Minot State University Overview

Minot State University is a public institution located in Minot, North Dakota. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Minot State University Known For?

• MSU has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The highest award offered at MSU is the post-master's certificate.
• In a recent academic period63% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from MSU with a bachelor's degree make about $51,759 a year. That's 27% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Minot State University?

Contact details for MSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	500 University Ave W, Minot, ND 58707
Phone:	701-858-3000
Website:	www.minotstateu.edu

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How Do I Get Into MSU?

You can apply to MSU online at: www.minotstateu.edu/enroll/apply.shtml

Admission Requirements for MSU

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into MSU?

Since MSU has an acceptance rate of 93%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 6% of students accepted to MSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 598. Math scores were between 482 and 580.

MSU received ACT scores from 73% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 22. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 17 and 22.

Can I Afford Minot State University?

The overall average net price of MSU is $17,351. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MSU, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $6,537 a year. That adds up to $26,148 over four years for those students.

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Minot State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,656 undergraduate students at MSU, with 1,836 being full-time and 820 being part-time.

There are also 264 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,836 full-time undergraduates at MSU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	27
Black or African American	54
Hispanic or Latino	151
White	1,231
International Students	225
Other Races/Ethnicities	148

Geographic Diversity

North Dakota students aren't the only ones who study at Minot State University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 58 countries are represented at MSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Nigeria, and South Korea.

Minot State University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	0	65	0	0	65
Business Administration & Management	3	0	42	1	10	56
Special Education	0	1	35	3	15	54
Communication Sciences	0	0	25	0	26	51
Social Work	0	0	51	0	0	51
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	45	0	0	45
Health & Physical Education	0	0	18	0	16	34
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	33	0	0	33
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	26	0	0	26
Marketing	0	0	23	0	0	23
Management Information Systems	0	0	9	0	12	21
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	21	0	0	21
General Biology	0	0	19	0	0	19
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	16	0	0	16
General Education	0	0	0	0	16	16
Accounting	0	0	9	0	0	9
General Psychology	0	0	9	0	0	9
Allied Health Professions	0	0	8	0	0	8
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	8	0	0	8
Computer Information Systems	0	0	7	0	0	7
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	7	0	0	7
Chemistry	0	0	7	0	0	7
International Business	0	0	6	0	0	6
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	6	0	0	6
Romance Languages	4	0	0	0	0	4
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	4	0	0	4
Entrepreneurial Studies	1	0	2	0	0	3
General English Literature	0	0	3	0	0	3
American Sign Language	0	0	3	0	0	3
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	3	0	0	3
Mathematics	0	0	3	0	0	3
Music	0	0	3	0	0	3
Information Technology	0	0	2	0	0	2
Writing Studies	2	0	0	0	0	2
History	0	0	2	0	0	2
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	2	0	0	2
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	2	0	2
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	2	0	0	2
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0	1	1
Classical Languages & Literature	1	0	0	0	0	1
Germanic Languages	1	0	0	0	0	1
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business Support & Assistant Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Communication Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Programming	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Data Analytics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sociology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arts & Media Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	12	1	524	6	96	639

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.