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Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) is a public university in Moorhead, Minnesota, across the Red River of the North from Fargo, North Dakota. The school has an enrollment of 4,679 students as of 2023 and 266 full-time faculty members. MSUM is a part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
The plans for what would become MSUM were laid down in 1885, when the Minnesota State Legislature passed a bill declaring the need for a new state normal school in the Red River Valley, with an eye on Moorhead. The State Senator who proposed the bill, State Senator Solomon Comstock, donated 6 acres (2.4 ha) and appropriated the funds that would go to form "Moorhead Normal School", which opened in 1888. In 1921, the State authorized the school to offer the four-year Bachelor of Science degree in education in order to satisfy the need for high school teachers in northwest Minnesota, and the school became "Moorhead State Teachers College".
With the entrance of World War II, the college entered into a contract with the Army Air Corps to train aviation students. After World War II, enrollment swelled to more than 700 students and the school diversified and broadened into both a liberal arts and professional curriculum. The school began offering a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946 and graduate programs by 1953. As a result of the broadened offerings, by 1957 the name was changed to "Moorhead State College". In 1969, the school joined a cooperative cross-registration exchange with neighboring Concordia College and North Dakota State University, creating the Tri-College University (Replaced by the Metro College Alliance in 2025). The school continued to increase its number of programs and by 1975, the State Legislature that year granted the school university status under the name "Moorhead State University". In 1995, Moorhead State became part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. On July 1, 2000, the school was renamed Minnesota State University Moorhead via a request sent to the board of trustees of the system.
Minnesota State University Moorhead was rated the 18th top liberal arts college in the midwest by TIME magazine in 2008.
The school has gone through many names changes with Moorhead Normal School (1887), Moorhead State Teachers College (1921), Moorhead State College (1957), Moorhead State University (1975) and finally Minnesota State University Moorhead (2000).
MSUM offers 76 undergraduate majors with 99 emphases and 14 graduate degree programs. MSUM's colleges: the College of Arts, Media and Communication; the College of Business and Innovation; the College of Education and Human Services; the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and the College of Science, Health and the Environment.
MSUM is accredited by 14 national accrediting and certification agencies, including the Higher Learning Commission. The MSUM School of Business is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB).
The Nursing program is accredited at both the baccalaureate (BSN) and master's (MS in nursing) levels by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Additional areas of accreditation include: Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Athletic Training; and Teacher Education.
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Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) is a public university in Moorhead, Minnesota, across the Red River of the North from Fargo, North Dakota. The school has an enrollment of 4,679 students as of 2023 and 266 full-time faculty members. MSUM is a part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
The plans for what would become MSUM were laid down in 1885, when the Minnesota State Legislature passed a bill declaring the need for a new state normal school in the Red River Valley, with an eye on Moorhead. The State Senator who proposed the bill, State Senator Solomon Comstock, donated 6 acres (2.4 ha) and appropriated the funds that would go to form "Moorhead Normal School", which opened in 1888. In 1921, the State authorized the school to offer the four-year Bachelor of Science degree in education in order to satisfy the need for high school teachers in northwest Minnesota, and the school became "Moorhead State Teachers College".
With the entrance of World War II, the college entered into a contract with the Army Air Corps to train aviation students. After World War II, enrollment swelled to more than 700 students and the school diversified and broadened into both a liberal arts and professional curriculum. The school began offering a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946 and graduate programs by 1953. As a result of the broadened offerings, by 1957 the name was changed to "Moorhead State College". In 1969, the school joined a cooperative cross-registration exchange with neighboring Concordia College and North Dakota State University, creating the Tri-College University (Replaced by the Metro College Alliance in 2025). The school continued to increase its number of programs and by 1975, the State Legislature that year granted the school university status under the name "Moorhead State University". In 1995, Moorhead State became part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. On July 1, 2000, the school was renamed Minnesota State University Moorhead via a request sent to the board of trustees of the system.
Minnesota State University Moorhead was rated the 18th top liberal arts college in the midwest by TIME magazine in 2008.
The school has gone through many names changes with Moorhead Normal School (1887), Moorhead State Teachers College (1921), Moorhead State College (1957), Moorhead State University (1975) and finally Minnesota State University Moorhead (2000).
MSUM offers 76 undergraduate majors with 99 emphases and 14 graduate degree programs. MSUM's colleges: the College of Arts, Media and Communication; the College of Business and Innovation; the College of Education and Human Services; the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and the College of Science, Health and the Environment.
MSUM is accredited by 14 national accrediting and certification agencies, including the Higher Learning Commission. The MSUM School of Business is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB).
The Nursing program is accredited at both the baccalaureate (BSN) and master's (MS in nursing) levels by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Additional areas of accreditation include: Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Athletic Training; and Teacher Education.