MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD O-2

1104 7th Ave. South
Moorhead, MN 56563-0002
Tel: (218)236-2011
Free: 800-593-7246
Admissions: (218)477-2161
Fax: (218)236-2168
Web Site: http://www.mnstate.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 1885. Setting: 118-acre urban campus. Research spending 2003-04: $45,586. Educational spending 2003-04: $3521 per student. Total enrollment: 7,642. Faculty: 302 (268 full-time, 34 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 25:1. 2,987 applied, 82% were admitted. 9% from top 10% of their high school class, 28% from top quarter, 64% from top half. Full-time: 6,315 students, 60% women, 40% men. Part-time: 896 students, 62% women, 38% men. Students come from 34 states and territories, 32 other countries, 39% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 1% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 19% 25 or older, 27% live on campus, 9% transferred in. Retention: 66% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at North Dakota State University, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), other colleges of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT, PSAT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/7. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $4172 full-time, $139.06 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $4172 full-time, $139.06 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $722 full-time, $82.68 per credit hour part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to reciprocity agreements. College room and board: $4530. College room only: $2714. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 110 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities; 3% of eligible men and 2% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: residence hall associations, Campus Activities Board, Pi Sigma Epsilon, Campus Crusade for Christ, ATransfer Club. Major annual events: Mall Music Madness, Homecoming, Graduation Ceremony. Student 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, controlled dormitory access. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Livingston Lord Library with 367,334 books, 1,539 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.4 million. 450 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:

Consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the country by leading publications, the cities of Moorhead, Minn., and Fargo, N.D. boast a high quality of life based on excellent schools and hospitals, booming business and job growth, superior educational, professional and recreational opportunities, and a safe, clean environment. In 2000 Fargo/Moorhead was awarded The prestigious All-American City Award. More than 20,000 students attend six educational institutions in Fargo-Moorhead. With a metro population of 165,000, the community is a regional center for education, business, communication, finance, health care and entertainment. MSU is just 4 hours from Minneapolis-St. Paul, 3 1/2 hours from Winnipeg, 3 hours from Bismarck, N.D., and 45 minutes from some of the best lake country in Minnesota.