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Minnesota Private Colleges & Universities
Independent Colleges, Schools, and Universities
First, let it be said that Minnesota colleges are cold. If you can get past the brutal winters, you are in for a real treat. That is because schools and universities in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" place a premium on education. In Minnesota, college students are often viewed as
the state's most valuable resource; a far cry from the early days when fur trading and fishing were the number one candidates.
Minnesota private colleges and universities offer a wide range of education programs with degrees and certificates up to the doctoral level, as well as professional degrees such as law and medicine. These Minnesota private schools are diverse in character, academic emphasis, and origins. Some private
colleges or schools have a religious affiliation; others are secular. Private colleges and universities may be profit or non-profit institutions. Typically, Minnesota independent colleges or private schools give weight to personal characteristics and activities in addition to considering GPA and
test scores. While many Minnesota private schools are considerably more expensive than comparable state institutions, they also tend to offer more generous financial aid packages. Many students have found the actual out-of-pocket cost to earn a degree from a private college in Minnesota to be less than
the cost of the state schools to which they were accepted. On the one hand, public colleges are usually less expensive, particularly for in-state residents. They get most of their money from the state or local government. Check out your state's Guide to Residency. Minnesota private colleges rely on
tuition, fees, endowments, and other private sources of funding. On the other hand, Minnesota private colleges are usually smaller and can offer more personalized attention (and some believe, more prestige).
Minnesota Private Colleges and Universities
The Minnesota Private College Council, Fund and Research Foundation are related non-profit organizations that represent private higher education in Minnesota. Members of the organizations are 17 private, four-year liberal arts colleges. Our mission is to preserve and enhance quality
private higher education to serve the education and economic needs of our region while strengthening our cultural and economic fabric.
The organizations share a common goal: to create policy and funding conditions which allow any qualified Minnesota student the opportunity to attend a Minnesota private college. We serve our member colleges through: government relations and public policy development; research and analysis; communications;
fundraising partnerships with corporations and foundations; and grant acquisition and administration.
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The following directory of Minnesota universities and colleges allows prospective students to gain a better understanding of the different majors, course offerings, locations, costs, and other important details about individual programs. |
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MN Online Degrees
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A college degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by Minnesota institutions of higher education, such as colleges or universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.
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