Federal Compliance
Credits, Program Length, and Tuition
The University of Minnesota operates on a semester system using credit hour assignment, curriculum development, program assessment, and transcript reporting practices common to similar higher education institutions.
Higher Learning Commission policy stipulates that:
“If an organization charges higher or lower tuition for some programs than for most other programs, it will need to justify – in its catalog, student handbook, or self-study – the tuition in terms of program costs, program length, and program objectives. It will also need to provide evidence that it gives prospective students good information about tuition and fees."
The University of Minnesota provides full and complete information to current and prospective students in its catalogs, Web sites, and other print and electronic publications. Tuition is assessed according to student classification, residency status, and whether the student comes from a state or province with which the University has a reciprocity agreement. Tuition varies by program for the professional schools only. Each campus has a single undergraduate or graduate school tuition based on residency.
The University has reciprocity agreements with Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Manitoba. The University also participates in the Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP), a reciprocity program with Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Nebraska for students in several undergraduate colleges and programs: agricultural, food, and environmental sciences; architecture and landscape architecture; biological sciences; education and human development; human ecology; liberal arts; natural resources; business management; dental hygiene; nursing; technology; and mortuary science.
Residents of these states or provinces may qualify for reciprocity tuition rates, which are lower than nonresident tuition rates.
Twin Cities campus undergraduate resident tuition and fee charges increased from $4,115 per semester in 2004-2005 to $4,400 per semester in 2005-06 academic year. Tuition revenues cover approximately 67 percent of the cost of instruction at the University of Minnesota. State appropriations cover approximately $4,277 of the average cost of instruction for full-time students.
Sample Estimate Costs of Attendance
Organizational Compliance with HERA
The University of Minnesota's external auditors have not found or reported any material findings concerning the Higher Education Reauthorization Act or any other federal or state policy. All Title IV and state funds have been reconciled in a timely fashion with the state, federal and other financial aid funding agencies for the appropriate years. All reports have been completed on time, including the Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP), program participation agreement (PPA), and Eligibility and Certification Renewal (ECAR). The Department of Education does not have any on-going audits with the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. The Twin Cities campus has not been subject to any limitation, suspension, or termination (LST) actions.
The Perkins default rate is 8.33 percent for 2003, 8.43 percent for 2002, and
8.02 percent for 2001 for the past three years.
The direct loan default rate is 2.0 percent for 2002, 2.3 percent for 2001,
and 2.6 percent for 2000.
Off-Campus Locations
The University of Minnesota is in full compliance with the Commission’s policy of reviewing off-site locations at which a student can complete 50 percent or more of a degree program. The most recent site approved by the Commission occurred in 2005 for the delivery by the University’s College of Education and Human Development of the M.Ed. in Human Resource Development in Saudi Arabia.
Advertising and Recruitment Materials
In compliance with Higher Learning Commission policy, the University of Minnesota includes the Commission’s contact information in print and electronic publications when reference is made to its affiliation with the Commission.
In the current undergraduate and graduate catalogs, for example, the University’s accreditation status with the Higher Learning Commission is noted on page 11 along with the Commission’s phone number and web address. The same information is noted on the Web versions of the catalogs. www.catalogs.umn.edu/ug/gen/overview.html and www.catalogs.umn.edu/download/tccampus/undergrad06.pdf.
Also in compliance with Higher Learning Commission policy, the University of
Minnesota prominently displays its own contact
information in all print and electronic publications.
Professional & Dual Institutional Accreditation
The University of Minnesota provides identical information to the Higher Learning
Commission and all of the specialized or professional accrediting bodies with
regard to regard to purpose, governance, programs, sites, degrees, diplomas,
certificates, personnel, finances, and constituents. In compliance with
the Commission’s annual institutional update, the University is not currently
under sanction by any accrediting agency nor has accreditation been withdrawn
by any accrediting agency within the last year
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