Minnesota State University, Mankato is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, and the second-largest university in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. It dates to 1868 as Mankato Normal School (chartered 1860), with satellite campuses in Edina and Owatonna and a partnership center in Bloomington. It offers over 130 undergraduate programs, 80+ master's programs and four doctoral programs. It has the state's only accredited aviation program and was the first U.S. institution to offer an MFA in forensics. In 2023 it launched MinnPoly, Minnesota's first polytechnic institute, with Saint Paul College. The Mavericks won both the men's and women's NCAA Division II basketball championships in 2024. Fall 2025 enrollment of 15,721, with Edward Inch as president.
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228, Wiecking Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Mankato, MN 56001, United States
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