Minot State University Business Programs

Located in Minot, North Dakota, Minot State University is a public institution. The surrounding location of Minot is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Minot State University?

Contact details for MSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	500 University Ave W, Minot, ND 58707
Phone:	701-858-3000
Website:	www.minotstateu.edu

How Do I Get Into MSU?

You can apply to MSU online at: www.minotstateu.edu/enroll/apply.shtml

Admission Requirements for MSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into MSU?

With an acceptance rate of 93%, MSU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 6% of students accepted to MSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 598. Math scores were between 482 and 580.

MSU received ACT scores from 73% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 22. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 17 and 22.

Can I Afford Minot State University?

The overall average net price of MSU is $17,351. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At MSU, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $6,119 a year. That adds up to $24,476 over four years for those students.

Minot State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,576 undergraduate students at MSU, with 1,840 being full-time and 736 being part-time.

There are also 260 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,840 full-time undergraduates at MSU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Minot State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	21
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	148
White	1,221
International Students	238
Other Races/Ethnicities	159

Geographic Diversity

North Dakota students aren't the only ones who study at Minot State University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 58 countries are represented at MSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Nigeria, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Minot State University

There are 9 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at MSU. In 2022-2023, 1,694 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 5th most popular in North Dakota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Minot State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	53	22	14	89
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	23	0	0	23
General Management Information Systems	0	6	2	8	16
Finance	0	15	0	0	15
Accounting	0	13	0	0	13
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	10	0	0	10
Other Finance and Financial Management Services	0	4	0	0	4
Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	1	2	0	0	3
Other Management Information Systems and Services	0	1	0	0	1
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0	0	0
Business & Office Technology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	127	24	22	174

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.