Company description
Minnesota State University (MSU) is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 50,000 located 85 miles southwest of Minneapolis-St.Paul.
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- Mission
- Minnesota State Mankato seeks to be known as a University where people expect to go further than they thought possible by combining knowledge and the passion to achieve great things. Our foundation for this vision is our heritage of both dedicated teaching and direct application of knowledge to improve a diverse community and world. Approximately 85 miles southwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota State Mankato sits atop 303 acres overlooking the Minnesota River Valley; Greater Mankato has a population of nearly 50,000. Minnesota State Mankato at 7700 France Avenue in Edina serves students in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area with classes in more than 20 areas of study, including graduate education in business, educational leadership and nursing. The University community consists of more than 14,500 students including nearly 600 international students from 72 countries, approximately 1,800 faculty and staff, including more than 640 teaching faculty, 78 percent with terminal degrees, more than 1,000 students of color and more than 100,000 alumni worldwide The University offers more than 150 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs including four applied doctorates. These programs are offered through six academic colleges: Allied Health and Nursing; Arts and Humanities; Business; Education; Science, Engineering and Technology; and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Academic quality as recognized by 24 national accrediting agencies including the North Central Association of Colleges and AACSB International (MBA program) One of 11 US universities to receive Campus Technology magazine's 2009 Campus Technology Innovator award. Applied research opportunities through the Center for Applied Social Services; Center on Aging; Center for Continuous Learning; Center for School-University Partnerships; Force Science Research Center; International Renewable Energy Technology Institute; Kessel Institute for the Study of Peace and Change; Minnesota Center for Automotive Research; Minnesota Center for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence; Minnesota Rapid Prototyping & Production Center; Space Image Processing Center; Strategic Business, Education and Regional Partnerships; the annual Undergraduate Research Conference; and the Water Resources Center. Opportunities for global learning through international partnerships with universities, businesses and organizations; and international lectures and cultural events including the annual International Festival and annual Asian-Pacific American, Pan-African Leadership, Native Nations, and Chicano-Latino conferences Four of the Minnesota Department of Education's TRIO programs (Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Educational Talent Search and McNair Achievement) serving both underrepresented pre-college and college students NCAA Division I WCHA men's and women's hockey; NCAA Division II men's baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling; and NCAA Division II women's basketball (2009 National Champions), bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, and volleyball. A vibrant campus life with more than 200 academic student groups, intramural sports, leadership and religious organizations, honorary and professional fraternities and sororities, and special interest groups; a nationally recognized Service-Learning program with more than 2,000 students participating; a Women's Center and an LGBT Center that helped earn Minnesota State Mankato's status as one of the 100 Best Campuses for LGBT students by The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students
- Payment Accepted
- Check, Traveler's Check, Cash, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, Traveler's Check, Cash, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- Costs
- 2010-2011 In-state tuition and fees: $6,724; Out-of-state tuition and fees: $13,472
- Features
- Parking available, Public tours available
- School Type
- Public, 4-year or above
- Entrance Difficulty
- Moderately difficult
- Email
- [email protected]
- City Type
- Remote Town
- Campus Size
- 303 acres
- Selectivity
- selective
- Highest Degree Offered
- Doctoral
- Academic Calendar
- semester
- Application Deadline
- rolling
- Institutional Control
- Public
- Instate Tuition Fees For Grad 1 Yr
- $5675
- Setting
- urban
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $5467
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $5866
- Year Founded
- 1867
- Founded In
- 1867
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Grad
- $284
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $219
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 87.9
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 5644
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 6421
- Graduate Application Fee
- $40
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $20
- Application Fee
- $20
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.mnsu.edu/
