MINNESOTA STATE COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE-FERGUS FALLS K-3

1414 College Way
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-1009
Tel: (218)739-7500; 888-MY-MSCTC; Admissions: (218)736-1530; Fax: (218)739-7475; Web Site: http://www.minnesota.edu/

Description: State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1960. Setting: 146-acre rural campus. Endowment: $1.4 million. Total enrollment: 1,739. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 744 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 937 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 802 students, 65% women, 35% men. Students come from 12 states and territories, 2 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 2% black, 0.5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 20% 25 or older, 22% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program. Off campus study at other colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission for state residents, except for nursing program. Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: ACT recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $3840 full-time, $120 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7680 full-time, $240 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $560 full-time, $17.75 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, location, and reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, location, and reciprocity agreements.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: Student Senate, Students In Free Enterprise, Phi Theta Kappa. Major annual events: Homecoming, Minnesota Meltdown, Health Awareness Week. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: late night transport-escort service, security for special events. 152 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2002-03. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. Fergus Falls Community College Library with 30,000 books, 68 microform titles, 173 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2002-03: $228,463. 144 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: One of the largest dairy products and poultry shipping points in the northwest, Fergus Falls (population 12,443) also has the largest cooperative creamery in this region. Trains and buses are convenient for transportation. There are 1,000 lakes in the area which are within a 10 minute drive to an hour's drive. A fine park system, public golf course, municipal swimming beach, trap-shooting facilities, tennis courts, archery range, ice skating rinks, skiing facilities and rope tows provide the recreational activities. The hunting and fishing opportunities are unsurpassed.