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Southwest Minnesota State University

Southwest Minnesota State University
1501 State Street
Marshall, MN 56258

Official telephone: (507) 537-7021
Fax number: (507) 537-7154
Website: https://www.smsu.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 6,144
Full-time undergraduates: 1,454
Part-time undergraduates: 4,500
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native
2.5% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.6% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
70.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.3% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
5.6% Nonresident Alien
2.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 216 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 81%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 27%
Percent of students who live off campus: 73%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 420
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE); Society of Leadership and Success; Family and Child Educators (FACE); Habitat for Humanity; Education Minnesota Student Program

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's footballyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golfyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softballyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; basketball; football; ice hockey; racquetball; softball; tennis; volleyball

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Sioux Falls Regional

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