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Minnesota State University - Mankato Overview

Minnesota State University - Mankato is a public institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Minnesota State University - Mankato Known For?

2,936 Undergraduate Awards
$24,696 Avg Cost After Aid
71% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Minnesota State Mankato.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 67% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Minnesota State Mankato with a bachelor's degree make about $56,922 a year. That's 40% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Minnesota State University - Mankato?

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Contact details for Minnesota State Mankato are given below.

Contact Details
Address: South Rd And Ellis Ave, Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-389-1866
Website: mnsu.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MNStateMankato
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MNSUMankato

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How Do I Get Into Minnesota State Mankato?

You can apply to Minnesota State Mankato online at: https://mnsu.edu/future-students/apply/

Admission Requirements for Minnesota State Mankato

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 1
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Minnesota State Mankato?

71% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
Minnesota State Mankato has an acceptance rate of 71%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

Minnesota State Mankato received ACT scores from 54% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 22. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 18 and 23.

ACT English Scores for Minnesota State University - Mankato  ( 16 to 22 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Minnesota State University - Mankato  ( 18 to 23 )
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Can I Afford Minnesota State University - Mankato?

$24,696 Net Price
56% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Minnesota State Mankato is $24,696. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Minnesota State Mankato, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $9,511 a year. That adds up to $38,044 over four years for those students.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato Undergraduate Student Diversity

10,526 Full-Time Undergraduates
53% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 12,938 undergraduate students at Minnesota State Mankato, with 10,526 being full-time and 2,412 being part-time.

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There are also 1,823 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,526 full-time undergraduates at Minnesota State Mankato, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Minnesota State University - Mankato students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 391
Black or African American 583
Hispanic or Latino 560
White 7,616
International Students 900
Other Races/Ethnicities 476

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Minnesota State University - Mankato. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 98 countries are represented at Minnesota State Mankato. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nepal, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Minnesota State University - Mankato Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 0 0 353 0 1 19 373
Business Administration & Management 8 0 174 16 22 0 220
Health & Physical Education 0 0 127 0 29 0 156
General Psychology 0 0 153 2 0 0 155
Accounting 0 0 75 35 38 0 148
Special Education 0 0 29 45 66 0 140
Marketing 0 0 138 0 0 0 138
Teacher Education Grade Specific 13 0 87 3 28 0 131
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 73 32 17 0 122
Educational Administration 0 0 0 78 22 11 111
Air Transportation 0 0 105 0 0 0 105
Computer Information Systems 0 0 82 0 22 0 104
Criminal Justice & Corrections 2 0 94 0 1 0 97
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 94 0 0 0 94
Social Work 0 0 59 0 34 0 93
General Biology 0 0 77 0 10 0 87
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 57 0 30 0 87
Communication Sciences 2 0 42 0 40 0 84
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 71 0 0 0 0 71
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 50 1 13 0 64
General Engineering 0 0 63 0 0 0 63
Dental Support Services 0 0 61 0 0 0 61
Construction Management 0 0 59 0 0 0 59
Human Resource Management 0 0 48 0 0 0 48
General English Literature 0 0 7 0 41 0 48
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 45 0 1 0 46
Geography & Cartography 22 0 11 1 10 0 44
Entrepreneurial Studies 42 0 0 0 0 0 42
General Family & Consumer Sciences 1 0 40 0 0 0 41
Civil Engineering 0 0 37 0 0 0 37
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 31 0 6 0 37
Writing Studies 0 0 11 4 20 0 35
History 0 0 24 5 5 0 34
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 33 0 0 0 33
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 26 6 32
Recreation Administration 0 0 31 0 0 0 31
Ethnic Studies 1 0 15 0 8 0 24
Industrial Production Technology 0 0 16 0 5 0 21
Romance Languages 0 0 11 1 9 0 21
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 14 6 0 20
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 20 0 0 0 20
Political Science & Government 0 0 20 0 0 0 20
Sociology 0 0 13 0 7 0 20
General Education 0 0 0 13 6 0 19
Computer Engineering 0 0 19 0 0 0 19
Information Technology 12 0 0 1 4 0 17
International Business 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 13 0 3 0 16
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 15 0 0 0 15
Computer Software & Applications 12 0 0 3 0 0 15
Electrical Engineering 0 0 10 0 5 0 15
Outdoor Education 0 0 0 0 15 0 15
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 14 0 0 0 0 0 14
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
Statistics 0 0 9 0 4 0 13
Economics 0 0 13 0 0 0 13
Anthropology 3 0 9 0 0 0 12
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0 11 0 11
Geological & Earth Sciences 1 0 10 0 0 0 11
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
Music 0 0 5 0 5 0 10
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 9 0 0 0 9
Computer Science 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
Mathematics 0 0 4 0 4 0 8
Arts & Media Management 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
Computer Programming 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 0 7 0 0 0 7
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
American Sign Language 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Physics 0 0 3 0 3 0 6
International Relations & National Security 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
Design & Applied Arts 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Biotechnology 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
Computer Systems Networking 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Medical Illustration & Informatics 3 0 2 0 0 0 5
Dance 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
Food Science Technology 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
Multilingual Education 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Public Health 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Computer Engineering Technology 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Literature 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Cognitive Science 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Plant Sciences 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Area Studies 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Philosophy 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Chemistry 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Urban Studies 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Public Administration 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Student Counseling 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Germanic Languages 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Human Services 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Audiovisual Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 161 71 2,704 263 606 37 3,842

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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