Southwest Minnesota State University
Marshall, MN, USA

Campus Life

Key Campus Stats

Student Gender
Male
Female
38%
62%
Size of Town
Suburb or town
In-State Students
74%
Out-Of-State Students
28%
US States Represented
26
Countries Represented
25
Ethnicity
African American
3%
Asian/Pacific Islander
2%
Hispanic
5%
White
79%
Multiracial
3%
Unknown
6%
Percent of First Generation Students
27%
Student Organizations
100
LGBTQIA Student Resource Groups
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Yes
On Campus Women's Center
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Yes
Cultural Student Resource Groups
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Yes

Housing

On-campus living required of freshman
Yes
Disability Housing Available
Yes
0
100
27%
Freshman Living on Campus

Athletics

Divisional Sports Nickname
Mustangs
School Colors
brown and gold
Varsity Athletics Association
NCAA
Varsity Athletics Conference Primary
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Total Male Athletes
226
Total Female Athletes
113
Intramural Sports
8
Sports Club
14
Sports Team (Men)
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Track and Field
  • Wrestling
Sports Team (Women)
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
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Campus Safety

24-HR security patrol
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Yes
Campus emergency phones
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Yes
24-HR escort safety rides
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Yes
Mobile campus emergency alert
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Yes

What Students Are Saying

Food is great! Just enough options- not too few and not too many. Love that the pasta bar is back!
Kayla from Marshall, MN
food and dining are good. most of the food is cooked in front of you and you can always find a place to sit.
Tricia from Mapleton, IA
Lower Student Center: If you have a student ID with flex money on it you can get food for a little less money. They promote the meal plan. Get more flex than you do meals. Meals only count in the buffet, but flex is money that can be used anywhere in the school.
Trisha from Lamberton, MN
Cafeteria food was good. Lots of options and they take requests. Plus there is Papa Johns!
Katie from Cokato, MN
Everyone in the dorms get along very well. Dorms organize their own intramural teams to play against each other, and we decorate our dorms for Homecoming contests and for local kids to trick-or-treat in for Halloween. People are really friendly and it's easy to make new friends.
Anonymous from Marshall, MN
Food from the cafeteria is probably better than anything you ate in the lunch line at your old high school. Or, if the cafeteria isn't your thing, the on campus food courts have a variety of other snacks and food that will be more to your liking.
Amber from Browerville, MN
The dorm life is great.
Hailey from MN