Minnesota State University, Mankato

This post is regarding our son who attended Mn St. University Mankato. He made a life decision to continue his further education at University of Madison who offered the courses aligning with his field. We had plenty of time to plan his exit strategy as he was first year living in the dorms, i called to specifically get the final payment amount due to include room and meal plan. They informed me our son is notifying them in the window allowed meaning no additional tuition was due, i then specifically called the dorm/meal office and requested any amounts due for room and board. Again they stated everything was paid and he needed to have his dorm cleared by a certain date which we complied with, (he was coming off the holiday break) well over a year later i get a letter from Mn Dept of Revenue trying to collect a balance? My son and i immediately called the University and literally got played between the 2 offices, the first is student assistance with class enrollment- the second deals with dorm and meal service. We were told the student service side office was so short handed they we unable to send notifications of this sort for almost a year and were just doing so. When we were informed the small balance was for room and board we were transferred to this office, evening thou they know he was no longer on campus with dorm emptied they billed him for 1 final week to include meals. They need full accountability for their lack of communication between the 2 offices, they made it extremely clear their computer systems are not set-up to notify each other what takes place with students. Again we called both offices when we knew he was moving on, this is a learning lesson for my Son that even a University can be broken with it's processes! shame on them.

MSU Mankato is a terrible University that showed no respect towards my time and money. I originally started as an Aviation Major only for this university to force me into a different degree that was a complete scam. When I lived on-campus for a semester, I was told within the end of the semester that I had to move out and had no other choice because they had limited space and wanted to bring in new students. Hello? I am a new student here! Most professors in the uni. are sub-par in their teaching ability and only here to work their job and not teach. There was a professor in the aviation dept. that ranted more about politics than to teach the class itself. We are forced to take his class because of the program requirement. This is a waste of money! The aviation program is also a waste of money because you are paying far more than you would to a flight training center. Not only you're paying Northstar Aviation their share, you also have to pay the university their royalties. This school is party school and a high school at the same time, only difference is you're being defrauded. There is absolute no integrity nor respect at all and lack of professionalism at this university. The dorms are overpriced, disgusting, old, rundown, and make your skin crawl because of the amount of filth, human slime, and mold that ended up giving me health complications and multiple visits to the hospital. Every roommate I've lived with never flushed, cleaned up after themselves, and expected someone else to look after them as if they were living with their parents. Any complaint I've sent to Reslife went unnoticed and they simply don't care. This University mismanages and wastefully spends the students money on things that it baffles my mind how they didn't grab the attention of the federal government for waste, fraud, and abuse. Don't attend this university! With the 18% tuition hike they're going to implement soon. Your money and time is spent better elsewhere. You will not get a quality education.

We tailgate before the football game. Very polite crowd-all ages. Go Mavs!💛💜 …

I graduated in 2013 with a degree in Recreation, Parks , and Leisure Services with emphases in Resource Management and Program Planning and Management. A minor in Geography to boot. I studied hard and showed up. I got my monies worth. I paid all my loans off and have had many job opportunities. This place is affordable and the community is nice.

This rating relates only to the Aviation Program. If you are entering this school for the aviation program, be aware, the 4 year degree aviation program will leave you still needing another $20,000 in pilot ratings and at least 2 years as a flight instructor before any airline, even a regional airline, would consider hiring you. The 4 year program leaves students with a commercial pilot rating, instrument, multi-engine and complex aircraft endorsements. To become a pilot you will need to get your instructor and multi-engine instructor ratings. These will cost around $20,000 in additional flight training. There are no student loans students can get to pay for these. You will have to get personal loans or loans through the flight school you choose. The loans will carry interest like a credit card in the 12% - 20% interest range. The next step in flight training to become a professional pilot is building hours as a flight instructor. For most instructors this means 2 - 3 years of instructing. Unfortunately, flight instructors make between $15,000 - $20,000 a year. Here's the kicker, you won't be making enough to make your payments on your $20,000 loan for the instructor ratings. The school itself is nice. The city is nice. The location of the campus is nice. Housing is reasonable. I'm writing this review to warn only about the aviation program. It's easy for adults to "accidentally" leave out the part about needing another entire college degree worth of loans when talking with perspective students. I ended up going back to college for a master's degree in another field so I could get a job after my worthless bachelor's from Mankato.

I tried to appeal a grade, 5 months later still getting the run around. Also consider their wonderful Mechanical Engineering program thy enroll 90 students in the fall and graduate 20 in the spring. Keep searching, not hard to find a better university.

Today is Moving day And is definitely bitter sweet and Cold may I add; Dropping my daughter off for Grad School and excited to see her show case her talent here on the Track...Due to the Holidays everything on Campus is closed as expected so I hope to see the Campus up in action when I return ..Go Mavericks

The administration is ruining this school. They are running a 7 million dollar deficit every financial year.

This school does not play well with others. That is they don't except a lot of classes from other schools. They are hard to get in, if your a transfer student. Your over all GPA does not count when they determine your transfer GPA, only what classes they will except as a transfer class. This impacts if you get excepted or not. So if your a transfer student, I suggest you look at another school. Your money will be better spent else where. By the way, I was also a MSU transfer student more than 15 years ago. MSU allowed me 13 credits for a two year technical degree. That is, they only credited me 13 credits for a two year degree. point is this is a long-standing policy of this college that has not really changed over the years it's still a problem.

Great school. College is not supposed to be easy, so you are challenged as a student. Minnesota State University offers a variety of advanced degrees backed up by lots of student support. Come and visit and see for your self; experience is the best way to see for yourself.