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Facts about Minnesota State University Moorhead
* Enrollment: 7,450 students fall semester 2008.
* About 42% of MSUM students are men, 58% women.
* Tuition and fees this academic year for a full-time undergraduate student is approximately $5,250. (Tuition alone per credit is $174.55, plus an average fee cost of $910 a year).
* Room and board per academic year for a typical double room with a 21-meal-a-week plan is approximately $5,700.
* Top majors: Elementary Education, Business Administration, Mass Communications, Social Work, Accounting, Criminal Justice, Art, Biology, Nursing and Special Education.
* 325 full- and 147 part-time  faculty.
* 15% of MSUM undergraduate students are 25 or older.
* 317 staff.
* Total employees: 789.
* Campus: 140 acres and 39 buildings, encompassing 1.7 million square feet of space.
* Number of students earning degrees (Fiscal Year 2007): 1,290.
* In-state tuition for all students.
* Average class size: 23 students; 1:23 faculty-student ratio.
* Average student loan debt for this year's graduating class: $23,360.
* One-third of our students transfer here from other institutions.
* About 14% of new entering freshmen are first generation college students.
* Total operating budget: $73 million
* Thirteen percent of students are enrolled part time.
* MSUM offers 75 majors with 138 emphases and options along with 16 pre-professional programs and 37 areas of teacher licensure preparation.
* 5.5% of MSUM students are from minority groups.
* 74% of MSUM faculty hold the highest degree in their field
* 791 student computers on campus
* On-campus Planetarium that seats 60 spectators
* 71% of classes with fewer than 29 students
* About 1,650 students live in campus residence halls
* About 85% of MSUM student receive financial assistance of $50 million in grants, loans and scholarships annually.
* Average scholarship: $940
* Percentage of MSUM students from foreign countries: 2.6%.
* MSUM offers more than 100 student organizations.
* 54% of MSUM students are Minnesota residents; 33% come from North Dakota; 2.5% are international students
* 300-acre Regional Science Center 15 miles east of campus is an outdoor classroom that provides science and environmental education programs for nearly 20,000 K-12 students, special groups and adults annually. It includes a 13,000-square-foot interpretive center
* Fargo/Moorhead population exceeds 160,000 with two other campuses--Concordia College and  North Dakota State University--along with Northwest Technicaland Community College. Student population more than 20,000 during school year

MSUM's Economic Impact: $270 million
* MSUM faculty, staff and students spend about $88.2 million annually in the local economy. This generates, adding secondary effects, an estimated $270 million in economic activity within Cass and Clay Counties.

* MSUM’s payroll for its 789 employees amounts to $32.4 million annually, which, applying the appropriate multiplier, generates $105,813,798 in economic activity within the two counties.

* MSUM’s enrollment fall semester totals 7,779 students, who pay more than $13 million in tuition and fees. Those students spend about $42.9 million annually in the local market, which has a $132 million impact on the economy.

* MSUM spends an average of $12 million on goods and services in the local economy, ranging from construction and retail trade to transportation and business services. That has a $31 million impact on the local economy.

* The University and the MSUM Alumni Foundation award over $1 million in scholarhships each year to more than 1,350 students

* MSUM’s Alumni Foundation’s Endowment Fund is $3.4 million, a majority dedicated to scholarships.