A basic list of Minnesota colleges starts with 33 4-year institutions with 500 or more full-time undergraduates. Skip to the end of the article for information to help you start your research to find the best colleges in Minnesota to meet your needs. The list includes information on college tuition costs in Minnesota as well as college endowment data.
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ShareTweet1FlipEmailPin1 SharesEveryone knows that most students don’t pay the full sticker price for college. Now you can find out how much other students are actually paying by using TuitionFit for free. All you have to do is upload a copy of your financial aid award. We’re going to be talking with Mark Salisbury, founder of TuitionFit.org, … Read more
During the college admissions process it’s not uncommon for professionals and parents to throw up their hands up in the air in frustration as they do their best to guide their students. Well, maybe as they do so they can find some assistance from the heavens. After all, sometimes there doesn’t seem to be any better explanation for some admission decisions than it was in the stars. So for those with seniors looking for what comes next after the frantic activity of the fall, the following are some suggestions on what to do in January as you start the waiting period for spring acceptances.
I’m pretty sure the number of students who would want to attend college close to beaches and mountains and with sunny weather outnumbers those that don’t which is why many look for colleges in Los Angeles. With the area’s entertainment industry, international business connections, and tech development, Los Angeles has more than just its climate and geography to appeal to students. Maybe that’s why there are 49 colleges in the greater Los Angeles area (Combined Statistical Area) with 14 of them accepting at least 50% of students while having at least a 50% graduation rate qualifying them as 50-50 schools.
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Recently I was on an online forum where a student was trying to figure out whether to apply to Duke or Washington University in Saint Louis. And, of course, there was discussion of his chances of getting in. The student had outstanding academic credentials, including a 34 ACT score. I pointed out that while that was fine, his credentials were really just the minimum required for entry into these schools. Another student indicated that a 34 ACT score as a “minimum” was obviously ludicrous. Naturally, I now have some numbers to talk about.
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