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There are nearly 200 post-secondary institutions in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1] The Twin Cities campus of the public University of Minnesota is the largest university in the state with 54,890 enrolled at the start of the 2023–24 academic year, making it the ninth-largest American campus by enrollment size.[2] The University of Minnesota system has four other campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester.[3] The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system comprises 37 public universities and on 54 campuses.[4] Minnesota State University, referred to as the flagship of the Minnesota State system, is the second-largest university in the state.
The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul is Minnesota's largest private university or college[5] with a fall 2010 enrollment of 10,815 students.[6] Center City–based Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies is the state's smallest postsecondary institution, while Century College in White Bear Lake is Minnesota's largest community and technical college.[7]
The majority of Minnesota's post-secondary institutions are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC),[8] but 22 have received accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).[9] Most are accredited by multiple agencies, such as the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the National League for Nursing (NLNAC), and the American Psychological Association (APA).
While the University of Minnesota was chartered by the state in 1851, it did not operate as a place of higher education for nearly two decades.[10] St. Paul–based Hamline University is considered the state's oldest private college or university, being founded in 1854 as a Methodist coeducational institution.[11] Mayo Medical School, the University of Minnesota, and University of Minnesota Duluth feature the only medical schools in the state.[12] Mitchell Hamline School of Law, the University of Minnesota Law School, and the University of St. Thomas School of Law are American Bar Association-accredited law schools.[13]
Institution | Location(s) | Control | Founded | Closed | Ref |
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Albert Lea College | Albert Lea | Private (Presbyterian) |
1885 | 1973 | |
Argosy University | Eagan | Private for-profit | 2001 | 2019 | [85] |
College of Visual Arts | St. Paul | Private (not-for-profit) |
1924 | 2013 | [86] |
Duluth Business University | Duluth | Private for-profit | 1891[87] | 2018 | [88] |
Fairlakes State Junior College | Fairmont | Public | 1973 | 1975 | [89][90] |
Golden Valley Lutheran College | Golden Valley | Private (Lutheran) |
1919 | 1985 | [91] |
International Center for Naturobioholistic Health and Medicine | Bemidji, Minnesota | Private for-profit
accredited ACICS |
1978 | 1984 | [92] |
Lea College | Albert Lea | Private | 1965 | 1973 | [93] |
Pillsbury Baptist Bible College | Owatonna | Private (Independent Baptist) |
1957 | 2008 | [94] |
College of Saint Teresa | Winona | Private (Roman Catholic) |
1907 | 1989 | [95] |
Southern Minnesota Normal College | Austin | Public | 1897 | 1925 | [96] |
Minnesota Central University | Hastings | Public | 1857 | 1867 | |
University of Minnesota Waseca | Waseca | Public | 1971 | 1992 | [97] |
Brown College | Mendota Heights, Brooklyn Center | Private for-profit | 1946 | 2015 | |
Crossroads College | Rochester | Private (Church of Christ) |
1913 | 2016 | |
Globe University and Minnesota School of Business | multiple | Private for-profit | 1877 | 2016 | |
McNally Smith College of Music | St. Paul | Private for-profit | 1985 | 2017 | |
Minneapolis Business College | Roseville | Private for-profit | 1874 | 2019 | |
CenterPoint Massage & Shiatsu School & Clinic | St. Louis Park | Private for-profit | 2001 | 2021 | |
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There are nearly 200 public and private institutions. The number fluctuates frequently, as there are new institutions in the for-profit sector that become licensed or do not wish to renew their license throughout the year.