The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Mankato conferred 498 bachelor's degrees and 30 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in registered nursing/registered nurse. Data shows the school gave out 193 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse, followed by 130 bachelor's degrees in general psychology and 128 associate's degrees in liberal arts and sciences/liberal studies.
The university enrolled 14,374 students for 2017-18, including 12,492 in undergraduate programs and 1,882 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Associates degrees | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 116 | - | 16 | - | 132 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 105 | - | - | - | 105 | |
| Accounting | 86 | - | 14 | - | 100 | |
| Finance, General | 78 | - | - | - | 78 | |
| Construction Management | 70 | - | - | - | 70 | |
| Organizational Behavior Studies | 31 | - | - | - | 31 | |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | - | - | - | 20 | 20 | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Business Statistics | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Project Management | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Management Information Systems, General | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 498 | - | 30 | 22 | 550 | 15.7 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | - | 43 | 67 | 110 | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 69 | - | 3 | 19 | 91 | |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | 37 | - | 30 | 14 | 81 | |
| Reading Teacher Education | - | - | 25 | 24 | 49 | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | - | - | 37 | - | 37 | |
| Education, General | - | - | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | - | - | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
| Health Teacher Education | 9 | - | 3 | - | 12 | |
| Art Teacher Education | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs | - | - | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | |
| Social Studies Teacher Education | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Learning Sciences | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Speech Teacher Education | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Biology Teacher Education | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Earth Science Teacher Education | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Music Teacher Education | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Chemistry Teacher Education | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Physics Teacher Education | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Drama and Dance Teacher Education | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| German Language Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | - | |
| French Language Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Multicultural Education | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Technical Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Education total | 169 | - | 191 | 182 | 542 | 15.5 |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 193 | - | - | - | 193 | |
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 53 | - | - | - | 53 | |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders, General | 25 | - | 23 | - | 48 | |
| Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling | 41 | - | - | - | 41 | |
| Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling | 22 | - | - | - | 22 | |
| Nursing Science | - | - | 18 | - | 18 | |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nursing Education | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Clinical Nurse Specialist | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 344 | - | 54 | 1 | 399 | 11.4 |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General | 78 | - | 12 | - | 90 | |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 49 | - | 16 | - | 65 | |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management, General | 62 | - | - | - | 62 | |
| Outdoor Education | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Sports Studies | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 189 | - | 48 | - | 237 | 6.8 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 102 | - | 24 | 1 | 127 | |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 74 | - | - | - | 74 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 176 | - | 24 | 1 | 201 | 5.7 |
| Psychology, General | 130 | - | - | 1 | 131 | |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | |
| Clinical Psychology | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| School Psychology | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Experimental Psychology | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Psychology total | 130 | - | 23 | 2 | 155 | 4.4 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 113 | - | 10 | - | 123 | |
| Exercise Physiology | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Biotechnology | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Biochemistry | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 127 | - | 20 | - | 147 | 4.2 |
| Economics, General | 30 | - | - | - | 30 | |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | - | - | 1 | 26 | 27 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 22 | - | - | - | 22 | |
| Geography | 16 | - | 5 | - | 21 | |
| Sociology | 15 | - | 2 | - | 17 | |
| Anthropology | 9 | - | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| International Relations and Affairs | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Social Sciences, General | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Social Sciences total | 108 | - | 11 | 28 | 147 | 4.2 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | - | 128 | - | - | 128 | |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| General Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 2 | 128 | - | - | 130 | 3.7 |
| Engineering, General | 36 | - | 3 | 4 | 43 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 20 | - | 7 | - | 27 | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Computer Software Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Engineering total | 106 | - | 10 | 4 | 120 | 3.4 |
| Social Work | 66 | - | 27 | - | 93 | |
| Public Administration | - | - | 14 | 3 | 17 | |
| Human Services, General | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 66 | - | 43 | 3 | 112 | 3.2 |
| Information Technology | 56 | - | 29 | - | 85 | |
| Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | |
| Computer Programming/Programmer, General | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Computer Science | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 58 | - | 29 | 19 | 106 | 3 |
| Criminal Justice/Police Science | 77 | - | - | - | 77 | |
| Corrections | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | |
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 97 | - | - | - | 97 | 2.8 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 37 | - | - | - | 37 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 18 | - | 4 | - | 22 | |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 8 | - | 7 | - | 15 | |
| Music, General | 4 | - | 3 | - | 7 | |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Dance, General | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Music Management | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Conducting | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Music Performance, General | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Interior Design | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 80 | - | 15 | - | 95 | 2.7 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | 78 | - | - | - | 78 | |
| Adult Development and Aging | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total | 78 | - | 1 | - | 79 | 2.3 |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician | 29 | - | 13 | 1 | 43 | |
| Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician | 26 | - | - | - | 26 | |
| Computer Engineering Technology/Technician | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | 64 | - | 13 | 1 | 78 | 2.2 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 18 | - | 24 | - | 42 | |
| Creative Writing | 5 | - | 14 | - | 19 | |
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | 5 | - | - | 3 | 8 | |
| Writing, General | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| General Literature | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 30 | - | 38 | 6 | 74 | 2.1 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 52 | - | 1 | - | 53 | |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Cognitive Science | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Gerontology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 58 | - | 1 | - | 59 | 1.7 |
| Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General | 51 | - | - | - | 51 | |
| Aviation/Airway Management and Operations | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Transportation and Materials Moving total | 51 | - | - | - | 51 | 1.5 |
| Women's Studies | 15 | - | 6 | 1 | 22 | |
| Ethnic Studies | 6 | - | 2 | - | 8 | |
| Scandinavian Studies | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other | - | - | - | - | - | |
| American Indian/Native American Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 22 | - | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0.9 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 9 | - | 7 | - | 16 | |
| German Language and Literature | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| French Language and Literature | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 13 | - | 7 | - | 20 | 0.6 |
| Mathematics, General | 13 | - | 3 | - | 16 | |
| Statistics, General | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Statistics, Other | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 13 | - | 3 | - | 16 | 0.5 |
| Chemistry, General | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Physics, General | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Astronomy | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physical Sciences total | 16 | - | - | - | 16 | 0.5 |
| History, General | 14 | - | 1 | - | 15 | |
| History total | 14 | - | 1 | - | 15 | 0.4 |
| Environmental Science | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | 0.3 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Architecture and Related Services total | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Philosophy | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 0.1 |
| Food Technology and Processing | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 0.1 |
| Recording Arts Technology/Technician | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Communication Technologies/Technicians and Support Services total | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 0.1 |
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