St. Cloud State University is Minnesota's second-largest university, with more than 18,300 students. It is located about an hour northwest of Minneapolis along the oak-crowned west bank of the Mississippi River. The 100-acre campus is between downtown St. Cloud and the Beaver Islands, a group of more than 30 islands that form a natural maze for a two-mile stretch of the river.   

St. Cloud State's undergraduate programs hold nearly every available national accreditation. Students choose from nearly 200 majors, minors and pre-professional programs, including regional rarities such as aviation, meteorology and geographic information systems.