MINNESOTA WEST COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE X-2

1314 North Hiawatha Ave.
Pipestone, MN 56164
Tel: (507)825-6800
Free: 800-658-2330
Admissions: (507)825-6804
Fax: (507)825-4656
Web Site: http://www.mnwest.mnscu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees (profile contains information from Canby, Granite Falls, Jackson, and Worthington campuses). Founded 1967. Setting: 103-acre rural campus. Total enrollment: 2,917. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 1,911 applied, 83% were admitted. 1% from top 10% of their high school class, 5% from top quarter, 20% from top half. Full-time: 2,207 students, 52% women, 48% men. Part-time: 710 students, 44% women, 56% men. Students come from 25 states and territories, 3 other countries, 11% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 2% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.03% international, 43% 25 or older, 5% transferred in. Retention: 63% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $3968 full-time. Mandatory fees: $351 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to reciprocity agreements.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Major annual events: Snow Week, Campus Olympics. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. College housing not available. Minnesota West Library plus 4 others with 46,057 books, 313 serials, 4,632 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC.