University of Minnesota-Morris

Public · Moderately Selective · MN

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School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationMN · Midwest

SettingRural

Undergrads936

Student:faculty9:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate50.3%

6-yr grad rate62.5%

Drop-out rate26.1%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$15k

Out-of-state tuition$17k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity49.9%

Gender diversity52%

International4.4%

Identity—

Overview

The University of Minnesota-Morris is the University of Minnesota system's public liberal-arts campus, on the western Minnesota prairie. The campus grounds once held an American Indian boarding school, and Native American students still attend tuition-free under a longstanding policy tied to that history.

Academics

Undergraduate research is a genuine strength here, with students working directly alongside faculty across the sciences and humanities in ways more typical of a small liberal-arts college than a public university. Class sizes stay small for a public institution.

Campus & student life

The prairie setting is remote and rural, and the campus has built a serious identity around sustainability, including its own wind turbines that supply a meaningful share of campus power — an unusually concrete commitment for a school this size.

Worth knowing

The tuition-free policy for Native American students is a distinctive, historically rooted commitment tied directly to the site's past as a boarding school, and it shapes the campus's Native student population and cultural programming in ways not found at most public liberal-arts colleges.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate74.9%

Enrolled mid-50%ACT 20–26

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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