We are a public college where individuals shine and find community. People here are scholars and friends. At Morris, your mind will be stretched and learning will renew and sustain you over a lifetime.
AS AN INTENTIONALLY SMALL, RESIDENTIAL, LIBERAL ARTS, UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MORRIS:
- offers a personalized education for every student;
- unites an eclectic mix of faculty, staff, and students generating a one-of-a-kind synergy inspiring open-mindedness, involvement, discovery, creativity, and determination;
- nurtures enthusiastic students seeking challenges in the classroom and engagement in the community;
- supports dedicated faculty who teach, advise, mentor, and challenge students—then guide them through those challenges;
- maintains academic resources that nurture and support successful college experiences;
- creates opportunities in and out of the classroom for student growth in critical thinking, creativity, confidence, leadership ability, teamwork capability, communication skills, and community involvement;
- celebrates diversity in its many forms;
- fosters meaningful, lifelong relationships developed in classrooms, in residential halls, and throughout the campus; and
- prepares graduates for lifelong learning, for careers, for advanced degrees, for flexibility in the career world of the future, and for citizenship in a global community.
AS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MORRIS:
- commits to making the liberal arts experience accessible and attainable;
- subscribes to the value of public education for all citizens;
- shares scholarship, research, and artistic endeavors with and beyond the campus community; and
- promises accountability to the people it serves.
MORRIS BY THE NUMBERS
- Doors Opened:1960
- Student population:approx. 1,900
- Town population:5,000
- Student/faculty ratio:15:1
- Faculty with highest degree in their field:99%
- Students who seek advanced degrees after Morris:47%
- Average class size:16 students
- Average ACT:25
- In-state & out-of-state students:81% & 19%
- Students of color:20%
- Majors and minors:35
- Pre-professional programs:8
- Study abroad:50 countries on 7 continents
- Student organizations:90+
- Men’s intercollegiate sports:8
- Women’s intercollegiate sports:9
- Intramural leagues:18
