University Of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities was established in 1851 and is the oldest campus in the University of Minnesota system. It enrolls over 50,000 students every semester on its two locations in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The University of Minnesota system has over 400,000 alumni. The campus locations stretch over 1,200 acres of land with the Mississippi River winding through the flagship Minneapolis site.

Established as a land-grant college, the U of M is a public research university with over $600 million in sponsored research awards annually

U of M is divided into the following academic divisions:

• Carlson School of Management
• College of Biological Sciences
• College of Continuing Education
• College of Design
• College of Education and Human Development
• College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
• Institute of Technology
• Law School
• Medical School
• School of Dentistry
• School of Nursing
• School of Public Health

Times Higher Education of 2007 ranked U of M 142nd among the World's Top 200 Universities.

Between The school's faculty and alumni there have been over 17 Nobel laureates. Notable alumni include: Hubert Humphrey, former US Vice President and 1968 Democratic nominee for President; Walter Mondale, former US Vice President and 1984 Democratic nominee for President; Dr. Christiaan Barnard who performed the world's first heart transplant; Earl Bakken, founder of the medical device firm Medtronic; Deke Slayton, Mercury Seven astronaut; Eddie Albert, actor; Bob Dylan, singer/songwriter (did not graduate); Yanni, pianist and composer; and Jessica Lange, actress.

U of M's intercollegiate sports teams are known as the Golden Gophers. They are members of the Big Ten Conference and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in the NCAA.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in conservation and resource management, science, and medicine.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Selective admissions.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

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

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

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

In 2009-2010, 83% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 51,140 in 2009-2010 (48,035 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 51% of enrolled students and graduate students are 49%.

Students under 25 years old represent 63% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Minnesota provides on-campus housing for 6,339 of its 48,035 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 279 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 210 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Minnesota offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (71 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agricultural Economics
• Agriculture
• Crop Production
• Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (76 awarded)

• Animal Sciences
• Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (288 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Architecture and Related Services
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Environmental Design/Architecture
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (130 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,478 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Related Services
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Insurance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Labor and Industrial Relations
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Retailing and Retail Operations
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (328 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (179 awarded)

• Environmental Studies
• Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
• Forestry
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Natural Resources and Conservation
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
• Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (45 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles
• Building/Construction Finishing, Management, & Inspection

DESIGN (79 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Fashion/Apparel Design
• Graphic Design
• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (80 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (915 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
• Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented
• Educational Evaluation and Research
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
• Technical Teacher Education
• Trade and Industrial Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (896 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
• Archeology
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Transportation and Highway Engineering
• Water Resources Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (389 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Economics and Related Services
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Housing and Human Environments
• Public Administration
• Public Administration and Social Service Professions
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (53 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

FUNERAL AND MORTUARY SCIENCE (29 awarded)

• Funeral Service and Mortuary Science

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (55 awarded)

• Horticultural Science
• Plant Sciences
• Soil Science and Agronomy

LAW (279 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (2,159 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American Indian/Native American Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Applied Economics
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Area Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• East Asian Studies
• Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• European Studies/Civilization
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• Hebrew Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Language Interpretation and Translation
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Portuguese Language and Literature
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Sociology
• South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (161 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (418 awarded)

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

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (121 awarded)

• Environmental Health
• Health and Medical Administrative Services
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management
• Medical Informatics
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
• Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (121 awarded)

• Allied Health Diagnostic/Intervention/Treatment Professions, Oth
• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Dental Services and Allied Professions
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
• Ophthalmic/Optometric Support Svcs and Allied Professions
• Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

MEDICINE (1,004 awarded)

• Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
• Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
• Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Public Health
• Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)

MUSIC (99 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (323 awarded)

• Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (341 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Nutrition Sciences
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (39 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies
• Film/Video and Photographic Arts

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (52 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (959 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Atomic/Molecular Physics
• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biophysics
• Biostatistics
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Cell Physiology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Entomology
• Epidemiology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
• Microbiology
• Pharmacology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
• Toxicology

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (8 awarded)

• Science Technologies/Technicians

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (108 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (693 awarded)

• Communication Disorders
• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
• Music Therapy/Therapist
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling