University Of Minnesota-Crookston

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

University of Minnesota Crookston, also known as UMC, is located in Crookston, Minnesota, United States. It was established in the year 1905. It is part of the University of Minnesota system and is the smallest campus. It spreads over an area of more than 230 acres. The university has other campuses located in Duluth, Rochester, Twin Cities, and Morris. The university's five degree-granting academic departments are agriculture; arts, humanities, and social sciences; business; math, science and technology; and natural resources.

UMC has numerous student clubs and organizations including the Campus Crusade for Christ, International and Multicultural Club, Delta Theta Sigma, Animal Science Association, Alpha Eta Rho, and Students in Free Enterprise.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in conservation and resource management, landscaping and horticulture, animal science and care, agricultural science and management, engineering, hospitality, and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High male/female ratio.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Minnesota-Crookston participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 91% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,199 in 2009-2010 (1,450 full-time equivalent).

About 52% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 48% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 85% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 96% are full-time and 4% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Minnesota-Crookston provides on-campus housing for 539 of its 1,450 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 85 male students received the aid (men were 65% of those receiving aid) and 46 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)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (15 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (18 awarded)

• Animal Sciences
• Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (54 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Software Engineering
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (48 awarded)

• Natural Resources/Conservation

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (9 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (21 awarded)

• Industrial Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

• Industrial Technology/Technician

HOSPITALITY (10 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (28 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Horticultural Science
• Plant Sciences
• Turf and Turfgrass Management

LIBERAL ARTS (10 awarded)

• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

MEDIA (4 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (8 awarded)

• Health and Medical Administrative Services

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (3 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (17 awarded)

• Dietitian Assistant
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

SCIENCE (3 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (0 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (0 awarded)

• Industrial and Organizational Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (4 awarded)

• Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology