MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO X-8

228 Wiecking Center
Mankato, MN 56001
Tel: (507)389-2463
Free: 800-722-0544
Admissions: (507)389-6670
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.mnsu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1868. Setting: 303-acre small town campus with easy access to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Research spending 2003-04: $928,730. Educational spending 2003-04: $3712 per student. Total enrollment: 14,153. Faculty: 696 (485 full-time, 211 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 23:1. 5,470 applied, 90% were admitted. 7% from top 10% of their high school class, 26% from top quarter, 71% from top half. Full-time: 11,231 students, 53% women, 47% men. Part-time: 1,235 students, 56% women, 44% men. Students come from 44 states and territories, 68 other countries, 12% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 2% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 11% 25 or older, 22% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 78% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; health professions and related sciences; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at other colleges in the Minnesota State College and University System. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, ACT. Required for some: essay, 3 recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $4376 full-time, $175 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $9286 full-time, $370.30 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $712 full-time, $29.59 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and reciprocity agreements. College room and board: $4716. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 170 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 4% of eligible men and 4% of eligible women are members. Major annual events: homecoming events, Welcome Week activities, Frost Days. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, Night Owl security program in residence halls, closed circuit cameras in parking lots. 2,900 college housing spaces available. Option: coed housing available. Memorial Library with 474,252 books, 281,817 microform titles, 3,400 serials, 34,186 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $4.6 million. 900 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Mankato (population 41,000), on a great bend in the Minnesota River, is the trade and distributing center for agricultural southwestern Minnesota. Bus and air service is available. Community facilities include a number of churches, hospitals, and the usual civic and service organizations. About 30 lakes within a 25-mile area provide facilities for all water sports and fishing; other activities include golf, hunting and skiing. Points of interest are the Blue Earth County Historical Society Museum, Minneopa State Park and Sibley Park.