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List of colleges and universities in Minnesota

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There are nearly 200 post-secondary institutions in the U.S. state of Minnesota.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=869#1 |title=Facts About Institutions |publisher=Minnesota Office of Higher Education |access-date=October 25, 2011 |quote=There are nearly 200 public and private institutions. The number fluctuates frequently, as there are new institutions in the for-profit sector that become licensed or do not wish to renew their license throughout the year.}} The Twin Cities campus of the public University of Minnesota is the largest university in the state with 54,890 enrolled at the start of the 2023–24 academic year, making it the ninth-largest American campus by enrollment size.{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=MN&pg=10&id=174066 |title=College Navigator – University of Minnesota–Twin Cities |publisher=United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences |access-date=October 25, 2011}} The University of Minnesota system has four other campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester.{{cite web|url=http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/campuses/index.html |title=Our Campuses |publisher=University of Minnesota |access-date=October 28, 2011}} The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system comprises 37 public universities and on 54 campuses.{{cite web |url=http://www.mnscu.edu/colleges/campuses.html |title=Learn more about our colleges and universities |publisher=Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System |access-date=October 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026213642/http://www.mnscu.edu/colleges/campuses.html |archive-date=October 26, 2011 }} Minnesota State University, referred to as the flagship of the Minnesota State system, is the second-largest university in the state.

The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul is Minnesota's largest private university or college{{cite web|url=http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=869#2 |title=Facts About Institutions |publisher=Minnesota Office of Higher Education |access-date=October 25, 2011}} with a fall 2010 enrollment of 10,815 students.{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=MN&pg=11&id=174914 |title=College Navigator – University of St. Thomas |publisher=United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences |access-date=October 25, 2011}} Center City–based Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies is the state's smallest postsecondary institution, while Century College in White Bear Lake is Minnesota's largest community and technical college.{{cite news|title=New Century College president was prepared for moving up |first=Tim |last=Harlow |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/east/125959363.html |work=Star Tribune |date=July 23, 2011 |access-date=October 26, 2011}}

The majority of Minnesota's post-secondary institutions are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC),{{cite web|url=http://www.ncahlc.org/component/com_directory/Itemid,/form_submitted,TRUE/institution,/showquery,/state,MN/submit,Search/ |title=The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association |publisher=North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |access-date=October 26, 2011}} but 22 have received accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).{{cite web|url=https://personify.acics.org/Default.aspx?TabId=204 |title=ACICS Member Directory Search |publisher=Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools |access-date=October 26, 2011}} Most are accredited by multiple agencies, such as the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the National League for Nursing (NLNAC), and the American Psychological Association (APA).

While the University of Minnesota was chartered by the state in 1851, it did not operate as a place of higher education for nearly two decades.{{sfn|Jarchow|1973|p=1}} St. Paul–based Hamline University is considered the state's oldest private college or university, being founded in 1854 as a Methodist coeducational institution.{{sfn|Jarchow|1973|pp=7–9}} Mayo Medical School, the University of Minnesota, and University of Minnesota Duluth feature the only medical schools in the state.{{cite web |title=Directory of Accredited Medical Education Programs |url=http://www.lcme.org/directry.htm#Minnesota |publisher=Liaison Committee on Medical Education |access-date=October 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721230902/http://www.lcme.org/directry.htm#Minnesota |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }} Mitchell Hamline School of Law, the University of Minnesota Law School, and the University of St. Thomas School of Law are American Bar Association-accredited law schools.{{cite web|title=School(s) Location and Fees Data – LSAC|url=https://officialguide.lsac.org/Release/SchoolsABAData/SchoolsAndLocation.aspx|publisher=Law School Admission Council|access-date=October 26, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220230558/https://officialguide.lsac.org/Release/SchoolsABAData/SchoolsAndLocation.aspx|archive-date=December 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}

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! scope="col" width="125" | Location(s)

! scope="col" width="100" | Control{{#tag:ref|School control is based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.|group="note"}}

! scope="col" width="100" | Type{{#tag:ref|School types are based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.|group="note"}}

! scope="col" width="100" | Enrollment{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=MN |title=College Navigator |publisher=United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences |access-date=October 11, 2011}}
(fall 2023)

! scope="col" width="100" | Founded

scope="row" |Alexandria Technical and Community College

|align="center"|Alexandria

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"| 2,865

|align="center"|1961{{cite web |url=http://www.alextech.edu/en/AboutATC/History.aspx |title=History |publisher=Alexandria Technical and Community College |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025085359/http://alextech.edu/en/AboutATC/History.aspx |archive-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" |Anoka Technical College

|align="center"|Anoka

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"|1,580

|align="center"|1967{{cite web |url=http://www.anokatech.edu/generic/atchistoryandfastfacts/Index.html |title=History and Facts |publisher=Anoka Technical College |access-date=October 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720035633/http://www.anokatech.edu/generic/atchistoryandfastfacts/Index.html |archive-date=July 20, 2012 }}

scope="row" |Anoka-Ramsey Community College

|align="center"|Coon Rapids, Cambridge

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"|7,902

|align="center"|1965{{cite web |url=http://www.anokaramsey.edu/en/about/Information/History.aspx |title=College History |publisher=Anoka-Ramsey Community College |access-date=October 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214221413/http://anokaramsey.edu/en/about/Information/History.aspx |archive-date=December 14, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Bemidji State University

|align="center"|Bemidji

|Public

| Master's university

|align="center"|4,023

|align="center"|1919{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=123}}

scope="row" |Central Lakes College

|align="center"|Brainerd, Staples

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"|4,633

|align="center"|1938{{cite web|url=http://www.clcmn.edu/general/ |title=General Information |publisher=Central Lakes College |access-date=October 12, 2011}}

scope="row" |Century College

|align="center"|White Bear Lake

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"|7,646

|align="center"|1967{{cite web |url=http://century.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={042FE9EE-C557-4040-9C83-FCBE1C004CF3} |title=History of Century College |publisher=Minnesota State Colleges and Universities |access-date=December 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/63svH2sSj?url=http://century.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B042FE9EE-C557-4040-9C83-FCBE1C004CF3%7D |archive-date=December 12, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" |Dakota County Technical College

|align="center"|Rosemount

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"|2,717

|align="center"|1970{{cite web |url=http://www.dctc.mnscu.edu/visitors-community/mission.cfm |title=Mission & Accreditation |publisher=Dakota County Technical College |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929205532/http://www.dctc.mnscu.edu/visitors-community/mission.cfm |archive-date=September 29, 2008 }}

scope="row" |Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

|align="center"|Cloquet

|Public

| Tribal college

|align="center"|1,648

|align="center"|1987{{cite web |url=http://www.fdltcc.edu/aboutfonddulac/history.shtml |title=About Fond du Lac College >> History |publisher=Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College |access-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123071120/http://www.fdltcc.edu/aboutfonddulac/history.shtml |archive-date=January 23, 2012 }}

scope="row" |Hennepin Technical College

|align="center"|Brooklyn Park, Eden Prairie

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"|3,974

|align="center"|1972{{cite web |url=http://www.hennepintech.edu/about/pages/563 |title=History 1970 |publisher=Hennepin Technical College |access-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103050434/http://www.hennepintech.edu/about/pages/563 |archive-date=November 3, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Minnesota North College

|align="center"|Hibbing, Itasca, Eveleth, Mesabi, Vermilion, Rainy River

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"|3,044

|align="center"|1916{{cite web |url=http://www.hibbing.edu/about-hibbing-community-college/about-hibbing-community-college-overview.html |title=About HCC: Overview |publisher=Hibbing Community College |access-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205140103/http://www.hibbing.edu/about-hibbing-community-college/about-hibbing-community-college-overview.html |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" |Inver Hills Community College

|align="center"|Inver Grove Heights

|Public

| Associate's college

|align="center"|3,459

|align="center"|1970{{cite web|url=http://www.inverhills.edu/about/index.aspx |title=Mission and History |publisher=Inver Hills Community College |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Lake Superior College

| align="center" |Duluth

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |3,849

| align="center" |1995{{cite web |url=http://www.lsc.edu/catalog/catalog0305.pdf |title=2003–2005 Catalog |publisher=Lake Superior College |access-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125072008/http://www.lsc.edu/catalog/catalog0305.pdf |archive-date=November 25, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Leech Lake Tribal College

| align="center" |Cass Lake

|Public

| Tribal college

| align="center" |172

| align="center" |1990{{cite web|url=http://www.lltc.edu/about/ |title=About LLTC: History of Leech Lake Tribal College |publisher=Leech Lake Tribal College |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Metropolitan State University

| align="center" |St. Paul, Minneapolis

|Public

| Master's university

| align="center" |6,294

| align="center" |1971{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=130}}

scope="row" |Minneapolis Community and Technical College

| align="center" |Minneapolis

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |6,030

| align="center" |1996{{cite web|url=http://www.minneapolis.edu/About-Us |title=About Us |publisher=Minneapolis Community and Technical College |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Minnesota State College Southeast

| align="center" |Winona, Red Wing

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |1,923

| align="center" |1949{{cite web|url=http://www.southeastmn.edu/about_us/index.aspx?id=197 |title=College History |publisher=Minnesota State College – Southeast Technical |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Minnesota State Community and Technical College

| align="center" |Fergus Falls, Detroit Lakes, Moorhead, Wadena

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |5,282

| align="center" |1960{{sfn|Peterson's|2010|pp=}}

scope="row" |Minnesota State University, Mankato

| align="center" |Mankato

|Public

| Master's university

| align="center" |14,590

| align="center" |1868{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=131}}

scope="row" |Minnesota State University Moorhead

| align="center" |Moorhead

|Public

| Master's university

| align="center" |4,682

| align="center" |1885{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=132}}

scope="row" |Minnesota West Community and Technical College

| align="center" |Granite Falls, Canby, Jackson, Pipestone, Worthington

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |3,352

| align="center" |1967{{sfn|Peterson's|2010|pp=}}

scope="row" |Normandale Community College

| align="center" |Bloomington

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |9,346

| align="center" |1968{{cite web |url=http://www.normandale.edu/about/index.cfm |title=About Normandale |publisher=Normandale Community College |access-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026114926/http://www.normandale.edu/about/index.cfm |archive-date=October 26, 2011 }}

scope="row" |North Hennepin Community College

| align="center" |Brooklyn Park

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |4,896

| align="center" |1966{{sfn|Peterson's|2010|pp=}}

scope="row" |Northland Community & Technical College

| align="center" |Thief River Falls, East Grand Forks

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |2,495

| align="center" |1949{{cite web|url=http://www.northlandcollege.edu/about/history/ |title=College History |publisher=Northland Community and Technical College |access-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010093635/http://northlandcollege.edu/about/history/ |archive-date=October 10, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Northwest Technical College

| align="center" |Bemidji

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |721

| align="center" |1965{{cite web|url=http://www.ntcmn.edu/about/history/ |title=NTC's History |publisher=Northwest Technical College |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Pine Technical and Community College

| align="center" |Pine City

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |1,873

| align="center" |1965{{sfn|Peterson's|2010}}

scope="row" |Ridgewater College

| align="center" |Hutchinson, Willmar

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |2,904

| align="center" |1996{{cite web |url=http://www.mnscu.edu/board/minutes/1996/january.html |title=January 1996 Board Meeting Minutes |publisher=Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System |access-date=October 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605204611/http://www.mnscu.edu/board/minutes/1996/january.html |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://ridgewatericr.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={525DE596-BA01-43B4-BE35-5A3C1B591D1B} |title=Institutional Change Request – Ridgewater College Overview |publisher=Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System |access-date=October 26, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

scope="row" |Riverland Community College

| align="center" |Albert Lea, Austin, Owatonna

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |3,175

| align="center" |1940{{cite web |url=http://www.riverland.edu/discover/History1940-Present.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325174259/http://www.riverland.edu/discover/History1940-Present.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |title=Riverland Community College History, 1940 to Present |publisher=Riverland Community College |access-date=October 25, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Rochester Community and Technical College

| align="center" |Rochester

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |4,482

| align="center" |1915{{cite web |url=http://www.rctc.edu/about/html/rctc_overview.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805181245/http://www.rctc.edu/about/html/rctc_overview.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |title=Comprehensive Overview of RCTC |publisher=Rochester Community and Technical College |access-date=October 25, 2011 }}

scope="row" |St. Cloud State University

| align="center" |St. Cloud

|Public

| Master's university

| align="center" |10,420

| align="center" |1869{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=134}}

scope="row" |St. Cloud Technical and Community College

| align="center" |St. Cloud

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |3,466

| align="center" |1948{{sfn|Peterson's|2010}}

scope="row" |Saint Paul College

| align="center" |St. Paul

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |5,365

| align="center" |1910{{cite web |url=http://www.saintpaul.edu/CurrentStudents/Documents%20%20General%20Information/Facts%20and%20Figures.pdf?Title=UXVpY2sgRmFjdHMgKFBERik= |format=pdf |title=Facts & Figures 2010 – 2011 |publisher=Saint Paul College |access-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217005233/http://www.saintpaul.edu/CurrentStudents/Documents%20%20General%20Information/Facts%20and%20Figures.pdf?Title=UXVpY2sgRmFjdHMgKFBERik= |archive-date=February 17, 2012 }}

scope="row" |South Central College

| align="center" |North Mankato, Faribault

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |2,602

| align="center" |1946{{cite web|url=http://www.southcentral.edu/general/about-scc.html |title=SCC at a Glance |publisher=South Central College |access-date=October 25, 2011}}

scope="row" |Southwest Minnesota State University

| align="center" |Marshall

|Public

| Master's university

| align="center" |6,930

| align="center" |1963{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=136}}

scope="row" |University of Minnesota Crookston

| align="center" |Crookston

|Public

|Baccalaureate college

| align="center" |2,303

| align="center" |1966{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=136}}

scope="row" |University of Minnesota Duluth

| align="center" |Duluth

|Public

| Master's university

| align="center" |9,675

| align="center" |1947{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=137}}

scope="row" |University of Minnesota Morris

| align="center" |Morris

|Public

|Baccalaureate college

| align="center" |1,068

| align="center" |1960{{cite web|url=http://www.morris.umn.edu/about/symbol/ |title=About the University of Minnesota, Morris Symbol |publisher=University of Minnesota Morris |access-date=October 25, 2011}}

scope="row" |University of Minnesota Rochester

| align="center" |Rochester

|Public

| Associate's college

| align="center" |630

| align="center" |1966{{cite web |url=http://r.umn.edu/about-umr/growth/ |title=Growth of UMR |publisher=University of Minnesota Rochester |access-date=October 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102044956/http://r.umn.edu/about-umr/growth/ |archive-date=November 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" |University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

| align="center" |Minneapolis, St. Paul

|Public

| Research university

| align="center" |54,955

| align="center" |1851{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=137}}

scope="row" |White Earth Tribal and Community College

| align="center" |Mahnomen

|Public

| Tribal college

| align="center" |102

| align="center" |1997{{cite web |url=http://www.wetcc.org/about.html |title=About Us |publisher=White Earth Tribal and Community College |access-date=October 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112080145/http://www.wetcc.org/about.html |archive-date=November 12, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" |Winona State University

| align="center" |Winona, Rochester

|Public

| Master's university

| align="center" |6,154

| align="center" |1858{{cite web|url=http://www.winona.edu/aboutwsu.asp |title=About WSU |publisher=Winona State University |access-date=October 25, 2011}}

scope="row" |Academy College

| align="center" |Minneapolis

|Private not-for-profit

|Special-focus institution

| align="center" |105

| align="center" |1936{{cite web|url=http://www.academycollege.edu/about/ |title=Academy College – About Us |publisher=Academy College |access-date=October 11, 2011}}{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=123}}

scope="row" |Adler Graduate School

| align="center" |Minnetonka

|Private not-for-profit

|Special-focus institution

| align="center" |227

| align="center" |1967{{cite web |url=http://www.alfredadler.edu/overview/history.htm |title=AGS History |publisher=Adler Graduate School |access-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916082935/http://www.alfredadler.edu/overview/history.htm |archive-date=September 16, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Augsburg University

| align="center" |Minneapolis

|Private not-for-profit
(Lutheran)

| Master's university

| align="center" |3,088

| align="center" |1869{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=123}}{{cite web|url=http://www.augsburg.edu/about/history.html |title=About Augsburg – History |publisher=Augsburg University |access-date=October 11, 2011}}

scope="row" |Bethany Global University

| align="center" |Bloomington

|Private not-for-profit
(Non-denominational Christian)

|Special-focus institution

| align="center" |261

| align="center" |1948{{cite web|url=https://bethanygu.edu/about/history/ |publisher=Bethany Global University|title=Our History – Bethany Global University }}

scope="row" |Bethany Lutheran College

| align="center" |Mankato

|Private not-for-profit
(Lutheran)

|Baccalaureate college

| align="center" |830

| align="center" |1927{{cite web|url=http://www.blc.edu/our-mission |title=Our Mission |publisher=Bethany Lutheran College |access-date=October 12, 2011}}{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=124}}

scope="row" |Bethel University

| align="center" |Arden Hills

|Private not-for-profit
(Baptist)

| Master's university

| align="center" |3,546

| align="center" |1871{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=124}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bethel.edu/about/mission-history |title=Mission & History |publisher=Bethel University |access-date=October 12, 2011}}

scope="row" |Carleton College

| align="center" |Northfield

|Private not-for-profit

| Baccalaureate college

| align="center" |2,059

| align="center" |1866{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=125}}{{cite web|url=http://apps.carleton.edu/about/ |title=About Carleton |publisher=Carleton College |access-date=October 12, 2011}}

scope="row" |College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

| align="center" |St. Joseph, Collegeville

|Private not-for-profit
(Roman Catholic)

|Baccalaureate college

| align="center" |3,115 (CSB-SJU Combined)

| align="center" |1857 (SJU) 1913 (CSB){{cite web|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/About/College-of-Saint-Benedict.htm |title=College of Saint Benedict |publisher=College of Saint Benedict |access-date=October 12, 2011}}

scope="row" |College of St. Scholastica

| align="center" |Duluth

|Private not-for-profit
(Roman Catholic)

| Master's university

| align="center" |3,207

| align="center" |1912{{cite web|url=http://www.css.edu/About/Fast-Facts.html |title=Fast Facts |publisher=The College of St. Scholastica |access-date=October 12, 2011}}

scope="row" |Concordia College

| align="center" |Moorhead

|Private not-for-profit
(Lutheran)

|Baccalaureate college

| align="center" |1,903

| align="center" |1891{{cite web |url=http://www.cord.edu/About/heritage1.php |title=Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. – History and Lutheran Heritage |publisher=Concordia College, Moorhead |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723200216/http://www.cord.edu/About/heritage1.php |archive-date=July 23, 2012 }}

scope="row" |Concordia University

| align="center" |St. Paul

|Private not-for-profit
(Lutheran)

| Master's university

| align="center" |5,544

| align="center" |1893{{cite web|url=http://www.csp.edu/about-concordia/vision-mission-history/history/ |title=History of Concordia University, St. Paul |publisher=Concordia University, Saint Paul |access-date=October 12, 2011}}{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=127}}

scope="row" |Crown College

| align="center" |St. Bonifacius

|Private not-for-profit
(Christian and Missionary Alliance)

|Baccalaureate college

| align="center" |1,583

| align="center" |1916{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=127}}{{cite web|url=http://www.crown.edu/about/history.html |title=History |publisher=Crown College |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015094844/http://www.crown.edu/about/history.html |archive-date=October 15, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Dunwoody College of Technology

| align="center" |Minneapolis

|Private not-for-profit

| Associate's college

| align="center" |1,359

| align="center" |1914{{cite web |url=http://www.dunwoody.edu/about/index.html |title=About Dunwoody |publisher=Dunwoody College of Technology |access-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107170226/http://www.dunwoody.edu/about/index.html |archive-date=November 7, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Gustavus Adolphus College

| align="center" |St. Peter

|Private not-for-profit
(Lutheran)

|Baccalaureate college

| align="center" |2,072

| align="center" |1862{{cite web|url=https://gustavus.edu/about/ |title=About Gustavus |publisher=Gustavus Adolphus College |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Hamline University

| align="center" |St. Paul

|Private not-for-profit
(Methodist)

| Master's university

| align="center" |2,638

| align="center" |1854{{cite web|url=http://www.hamline.edu/about/history.html |title=Hamline History |publisher=Hamline University |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies

| align="center" |Center City

|Private not-for-profit

|Special-focus institution

| align="center" |147

| align="center" |1999{{cite web|url=http://www.hazelden.org/web/public/document/gsfr_studenthandbook.pdf |title=Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies College Catalog and Student Handbook |publisher=Hazelden Foundation |access-date=October 25, 2011}}

scope="row" |Luther Seminary

|align="center"|St. Paul

|Private not-for-profit
(Lutheran)

|Special-focus institution

|align="center"|410

|align="center"|1869{{cite web|url=http://www.luthersem.edu/about/history.aspx?m=3381 |title=History of Luther Seminary |publisher=Luther Seminary |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Macalester College

|align="center"|St. Paul

|Private not-for-profit
(Presbyterian)

|Baccalaureate college

|align="center"|2,175

|align="center"|1874{{cite web|url=http://www.macalester.edu/about/mission/history/ |title=Macalester's History |publisher=Macalester College |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Martin Luther College

|align="center"|New Ulm

|Private not-for-profit
(Lutheran)

|Baccalaureate college

|align="center"|880

|align="center"|1995{{cite web |url=http://www.mlc-wels.edu/home/about/brief/?searchterm=1995%20founded |title=Introduction to MLC |publisher=Martin Luther College |access-date=October 22, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

scope="row" |Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

|align="center"|Rochester

|Private not-for-profit

|Special-focus institution

|align="center"|1,237

|align="center"|1915{{cite web |url=http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/medical-education.html |title=Education at Mayo |publisher=Mayo Clinic |access-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225040532/http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/medical-education.html |archive-date=February 25, 2011 }}

scope="row" |Minneapolis College of Art and Design

|align="center"|Minneapolis

|Private not-for-profit

|Special-focus institution

|align="center"|821

|align="center"|1886{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=130}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mcad.edu/about-us/history |title=History |publisher=Minneapolis College of Art and Design |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

scope="row" |Mitchell Hamline School of Law

|align="center"|St. Paul

|Private not-for-profit

|Special-focus institution

|align="center"|1,192

|align="center"|1900{{cite web |url=http://www.wmitchell.edu/about/history.html |title=Our History |publisher=William Mitchell College of Law |access-date=January 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101220334/http://www.wmitchell.edu/about/history.html |archive-date=January 1, 2012 }}

scope="row" |North Central University

|align="center"|Minneapolis

|Private not-for-profit
(Assemblies of God)

|Baccalaureate college

|align="center"|992

|align="center"|1930{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=132}}

scope="row" |Northwestern Health Sciences University

|align="center"|Bloomington

|Private not-for-profit

|Special-focus institution

|align="center"|1,031

|align="center"|1941{{cite web|url=http://www.nwhealth.edu/get-to-know/university-history/ |title=Northwestern History |publisher=Northwestern Health Sciences University |access-date=November 27, 2011}}

scope="row" |Oak Hills Christian College

|align="center"|Bemidji

|Private not-for-profit
(Non-denominational Christian)

|Special-focus institution

|align="center"|102

|align="center"|1946{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=133}}

scope="row" |St. Catherine University

|align="center"|St. Paul, Minneapolis

|Private not-for-profit
(Roman Catholic)

| Master's university

|align="center"|3,577

|align="center"|1905{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=134}}

scope="row" |Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

|align="center"|Winona, Minneapolis

|Private not-for-profit
(Roman Catholic)

| Master's university

|align="center"|4,133

|align="center"|1912{{cite web|url=http://www.smumn.edu/welcome-tobrst-marys/about-smu/fast-facts |title=Fast Facts |publisher=Saint Mary's University of Minnesota |access-date=October 25, 2011}}

scope="row" |St. Olaf College

|align="center"|Northfield

|Private not-for-profit
(Lutheran)

|Baccalaureate college

|align="center"|3,046

|align="center"|1874{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=135}}

scope="row" |United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities

|align="center"|St. Paul

|Private not-for-profit
(United Church of Christ)

|Special-focus institution

|align="center"|224

|align="center"|1960{{cite web |url=http://www.unitedseminary.edu/Aboutus/heritage.asp |title=Heritage |publisher=United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities |access-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109130834/http://www.unitedseminary.edu/Aboutus/heritage.asp |archive-date=November 9, 2011 }}

scope="row" |University of Northwestern – St. Paul

|align="center"|Roseville

|Private not-for-profit
(Non-denominational Christian)

|Baccalaureate college

|align="center"|3,253

|align="center"|1902{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|p=133}}

scope="row" |University of St. Thomas

|align="center"|St. Paul, Minneapolis

|Private not-for-profit
(Roman Catholic)

| Doctoral/research university

|align="center"|9,025

|align="center"|1885{{cite web|url=http://www.stthomas.edu/aboutust/history/ |title=University History |publisher=University of St. Thomas |access-date=October 25, 2011}}

scope="row" |Capella University

| align="center" |Minneapolis

|Private for-profit

| Doctoral/research university

| align="center" |39,727

| align="center" |1993{{cite web |url=http://www.capella.edu/about_capella/history.aspx |title=Capella History |publisher=Capella University |access-date=October 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006040917/http://www.capella.edu/about_capella/history.aspx |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" |Rasmussen University

| align="center" |Various

|Private for-profit

| Associate's college

| align="center" |3,058{{#tag:ref|Rasmussen College operates campuses in Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Lake Elmo, Mankato, and St. Cloud.{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=MN&pg=8&id=175014#accred |title=Rasmussen College – Minnesota |publisher=United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences |access-date=October 25, 2011}}{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|pp=133–134}}|group="note"}}

| align="center" |1904{{sfn|Peterson's|2009|pp=133–134}}

scope="row" |Walden University

| align="center" |Minneapolis

|Private for-profit

| Doctoral/research university

| align="center" |42,313

| align="center" |1970{{cite web|url=http://www.waldenu.edu/About-Us/18861.htm |title=Our History |publisher=Walden University |access-date=October 25, 2011}}

Defunct institutions

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left; width:100%; font-size:95%"
scope="col" width="240" | Institution

! scope="col" width="100" | Location(s)

! scope="col" width="100" | Control

! scope="col" width="80" | Founded

! scope="col" width="80" | Closed

! scope="col" width="80" | Ref

scope="row" | Albert Lea College

|align="center"|Albert Lea

|align="center"| Private
(Presbyterian)

|align="center"| 1885

|align="center"| 1973

|align="center"|

scope="row" |Argosy University

|align="center"|Eagan

|align="center"| Private for-profit

|align="center"| 2001

|align="center"| 2019

|align="center"|{{cite news |last1=Douglas-Gabriel |first1=Danielle |title=Argosy University Closes its Doors Students Scramble to Transfer |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/03/09/argosy-university-closes-its-doors-students-scramble-transfer/ |newspaper=Washington Post |publisher=WP Company LLC |access-date=July 30, 2019 |date=March 10, 2019}}

scope="row" |College of Visual Arts

|align="center"|St. Paul

|align="center"| Private
(not-for-profit)

|align="center"| 1924

|align="center"| 2013

|align="center"|[http://www.cva.edu/ www.cva.edu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205035019/http://cva.edu/ |date=December 5, 2006 }}

scope="row" |Duluth Business University

|align="center"|Duluth

|align="center"| Private for-profit

|align="center"| 1891{{cite web |url=http://www.dbumn.edu/staff-connections/staff-profiles.htm |title=Philosophy and Objectives |publisher=Duluth Business University |access-date=October 12, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|align="center"| 2018

|align="center"|{{cite news|last1=Tim|first1=Harlow|title=Duluth's oldest university closing after 126 years|url=http://www.startribune.com/duluth-s-oldest-university-closing-after-126-years/435398893/|access-date=August 9, 2017|publisher=The Minneapolis Startribune|date=July 18, 2017}}

scope="row" |Fairlakes State Junior College

|align="center"|Fairmont

|align="center"| Public

|align="center"| 1973

|align="center"| 1975

|align="center"|{{cite web |url= http://www.hlcommission.org/component/directory/?Itemid=&Action=ShowBasic&instid=42 |date=October 2, 2017|title=Higher Learning Commission}}{{cite web |title= The College That Never Was . . . . . . |url= http://fairmont.org/mchs/TheCollegeThatNeverWas.pdf |website= fairmont.org/mchs |publisher= Martin County Historical Society |access-date=October 26, 2017}}

scope="row"| Golden Valley Lutheran College

|align="center"| Golden Valley

|align="center"| Private
(Lutheran)

|align="center"| 1919

|align="center"| 1985

|align="center"|{{cite web |title=Perpich Center tour creates reunion, sparks memories |url=http://www.mnsun.com/articles/2011/05/25/golden_valley/news/fw26perpichtour.txt |work=The Minnesota Sun |first=Kevyn |last=Burger |date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=October 28, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

scope="row"| International Center for Naturobioholistic Health and Medicine

|align="center"| Bemidji, Minnesota

|align="center"| Private for-profit

accredited ACICS

|align="center"| 1978

|align="center"| 1984

|align="center"|{{cite web |title=International Center for NaturoBioHolistic Health and Medicine |url=https://www.internationalcenterfornaturalhealthandmedicine.org/index.html |access-date=January 28, 2023}}

scope="row"| Lea College

|align="center"| Albert Lea

| align="center"|Private

|align="center"| 1965

|align="center"| 1973

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=Campus Life at Lea College |url=http://www.albertleatribune.com/2011/05/29/campus-life-at-lea-college/ |first=Ed |last=Shannon |work=Albert Lea Tribune |date=May 29, 2011 |access-date=October 28, 2011}}

scope="row"| Pillsbury Baptist Bible College

|align="center"| Owatonna

| align="center"|Private
(Independent Baptist)

|align="center"| 1957

|align="center"| 2008

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=Pillsbury Baptist Bible College closes |url=http://www.owatonna.com/news.php?viewStory=32542 |work=Owatonna People's Press |date=January 11, 2009 |access-date=October 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113164644/http://www.owatonna.com/news.php?viewStory=32542 |archive-date=January 13, 2009 }}

scope="row"| College of Saint Teresa

|align="center"| Winona

| align="center"|Private
(Roman Catholic)

|align="center"| 1907

|align="center"| 1989

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=Historical Background|url=http://www.cstalums.org/about/historical_background.php|publisher=Alumnae Association of the College of Saint Teresa|access-date=October 28, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425120030/http://www.cstalums.org/about/historical_background.php|archive-date=April 25, 2012}}

scope="row"| Southern Minnesota Normal College

|align="center"| Austin

| align="center"|Public

|align="center"| 1897

|align="center"| 1925

|align="center"|{{cite web|title=History of Austin |url=http://www.ci.austin.mn.us/mayors/history.html |publisher=City of Austin, Minnesota |access-date=October 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220001151/http://www.ci.austin.mn.us/mayors/history.html |archive-date=February 20, 2012 }}

scope="row"| Minnesota Central University

|align="center"| Hastings

| align="center"|Public

|align="center"| 1857

|align="center"| 1867

|

scope="row"| University of Minnesota Waseca

|align="center"| Waseca

| align="center"|Public

|align="center"| 1971

|align="center"| 1992

|align="center"|{{cite web |title=UMW/SSA Alumni Association |url=http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu/UMWSSA/index.htm |publisher=University of Minnesota |access-date=October 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628045453/http://sroc.coafes.umn.edu/index.html |archive-date=June 28, 2007 }}

scope="row" |Brown College

|align="center"|Mendota Heights, Brooklyn Center

| align="center"|Private for-profit

|align="center"| 1946

|align="center"| 2015

|align="center"|

scope="row" |Crossroads College

|align="center"|Rochester

| align="center"|Private
(Church of Christ)

|align="center"| 1913

|align="center"| 2016

|align="center"|

{{Cite web|title=How many colleges and universities have closed since 2016?|url=https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-many-colleges-and-universities-have-closed-since-2016/539379/|website=Education Dive|language=en-US|access-date=May 14, 2020}}

scope="row" |Globe University and Minnesota School of Business

|align="center"|multiple

| align="center"|Private for-profit

|align="center"| 1877

|align="center"| 2016

|align="center"|

scope="row" |McNally Smith College of Music

|align="center"|St. Paul

| align="center"|Private for-profit

|align="center"| 1985

|align="center"| 2017

|align="center"|

Minneapolis Business College

|Roseville

|Private for-profit

|1874

|2019

|

CenterPoint Massage & Shiatsu School & Clinic

|St. Louis Park

|Private for-profit

|2001

|2021

|

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Out-of-state institutions

Key

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left; width:auto; font-size:90%"
scope="col" | Abbreviation

! scope="col" | Accrediting agency

AAMFT

|American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

AANA

|American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

ABA

|American Bar Association

ACICS

|Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

ACME

|Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education

ACPE

|Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

ADA

|American Dental Association

ADA

|American Dietetic Association

AOTA

|American Occupational Therapy Association

APA

|American Psychological Association

APTA

|American Physical Therapy Association

ASHA

|American Speech–Language–Hearing Association

CCNE

|Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

JRCERT

|Joint Review Committee on Education Programs in Radiologic Technology

LCME

|Liaison Committee on Medical Education

MSCHE

|Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

NASAD

|National Association of Schools of Art and Design

NASD

|National Association of Schools of Dance

NASM

|National Association of Schools of Music

NAST

|National Association of Schools of Theatre

HLC

|Higher Learning Commission

NCATE

|National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

NLNAC

|National League for Nursing

See also

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Notes

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|first=Merrill E. |last=Jarchow |title=Private Liberal Arts Colleges in Minnesota: Their History and Contributions |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=1973 |isbn=0-87351-081-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_pPIKcRXikC }}
  • {{cite book|title=Colleges in the Midwest: Compare Colleges in Your Region, 24th edition |location=Lawrence Township, New Jersey |publisher=Peterson's |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7689-2690-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mc4PN1nxFEC |ref={{SfnRef|Peterson's|2009}} }}
  • {{cite book|title=Two-Year Colleges 2011, 41st edition |location=Lawrence Township, New Jersey |publisher=Peterson's |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7689-2835-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xc0vIsjDrtIC |ref={{SfnRef|Peterson's|2010}} }}

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