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Mankato State College

Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Motto Big Ideas. Real-world Thinking.
Type Public
Flagship University
Established 1868
Academic affiliation
Endowment $50.6 million
Budget $216.0 million
President Richard Davenport
Academic staff
750 full-time
Administrative staff
1,250
Students 15,193 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 13,371
Postgraduates 1,822
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Location Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.
Campus Mid-size city
303 acres (123 ha)
Colors Purple & Gold          
Nickname Mavericks
Mascot Stomper
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division IINSIC
NCAA Division I - WCHA
Website www.mnsu.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 607
Regional
U.S. News & World Report 103
Master's University class
Washington Monthly 199

Coordinates: 44°08′48″N 93°59′53″W / 44.146617°N 93.998117°W / 44.146617; -93.998117

Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU or MNSU), also known as Minnesota State, is a public comprehensive university located in Mankato, Minnesota. The university sits atop the bluff of the Blue Earth River valley, approximately 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Founded as Mankato Normal School in 1868, it is the second oldest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. It is also the secord largest public university in the state, and has over 116,000 alumni worldwide. It is the most comprehensive of the seven universities and is referred to as the flagship of the Minnesota State Universities and Colleges system. It is an important part of the economy of South-Central Minnesota as it adds more than $452 million to the economy of Minnesota annually.

Minnesota State offers 130 undergraduate programs of study, 75 graduate programs and 4 doctoral programs. Students are served by 750 full-time faculty members creating a 21:1 student to faculty ratio. In addition to the main campus, it operates two satellite campuses: one in the Twin Cities suburb of Edina and the other in Owatonna. Through the College of Extended Learning it provides bachelor's degrees at the Normandale Partnership Center and programs online through an online campus.


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