Exceptional Education and Service

Exceptional Education and Service

More than half of M State students transfer to a four-year college or university after graduating. Thanks to partnerships with seven Minnesota State system universities as well as Arizona State University and Concordia College, M State offers seamless transfer pathway programs and degrees in many interest areas, including psychology, history, political science, business, art, accounting and more.

M State is also part of Tri-College University, a consortium of five higher education institutions in the region that work cooperatively to give students more course and program options. Through the course exchange program, students enrolled at M State can take two courses per semester at other Tri-College institutions, at the M State tuition rate and without going through separate admissions procedures.

In addition to college and university partnerships, M State works with over 35 school districts in west central rural Minnesota to offer college-level courses to high school students. M State’s concurrent enrollment program, or CEP, was one of the first in the region and has been accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships since 2016. Along with other M State dual credit programs, like Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) and eCampus in the High School, the CEP allows high school students to earn M State college credits.

In fiscal year 2022, M State served more than 2,300 registered dual credit students, who earned over 30,500 credits prior to their high school graduation. Over the past three years, the average dual enrollment student at M State graduated from high school with 20 college credits already completed.