About

Established in 1971, Metro State serves more than 8,000 students in our metropolitan area locations as we approach our fifty-fifth anniversary.

Metro State is a fully accredited, comprehensive university and a member of the Minnesota State higher education system. CollegeNet’s 2025 Social Mobility Index, measuring colleges’ and universities’ success in elevating students from low income strata into the middle class by five years after graduation, ranks us twelfth in the nation and first in the Midwest region.