University of Minnesota
Public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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The University of Minnesota (UM) traces its roots to a college preparatory school established in the city of Minneapolis seven years before Minnesota entered the Union in 1858. This school closed its doors during the Civil War, but reopened in 1867.
In 1869, the prep school was reconfigured as an institution of higher learning. Today, that modest college has grown into one of the largest universities in the country, with a student population of around 52,000.
During the 1880s, UM expanded to another campus located in St. Paul, the state capital and the city immediately adjacent to Minneapolis to the east. However, the Minneapolis campus remains by far the larger of the two, sprawling nowadays astride both banks of the Mississippi River as it flows through the heart of the city.
Due to its physical bi-location, albeit under a single administration, the school is now officially known as “University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.” It has become the flagship of a far-flung University of Minnesota System, which also includes colleges located in Crookston, Rochester, Duluth, and Morris.
Some 26 Minnesota-connected people have won the Nobel Prize, including the:
- Physicists, Ernest Lawrence, Walter Brattain, & John Bardeen
- Chemists, Melvin Calvin, William Lipscomb, & Brian Kobilka
- Physiologists, Edward Kendall & Louis Ignarro
- Economists, Milton Friedman, George Stigler, Leonid Hurwicz & Robert Shiller
- Novelist, Saul Bellow and the songwriter, Bob Dylan for literature
Other famous Minnesota alumni and faculty include:
- Actors, Henry Fonda, E.G. Marshall & Jessica Lange
- Novelist, Robert Penn Warren
- Poets, Allen Tate, James Wright & John Berryman
- Folklorist, Jack Zipes
- Author and radio host, Garrison Keillor
- Op-ed columnists, Carl Rowan & Thomas Friedman
- Television journalists, Eric Sevareid & Harry Reasoner
- Plant geneticist, John Sanford
- Primatologist, David Premack
- Psychologist, B.F. Skinner
- Philosophers, Herbert Feigl, Hector-Neri Castañeda, Fred Dretske, Keith Lehrer, & Ernest Lepore
- US senator and anti–Vietnam War activist, Eugene McCarthy
- US Supreme Court Justice, Warren Burger
- Civil rights activists, Roy Wilkins & Whitney Young
- Vice presidents of the US, Hubert Humphrey & Walter Mondale
Admissions
What does this school look for?
Annual Applications
43,460
Acceptance
52%
Graduation Rate
78%
Median SAT Score
1375
Median ACT Score
28
Costs
How much does it cost to attend?
Tuition (in-state)
$13,058
Fees (in-state)
$1,635
After Graduation
Averages for 10 years after enrolling
Avg Earnings
$61,200
Employed
92%
Campus Life
What's it like to attend this school?
The People
Full time on-campus stats
Student Body
44K
Under-Grads
35K
Graduates
9K
The Campus
Where will you be attending?
Location
100 Church Street SE,
Minneapolis MN
55455-0213
On Campus Crime Rates
Property Crime
8 per 100k
Violent Crime
0 per 100k
City Crime Rates
Property Crime
42 per 100k
Violent Crime
11 per 100k
What is University of Minnesota known for?
Our answer to this is to show you the disciplines in which a school's faculty and alumni have had the highest historical influence. A school may be influential in a discipline even if they do not offer degrees in that area. We've organized two lists to show where they are influential and offer corresponding degrees, and where they are influential through scholarship although they don't offer degrees in the disciplines.
Top areas of influence with degrees offered
Other areas of influence
Influential People
Who are University of Minnesota's Most influential alumni?
University of Minnesota's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Nursing, Education, and Social Work. University of Minnesota’s most academically influential people include Henry M. Morris, Ernest Lawrence, and Arthur Compton.