Lake Superior College
City/population:
Duluth/85,889
Tuition and fees (2007-2008): $4,151
FAFSA code: 005757
Enrollment:
Total number students served: 8,698
Full-year equivalent enrollment: 3,396
Percent female: 51.9%
Percent male: 48.1%
Percent students of color: 6.7%
Degrees offered:
Associate in Arts, Associate in Fine Arts,
Associate in Applied Science, Associate
in Science, diplomas, certificates
Largest programs:
Liberal arts associate degree; associate degree
in nursing, practical nursing, administrative
support, fire technology and administration
Unique programs:
Professional pilot, paralegal, hemodialysis
patient care technician, sonography
Student activities:
Student Senate and more than 30 clubs and
organizations, including art club, intercultural
club, snowboarding/ski club, Fitness Center
Housing:
Lake Superio r College has no on-campus
housing but provides information to students
seeking housing in the community.
Lake Superior College Highlights
Lake Superior College is situated on a wooded
campus that overlooks Duluth's famous harbor.
It features award-winning architecture,
comfortable classrooms, up-to-date technical
labs, and beautiful study and library facilities.
The campus has a natural setting that includes
an urban forest and a trout stream.
- Offers more than 90 technical majors, programs
for transfer, continuing education and
customized training for businesses.
- Operates one of the largest online instructional
programs in the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities system, serving more than 750
full-year-equivalent students and offering
more than 130 courses each semester.
- Offers semester abroad programs in Italy
and Mexico.
- The college's Emergency Response Training
Center provides world-class training for
emergency response professionals, including
firefighters and emergency medical technicians.
- Provides dental hygiene and physical therapy
services to students and uninsured residents
of the region through faculty-supervised
student clinics.
- Honors Online program provides college courses
to high school students via the Internet.
- The college plans to offer expanded programs
for the aviation industry with the establishment
of a center for advanced aviation in 2008.
- A new $12.5 million academic and student
services addition is scheduled to open in
August 2007.
- An online liberal arts associate degree offers
flexible education for busy students.
Last updated: 10/07
