Itasca is a public, two-year college located in northern Minnesota, an area that boasts 1,000 lakes and the mighty Mississippi River. Students enroll here because they can get the big college experience on a much smaller and more personal scale.

At Itasca, students can complete an associate degree and transfer to a four-year college, or they can choose one of our career programs and enter the job market. Our instructors take the time to listen and give students the assistance they need. The faculty uses innovative teaching methods like learning communities and paired classes to encourage critical thinking and problem solving, helping students to learn and grow globally. Internships, cooperative education, and special classroom projects connect students to the community and help build lifelong skills.

Featured programs at Itasca include engineering, natural resources, education, nursing, power generation, business, mass communications, pulp and paper, American Indian studies, psychology, early childhood education, wildland firefighting, and geography/geographic information systems.

Quick Facts:

• is accredited by the Higher Learning Commision of the North Central Association of Colleges.
• Itasca community college's motto is "The Best Place to Start."
• There are approximately 1,200 students enrolled at this Minnesota college.
• The average class size at Itasca is 24 students.
• Itasca offers Division III varsity sports including football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, volleyball, softball, and men and women's basketball.
• Itasca was founded in 1922.

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