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Education in Minnesota

One of the major indexes of the overall development of a state is its position in the map of education. Minnesota, an US state lying in the Midwest region has reached the peak of educational excellence with several high standard schools, colleges and universities. Education in Minnesota is a flourishing sector with new avenues opening.

Now take a look at the present status of education in Minnesota. Minnesota Legislature after its opening in 1858 passed an act and created a normal school for training of the teachers at Winona. In 2006-2007 13th is the rank of Minnesota on the Morgan Quinto Smartest State Award. Minnesota has a graduation rate of 84% and in high school graduation ranked 5th in USA. Minnesota ranks first with the highest number of high school diploma. On the ACT exam the highest average score was earned by the Minnesota students. The first charter school is in Minnesota.


Now if you take an overview of the high education system of Minnesota then you will find a promising picture. There are more than 20 private universities and colleges in Minnesota. According to the US News and World Report six among them rank top in the list of top 100 liberal arts colleges. There is a vast network of public colleges and universities comprising of Minnesota State Colleges and University system with 32 institutions and in the University of Minnesota there are five campuses.

There are several public and private schools in Minnesota. Some of the prominent Minnesota schools that nurtures your child's talents along with boosting of self confidence are White Bear Montessori School at White Bear Lake, West Lutheran High School at Plymouth, Watershed Highschool at Minneapolis, Tesseract School at Eagan, Saint Thomas Academy at Mendota Heights, New Life Academy at Woodbury, Minnesota Waldorf School at Maplewood, Martin Luther Highschool at Northrop and other schools.

Some of the renowned colleges and universities of Minnesota are Alexandria Technical College, Bemidji State University, Metropolitan State University, Minnesota State University, Mankato and other universities and colleges.

Thus is the promising picture of Minnesota education.

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