Lake Superior College

City/population: Duluth / 85,439

Tuition and fees (2009-2010): $4,394

FAFSA code: 005757

Enrollment:
Total number students served: 8,344
Full-time students: 46.3%
Part-time students: 53.7%
Percent female: 52.4%
Percent male: 47.6%
Percent students of color: 7.4%

Degrees offered: Associate in Arts, Associate in Fine Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Applied Science, diplomas, certificates

Largest programs: Associate in Arts degree, practical nursing, radiologic technology, associate degree nurse, dental hygiene, fire technology and administration

Unique programs: Professional pilot, paralegal, dialysis patient care technician, sonography

Intercollegiate Sports: Coed varsity curling team - finished third in the National College Tournament

Student activities: Student Senate and more than 40 clubs, including art and ceramics, computer gaming, snowboarding and skiing, curling, chess, intercultural, Spanish, veterans

Housing: Lake Superior College has no on-campus housing but provides information to students seeking housing in the community.

Highlights

Lake Superior College is situated on a wooded campus that overlooks Duluth’s famous harbor and the St. Louis River Valley. It features award-winning architecture, comfortable classrooms, up-to-date technical labs, and beautiful study and library facilities. The natural setting includes an urban forest, nature trails and a trout stream.

• Lake Superior College offers more than 90 technical majors, programs for transfer, continuing education and customized training for business and industry.
• A long-time provider of online education, the college operates one of the largest online instructional programs in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, serving more than 2,200 students and offering more than 165 course sections online. More than 25 percent of the college's credits are provided online. Online programs include dialysis patient care, accounting, business administration, network administration and transfer degrees.
• The college offers semester-abroad programs in Italy and Mexico.
• The Emergency Response Training Center provides world-class training for emergency response professionals, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians.
• The college offers dental hygiene, physical therapy and massage therapy services to students and uninsured area residents through faculty-supervised student clinics.
• As one of the nation's top examples of technology delivery in higher education, the college was ranked 10th among medium-sized community colleges (3,000 - 7,500 students) in the fourth annual Digital Community Colleges Survey.

Last updated: 09/09