Minot State University Overview

Minot State University is a public institution located in Minot, North Dakota. Minot is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is Minot State University Known For?

• The highest award offered at MSU is the post-master's certificate.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 47% of the faculty were full-time.

Minot State University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

MSU has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#38	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at MSU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Education Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards MSU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#9	Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#18	Best Social Work Schools	College Factual
#18	Best Social Work Schools	College Factual
#36	Best Public Administration & Social Service Schools	College Factual
#154	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools	College Factual
#154	Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	College Factual

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/minotstateuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/Minotstateu

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	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into MSU?

The acceptance rate at Minot State University is 77%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 76%.

Average Test Scores

About 12% 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 440 and 540. Math scores were between 440 and 530.

MSU received ACT scores from 76% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 16 and 22. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

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 52% of students took out student loans averaging $5,631 a year. That adds up to $22,524 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MSU is 6.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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.

Online Learning at Minot State University

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 4 master’s degree programs available online at MSU. In 2019-2020, 1,966 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MSU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in North Dakota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of MSU

The following table shows how MSU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Ethnic Studies	#4	#1
Management Information Systems	#4	#4
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	#7	#1
International Business	#13	#1
Marketing	#28	#7
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	#31	#1
Health & Physical Education	#31	#1
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#34	#1
Special Education	#40	#7
General Education	#44	#3
Education	#54	#1
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#66	#10
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#67	#10
Liberal Arts General Studies	#67	#10

Online Growth Rankings of MSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Minot State University was -7.3%. This is the #1,965 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at MSU regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of MSU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Education	4%
Special Education	38%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at MSU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at MSU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Ethnic Studies	#36
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	#52
Management Information Systems	#144
Health & Physical Education	#313
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	#348
Special Education	#441

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
Business Administration & Management	0	0	58	1	15	74
Social Work	0	0	60	0	0	60
Nursing	0	0	54	0	0	54
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	46	0	0	46
Communication Sciences	0	0	13	0	28	41
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	41	0	0	41
Management Information Systems	1	0	11	5	23	40
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	32	0	2	34
Health & Physical Education	0	0	18	0	12	30
Special Education	0	2	12	3	12	29
Marketing	0	0	27	0	0	27
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	26	0	0	26
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	19	0	0	19
General Education	0	0	0	0	17	17
General Psychology	0	0	16	0	0	16
Allied Health Professions	0	0	13	0	0	13
Accounting	0	0	12	0	0	12
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	10	0	0	10
Computer Information Systems	0	0	10	0	0	10
General Biology	0	0	9	0	0	9
International Business	0	0	9	0	0	9
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	9	0	0	9
Entrepreneurial Studies	4	0	4	0	0	8
History	0	0	8	0	0	8
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	8	0	0	8
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	4	0	0	4
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	4	0	4
Sociology	0	0	4	0	0	4
Chemistry	0	0	3	0	0	3
American Sign Language	0	0	2	0	0	2
Mathematics	0	0	2	0	0	2
General English Literature	0	0	1	0	0	1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	1	0	0	1
Arts & Media Management	0	0	1	0	0	1
Music	0	0	1	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
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	0	0	0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	2	544	13	109	673

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.