| Minnesota is not only known for the more than | | | | for all types of areas of learning for the students. |
| 10,000 lakes that it has in the state, but it is also | | | | Augsburg College was originally founded in 1869 in |
| known to have a lot of great colleges and | | | | Wisconsin and later moved to Minneapolis in 1872. |
| universities there as well. The strong Midwestern | | | | It is a small liberal arts college with just 3,700 |
| family values that are strongly rooted in this area | | | | students and has a large emphasis on serving |
| make education and higher education an important | | | | community and is has a religious affiliation with the |
| one. It will offer a glimpse into the variety of | | | | Lutheran Church which is the predominant religion |
| options all within a medium sized city from the Big | | | | in Minnesota. This liberal arts college offers |
| Ten school of University of Minnesota to the | | | | undergraduate as well as graduate degrees in |
| more specific school of Minneapolis College of Art | | | | small classes and a great urban setting. |
| and Design. The other schools this article will | | | | If art is what you are interested in, then going to |
| explore are Augsburg College and the College of | | | | the Minnesota School of Art and Design might be |
| St. Thomas both also located in Minneapolis. These | | | | a good choice. This school has existed for over |
| choices are for the student that wants an urban | | | | 125 years and has the highest accreditation level |
| setting where they can walk to many different | | | | possible for an art and design college. It offers a |
| things and easily get Chinese delivery Minneapolis | | | | Bachelor of Fine Arts as well as a Bachelor of |
| or pizza delivery Minneapolis too. | | | | Science degree there for the students. MCAD is |
| University of Minnesota is the largest school | | | | regularly listed in the top 50 art schools in the U.S. |
| located in Minneapolis with more than 40,000 | | | | News and World Reports. The school often |
| undergrads and over 20,000 graduate and | | | | interacts with the urban community in many |
| professional level students. Affectionately referred | | | | ways whether it is for exhibitions or youth |
| to as the U to Minnesotans, it was established in | | | | programs. |
| 1851. It is known as one of the top three public | | | | The final school located in Minneapolis is called the |
| research universities in the world with most | | | | College of St. Thomas and has over 10,000 |
| recent accomplishments of the creation of a | | | | undergraduate and graduate students. It has a |
| beating heart and a stem cell transplant to cure a | | | | Catholic affiliation and promotes a tradition of |
| fatal skin disease. The school is a great | | | | service for its student body. St. Thomas is ranked |
| combination of deep history and roots combined | | | | as one of the top five schools in the country for |
| with the latest technology in various fields. Their | | | | study abroad programs with more than sixty |
| motto is translated into "a common bond for all of | | | | percent of its student body participating in |
| the arts" and this is well represented at the school | | | | international travel study programs. |