Education Alternatives in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis Public Schools enroll 36,370 students in public primary and secondary schools. The district administers about one hundred public schools including forty-five elementary schools, seven middle schools, seven high schools, eight special education schools, eight alternative schools, nineteen contract alternative schools and five charter schools.

In addition to public schools, Minneapolis is home to more than twenty private schools and academies and about twenty additional charter schools

Higher Education in and Around Minneapolis

The University of Minnesota is noted for engineering, applied mathematics, management, health, and economics and administers more than 140 research facilities. At the University of Minnesota, more than 50,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students attend twenty colleges, schools, and institutes.

Minneapolis Community and Technical College, the private Dunwoody College of Technology, and Art Institutes International Minnesota provide career training. Augsburg College, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, North Central University, and University of St. Thomas are private four-year colleges. Capella University, Minnesota School of Professional Psychology, and Walden University are headquartered in Minneapolis and some others including the public four-year Metropolitan State University have campuses there.