St. Cloud State University

City/Population: St. Cloud / 65,246

Tuition and fees (2009-2010): $6,084

FAFSA code: 002377

Enrollment:
Total number students served: 20,479
Full-time students: 72.9%
Part-time students: 27.1%
Percent female: 54.2%
Percent male: 45.8%
Percent students of color: 7.6%

Degrees offered: Associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, applied doctoral degrees, graduate certificates, specialist degrees, certificates

Largest programs: Mass communications, management, marketing, elementary education, accounting, finance

Unique programs: Meteorology, aviation maintenance management, nuclear medicine technology, radiologic technology (X-ray and diagnostic imaging), computer networking, land surveying and mapping, small business management, statistics, travel and tourism, women's studies, insurance, real estate, Latin American studies, hydrology, regulatory affairs and services, cultural resource management (applied archaeology), engineering management

Special options:

• Program minors: Developmental and adapted physical education; African studies; American Indian studies; Chicano/Chicana studies; community health; computer networking; dance; data communications; East Asian studies; ethnic studies; geographic information systems; gerontology; human relations; military science; outdoor education; reading instruction; religious studies; Russian, Soviet and Eurasian studies; technology studies; therapeutic recreation; optics; teaching English as a Second Language; corrections; private security; heritage preservation
• Emphases & options: Professional flight, rehabilitation counseling, community counseling, astrophysics, public history, public relations, publications, advertising, broadcasting, news editorial, linguistics, piano pedagogy, creative writing, applied statistics, actuarial science, construction management, electro-optics, applied sociology, graphic design, photography, drawing, printing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics
• Preprofessional programs: Chiropractic, dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, physical therapy, physician assistant, podiatry, veterinary, agriculture, forestry, medical records, horticulture, dental hygiene, pharmacy, occupational therapy, mortuary science

Intercollegiate sports: Men's hockey, tennis, basketball, track and field, swimming and diving, cross country, golf, baseball, football, wrestling; women's hockey, volleyball, tennis, basketball, soccer, track and field, Nordic skiing, swimming and diving, cross country, golf, softball

Student activities: Nearly 250 student organizations in the arts, language and culture, politics and social concerns, recreational sports, student government and the Greeks. Club sports such as rowing, rugby, lacrosse and soccer offer additional intercollegiate competition.

Housing: The university offers nine residence halls on campus; apartments and other housing options are nearby.

Highlights

• More than 200 undergraduate and graduate programs in business, fine arts and humanities, social sciences, education, and science and engineering.
• Thirty years ago, the G.R. Herberger College of Business became nationally and internationally accredited. Now in new quarters.
• One of nation's largest producers of teachers with national award-winning co-teaching model to enhance classroom training experience.
• $11.3 million facility holds chemistry, biochemistry, biology, anatomy, immunology, advanced DNA and mammalian cell culture labs.
• Multicultural focus includes 1,130 students from 80 countries on campus and study-abroad programs in 20 countries.
• Students may work on the award-winning school newspaper, radio station or television station regardless of their major.
• More than $100 million in scholarships, grants, loans and work opportunities are distributed to students each year.
• Campus tours can be scheduled online for any weekday of the year.
• One hour north of the Twin Cities in a metropolitan area of 183,000.
• Successful graduates abound, including Corey Tollefson, a 2000 graduate and Oracle retail vice president responsible for the western half of the United States and Canada; and John Stumpf, a 1976 graduate, president and chief executive officer of Wells Fargo, one of the country's largest banks with 275,000 employees and 6,650 locations.

Last updated: 09/09