Minnesota State Community and Technical College Business Programs

Minnesota State Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The location of M State is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

Where Is Minnesota State Community and Technical College?

Contact details for M State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1414 College Way, Fergus Falls, MN 56537-1000
Phone:	218-736-1500
Website:	www.minnesota.edu

How Do I Get Into M State?

You can apply to M State online at: https://eservices.minnstate.edu/adm/public/studentWelcome?campusId=142&appType=underGrad

Minnesota State Community and Technical College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Minnesota State Community and Technical College?

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 M State, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $5,291 a year. That adds up to $21,164 over four years for those students.

Minnesota State Community and Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,360 undergraduate students at M State, with 1,905 being full-time and 3,455 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,905 full-time undergraduates at M State, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Minnesota State Community and Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	31
Black or African American	156
Hispanic or Latino	100
White	1,468
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	140

Over 23 countries are represented at M State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Nepal, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Minnesota State Community and Technical College

In 2022-2023, 2,997 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 11th most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Accounting	38%
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	13%
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	31%

Minnesota State Community and Technical College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	0	37	1	38
Accounting	0	34	0	34
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	2	27	0	29
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	0	24	24
General Business/Commerce	0	16	0	16
Construction Management	0	13	0	13
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	2	0	6	8
General Business Administration and Management	0	3	0	3
Entrepreneurship	0	3	0	3
Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations	0	0	0	0
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	4	133	31	168

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.