Winona State University College Portrait
Winona State University175 W Mark St. Winona, MN 55987
507-457-5100 / 800-DIAL-WSU
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- Students
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at WSU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
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WSU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 22 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 64% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 92% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 293 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 72% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 16% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 81% |
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Campus-based Housing
93% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
32% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Winona State University is committed to creating a safe and secure environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors. Responsible for the physical security of all residence halls, academic buildings and grounds throughout the university, WSU Campus Security employs three full-time personnel with a combined 75 years of law enforcement experience. In addition, the team is staffed with approximately 60 student security guards who have attended mandatory training in conflict resolution, first aid, patrol tactics, crime prevention, community policing, self-defense, and more.
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
- Size and Setting
- Medium four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- Very high undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Postbaccalaureate with arts & sciences (education dominant)