Educating students since 1869 on the Mississippi River in Central Minnesota. Education for Life.
An award-winning regional public university, St. Cloud State is located about an hour northwest of Minneapolis, along the oak-crowned west bank of the Mississippi River.
The 100-acre campus is between downtown St. Cloud and the Beaver Islands, a group of more than 30 islands that form a natural maze for a two-mile stretch of the river.
St. Cloud State by the numbers:
* Fall 2015 enrollment was 15,461, including 1,832 graduate students.
* The Bridges is a scenic 2.72-mile exercise route.
* Hundreds of courses offered online each semester.
* More than 3,000 degrees conferred in 2014-15
* Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education has 300 survivor videos.
* The University’s first building was purchased in 1869 for $3,000.
* Herb Brooks National Hockey Center hosts college hockey's fiercest fans.
* Noted economists have spoken at the Winter Institute for more than 50 years.
Education for Life
Students can earn bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, as well as certificates.
