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DISCOVER. ENGAGE. LEAD. DISCOVER. ENGAGE. LEAD.

DISCOVER.

Let your curiosity lead to discovery.

Find out what you can learn and who you can be.

ENGAGE.

Connect with a vibrant campus community that pulls you in and lets you know you belong.

LEAD.

Learn to lead, blending knowledge, passions, and skills that help you make a difference at SMSU — and beyond.

“The atmosphere we’ve created here is supportive and personal.

It really is like a family.”

DR. KRIS CLEVELAND

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EXERCISE SCIENCE

OUR MISSION

Southwest Minnesota State University prepares students to meet the complex challenges of this century as engaged citizens in their local and global communities. Our comprehensive degree programs, taught in the liberal arts tradition, are dedicated to connecting students’ academic and practical professional development experiences in southwestern Minnesota to the wider world.

SMSU

BY THE NUMBERS

1,947

15

Undergrad Students

Average Class Size

1

92%

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Recently named Safest Campus in Minnesota

Receive Some Form of Financial Aid

99%

Grads Found Employment/ Grad School After Graduation

AREAS OF STUDY. ACCOUNTING •• ACTING/DIRECTING ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT FOR PEACE OFFICERS (BAS) ADVERTISING DESIGN COMMUNICATION AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT •• • AGRICULTURAL FINANCE • FARM MANAGEMENT & MARKETING AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS & LEADERSHIP AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS AGRICULTURE (BAS) AGRONOMY •• ANIMAL SCIENCE APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS ART •• • GRAPHIC DESIGN •• • STUDIO ART •• ART EDUCATION BIOLOGY •• BIOLOGY EDUCATION BUSINESS (SEE FINANCE & MANAGEMENT) BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FOR NON-BUSINESS MAJORS CHEMISTRY •• CHEMISTRY EDUCATION COACHING

COMMUNICATION ARTS & LITERATURE, ENGLISH COMMUNICATION ARTS & LITERATURE, COMMUNICATION STUDIES COMMUNICATION STUDIES •• COMMUNICATION STUDIES: BROADCASTING AND DIGITAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION STUDIES: PUBLIC RELATIONS •• COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH PROMOTION COMPUTER SCIENCE •• CREATIVE WRITING CRIMINAL JUSTICE CULINOLOGY® DATA SCIENCE •• DESIGN/TECHNICAL THEATRE DEVELOPMENTAL ADAPTED PHYSICAL ED ENTREPRENEURSHIP DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL STUDIES (NON-LICENSURE) • EARLY CHILDHOOD • SCHOOL–AGE RECREATION • YOUTH–AT–RISK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ENGLISH •• • CREATIVE WRITING • LITERATURE ••

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION •• ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE • HUMANITY & ENVIRONMENT • NATURAL SCIENCE EXERCISE SCIENCE •• • ALLIED HEALTH • EXERCISE SPECIALIST FILMMAKING FINANCE •• • CORPORATE FINANCE • FINANCIAL PLANNING & INVESTMENTS FINE ARTS FORENSIC ACCOUNTING & FRAUD INVESTIGATION GENERAL STUDIES HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION HEALTH COMMUNICATION HEALTH EDUCATION HISPANIC STUDIES HISTORY •• HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT • CULINARY MANAGEMENT • HOTEL & EVENT MANAGEMENT HOTEL/LODGING MANAGEMENT HUMAN SERVICES INDIGENOUS NATIONS & DAKOTA STUDIES INDIVIDUALIZED INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION

VISIT SMSU.EDU/CATALOG FOR THE NEWEST ACADEMIC PROGRAM INFORMATION INCLUDING GRADUATE & ONLINE PROGRAMS

MANAGEMENT •• • ENTREPRENEURSHIP • GENERAL MANAGEMENT • HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION • HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT •• • SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT •• MANAGEMENT (BAS) MARKETING •• MARKETING (BAS) MATHEMATICS •• MATHEMATICS EDUCATION MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNICATION ARTS/LIT - GR. 5-8 MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS - GR. 5-8 MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE - GR. 5-8 MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES - GR. 5-8 MUSIC •• • INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE • MANAGEMENT • MUSIC IN THE LIBERAL ARTS • PIANO PERFORMANCE/PEDAGOGY • THEORY/COMPOSITION • VOCAL PERFORMANCE MUSIC EDUCATION NURSING (RN TO BSN – RN REQUIRED) NUTRITION PHILOSOPHY PHYSICAL EDUCATION • RECREATION • SPORTS MANAGEMENT PHYSICAL EDUCATION: TEACHING PHYSICS POLITICAL SCIENCE •• PRE-LAW PROFESSIONAL WRITING & COMMUNICATION PSYCHOLOGY BAS = BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE

ALL BAS DEGREES NEED AN AS OR AAS PREVIOUSLY EARNED

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION READING RELIGIOUS STUDIES SOCIAL WORK SOCIOLOGY •• SPANISH SPECIAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDUCATION – ACADEMIC & BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIST SPORTS & PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (TESL) •• THEATRE ARTS •• WOMEN’S STUDIES

PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

BOLD = MAJORS •

EMPHASIS OR CONCENTRATION

•• MAJOR & MINOR OFFERED

Classes Have Less Than 50 Students

11:1

PRE-CHIROPRACTIC PRE-DENTISTRY PRE-ENGINEERING PRE-LAW PRE-MEDICINE PRE-MORTUARY SCIENCE PRE-NURSING PRE-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRE-OPTOMETRY PRE-PHARMACY PRE-PHYSICAL THERAPY PRE-PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRE-VETERINARY MEDICINE

NON-BOLD = MINORS

98%

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

100%

See all current academic programs

Professors Teach All Classes

“The experiential learning opportunities that SMSU has provided me through classes and projects, along with support from career services, have made me feel prepared. I will enter the workforce after graduating to pursue my dream career with confidence.”

MAVI VALENTIN ’22

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT / CURITIBA, BRAZIL Currently pursuing MBA with emphasis in Marketing

HANDS-ON LEARNING.

Top Internships

100%

Programs That Require Capstone/ Internship Experiences

94%

Graduate with at Least 1 Hands-On Learning Experience

• • • • •

American Red Cross USDA-NRCS Schwan’s Company Hershey Better Home & Gardens

CAREER SUCCESS.

Top Employers • • • • • • • •

US Bank Target North Star Mutual Sanford Health 3M Mayo Clinic Marshall Public Schools Sioux Falls School District

Help and support is here. SMSU Career

Services is here to help you with your career development and employment goals.

Top Grad Schools • • • •

25,000 Alumni Worldwide

Harvard University Northwestern Health Sciences Emory University University of Minnesota

3M

$

Gifted to Create North Star Mutual School of Business

We Provide: • Career Exploration & Assessments • Resume & Cover Letter Development • Job & Internship Search Assistance

99%

Grads Found Employment/ Grad School After Graduation

• Practice Interviewing

Learn about our Mustang Promise!

Learn all the things SMSU Career Services can do to help!

www.smsu.edu/go/handshake

Nearly 12,000 job postings for internships/careers

HIGHER EDUCATION. LOWER COST. 10M

$

N E A R L Y

Awarded in Financial Aid

4

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Recently Named Best Affordable School in Minnesota

Instate Tuition For All Students!

SOUTHWEST G U A R A N T E E SMSU’s guaranteed scholarship program for new on-campus, first-year students available to all majors!

Scholarships are automatically awarded with admission.

Scholarship level is based on GPA or ACT score.

Scan to discover your guaranteed scholarship level!

North Star Promise Scholarship

TOP 15

U.S. News & World Report Most Affordable Out-of-State Tuition

The North Star Promise (NSP) Scholarship program creates a tuition and fee-free pathway to higher education for eligible Minnesota residents. It covers the balance of tuition and fees remaining after other

10,962

$

scholarships and grants have been applied.

To learn more go to

Average Financial Aid Package

www.smsu.edu/go/northstarpromise

“The scholarships I receive make things, like living in Sweetland Hall, choosing my meal plan, and ordering textbooks

Prefer a confidential chat about your individual situation?

Contact our Financial Aid Office financialaid@smsu.edu 507-537-6281

much easier. I can be financially stable while attending college without a steady income.”

LEAH AMBORN ’24

EDUCATION STUDIES / SHERBURN, MN

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LIVE ENGAGED. 1

#

Recently Named Safest Campus in Minnesota

35K

Coffees/Frappichinos Made Yearly at the Campus Coffee Shop!

Engage in fun community-building activities like: • • • •

Gold Rush Days • Pumpkin Smashing ResHalloween • Glow in the Dark Mini Golf Open Mic Nights • Casino Night Mac n’ Cheese & Mario Kart

Bond quickly and eat well in the company of friends at one of SMSU’s four dining options on campus:

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Living & Learning Communities

• •

Gold ‘n’ Brew Coffee House • • The Social House

State Street Subs C-Store

#LIVELIFEON

Find all the details about living on campus!

HIGH SUPPORT. LOW STRESS. College can be stressful. We are here to support you in all phases of your journey.

FRESH CHECK DAY

Engaging & uplifting mental health day • Established in 2016

Academic Success

• Supplemental Instruction Peer-facilitated study sessions outside regular class hours.

Health & Wellness

• Health Services Free and confidential services for medical evaluations.

• Writing & Math Lab Available to help you grow in

• Counseling & Testing Licensed

your math & writing skills. Visit the website for further details.

mental health professionals provide counseling services to enrolled students.

• Tutoring We offer free online, on-demand tutoring

• Accessibility Services Available to

through Tutor.com. Tutors are always available, even late at night!

• Office Hours Have questions for your professors? They all have office hours to help you before a test or before an assignment is due. You can also just stop by and say hello!

SMSU students who disclose a disability, request accommodations, and who meet eligibility criteria.

Support Services •

Access Opportunity Success Summer Bridge Jumpstart

•

Mustang Pathway Meets you where you are at and

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Deeann Griebel Student Success Center Assists you in achieving your educational goals by bringing a collection of services together in one location.

is 3-week intensive on-campus summer program designed to help you transition to SMSU.

helps you get on track to a degree.

Student Support • LGBTQ+ Center Provides you with a welcoming and Services friendly space among helpful staff and students.

Veteran’s Center Provides assistance you and your • • Health Services Students receive free andto

family members benefits, VA programs, tricare confidential serviceson foreducation medical evaluations. insurance, and military academic success.

• Counseling & Testing Licensed Mental Health • Professionals Women’s safety and support areCenter here to Find provide counseling with other students identifying as women. services to enrolled students.

• Accessibility Services Provide

accommodations to SMSU students who disclose a disability, request accommodations,See and our who Resource meet eligibility criteria.

Guide for all of our student services!

MUSTANG ATHLETICS

BASEBALL M BASKETBALL M W CHEERLEADING COED CROSS COUNTRY M W ESPORTS COED FOOTBALL M GOLF W SOCCER W SOFTBALL W SWIMMING & DIVING W TENNIS W TRACK & FIELD M W VOLLEYBALL W WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL COED WRESTLING M

CLUB & INTRAMURAL SPORTS

DANCE TEAM SOCCER CLUB BASKETBALL INDOOR VOLLEYBALL SAND VOLLEYBALL SPIKEBALL FLAG FOOTBALL SOCCER KANJAM FRISBEE GOLF

Come to SMSU and start your own intramural or club sport!

28

Academic All-Americans

736

All-NSIC First Team Honorees

8x

Mustangs Earned NCAA DII Award of Excellence

TAKE THE LEAD.

We offer a variety of ways for you to enhance your academic experience beyond the classroom! Perform in a play, attend a concert, or find a volunteer activity!

80+

Clubs & Organizations

2120

Pounds of Donations Made to Mustang Market

You’ll find many different types of activities – choose from: • • • •

Academic Programs Special Interest Groups Student Government Student Activities

• Broadcast Media • Student Publications • Music & Theatre

Don’t find your thing? Come and start your own group!

EXPLORE MARSHALL. SMSU is proud to be in Marshall, Minnesota, a friendly, growing

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City Parks & 1 State Park 10 Miles Away

community of 14,000. Marshall was named one of America’s Best Small Cities. Marshall is home to a number of familiar fast-food chains and big-box stores, but the variety of locally-owned restaurants and unique shops allows

40+

Miles of Bike Trails Surrounding Town

you to discover something new. Plus, it’s an easy drive from the Twin Cities, Sioux Falls, SD, and Fargo, ND. It’s unlike any other small city and it will be your home away from home.

40+

Chain Restaurants & Local Establishments

Learn more about the Marshall Community!

NEXT STEPS TO SMSU. VISIT.

The best way to tell if a school is a good fit for you is to visit!

We have weekday and weekend visits, individual and group options.

APPLY.

Our application is quick and easy!

Receive an admission decision within 10 days based on your self-reported GPA.

MEET YOUR COUNSELOR. We want to help you in your college search! Meet us when we are traveling to your area or connect with us online.

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Email: admission@SMSU.edu Call: 507-537-6286

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