Mayville State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a quiet rural area.

Overview

Mayville State University was established in 1889 as the Mayville Normal School. Located in Mayville, North Dakota, MaSU is under the North Dakota University System. The university has a sprawling 301-acre campus, and offers enrollment to more than 500 students every year.

Mayville State University has major and minor programs of study in the fields of biology, health, physical education and recreation, business, chemistry, history, computer information systems, early childhood, mathematics, library media and information science, psychology, science, education, English, social science, geography and sociology.

Students of Mayville State University are involved in a variety of clubs and organizations. These include on-campus associations like Alpha Phi Sigma, Campus Crusade, Comet Radio, Science Club, Student Activities Council, Student Senate, Technology Club, Multicultural Club and Newman Club.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, nutrition and exercise therapy, family and social work, and business and management.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Affordable tuition & fees.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 789 in 2009-2010 (579 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 75% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Mayville State provides on-campus housing for 274 of its 579 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 14 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Dakota Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 80 male students received the aid (men were 65% of those receiving aid) and 43 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 35% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (38 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (39 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Geography Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Science Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (11 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
• Child Care and Support Services Management

LIBERAL ARTS (3 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Social Sciences

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (10 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (2 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Office Management and Supervision

SCIENCE (5 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (5 awarded)

• Psychology