Minnesota State University, Moorhead
1104 Seventh Ave. S
Moorhead, Minn. 56563

is located in the northwestern region of Minnesota, across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota. The university is a part of the active student-centered Fargo-Moorhead community, where more than 25,000 students reside.

Minnesota State University Moorhead gives students a strong liberal arts education with more than 160 majors including 16 preprofessional studies, 13 graduate programs, and over 32 areas in licensure programs through the College of Arts and Sciences, College of business and Industry, College of Education and Human Services, and College of Social and Natural Sciences.

Minnesota State University Moorhead is part of the Tri-College University partnership with Concordia College and North Dakota State University. This partnership allows students enrolled at one of the colleges to take classes at the other universities, with no additional charges or admission procedures.

Quick Facts

Minnesota State University Moorhead extends in-state tuition to all students.

The student body consists of more than 7,600 students hailing from 43 states and 43 countries and four percent are minorities.

The faculty to student ratio is 1 to 23 with an average class size of 24. Almost three-fourths of full-time faculty holds the highest degrees in their respective fields of study.

Fourteen percent of entering freshman are first generation college students.

Minnesota State University Moorhead's top majors are elementary education, mass communications, business administration, art, biology, accounting, psychology, criminal justice, special education, and graphic communications.

There are 850 computers on campus for student use.

Minnesota State University Moorhead's athletic teams are in the National Sun Intercollegiate Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. Minnesota students can participate in basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. There are also spirit squads of cheer team and dance team.

For an enriching college experience, there are student organizations which include Ad Club, Anime Club, Apple User Group, Athletic Training Students Association, Campus Activities Board, Campus Feminist Organization, Campus Freethought Alliance, Cinethusiasts, clubDesign, College Democrats, College Republicans, Colleges Against Cancer, Communicators in Action, Digital Arts Club, Dragons Den Comics, Fantasy Guild, Gamers Club, GEO Club, KMSC Dragon Radio, MSUM Ceramic Guild, Network for Environmentally Educated Dragons, Non-Traditional Student Association, Performance Avenue and a host of other organizations, including sports clubs.

Students who want to experience campus living have a choice of eight residence halls and there is an upper-class apartment complex.

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