercise science, finance, French, Hispanic studies, history, management, marketing, math, music, philosophy, pre-law, adapted physical education, coaching, physics, political science, public administration, psychology, social welfare, sociology, Spanish, speech communication, public relations, theatre, acting/directing, women’s studies

State University Profiles | www.mnscu.edu 39 Winona State University www.winona.edu

Admissions: (507) 457-5100 Highlights Toll-Free: 1-(800) 342-5978 Campus Visit: 1-800-DIAL-WSU :: Nationally ranked: Winona State University is :: Winona State University Goes Green: Sustainability ranked as the second best public institution in is a core university-wide commitment. The Mailing Address: Minnesota by U.S. News and World Report, has university is a signatory of the American Colleges 170 West Sanborn Maxwell Hall 106 been listed among the “Best in the Midwest” by and Universities Presidents Climate Commitment Winona, MN 55987 City/Population: Winona/27,592 The Princeton Review for nine years in a row and and a partner in Sustain Winona, a community- has been recognized as one of America’s 100 Best based initiative dedicated to energy conservation, Tuition and Fees (2013-2014): $7,423 College Buys for 17 consecutive years renewable energy technologies and pollution FAFSA Code: 002394 :: Academically focused: Winona State University prevention strategies offers 83 academic majors, 10 preprofessional :: Transforming education: As one of 14 institutions options, nine master’s options and one doctoral partnering with the Bush Foundation, Winona Enrollment: Preprofessional programs – Dentistry, engineering, program at its campuses in Winona and Rochester State University’s Teach 21 is set to receive up Total number students served ...... 9,978 law, medicine, mortuary science, optometry, pharmacy, :: e-Warrior Digital Life and Learning program: Winona to $4 million over the next decade to increase Full-time students ...... 86.2% physical therapy, physician assistant, veterinary medicine State is the first public university in the Midwest to educational achievement in Minnesota, North Part-time students ...... 13.8% offer a tablet and a laptop to all students. 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