Type Public Endowment US$3,254,000 (FY2005) Vice-Chancellor William Rugg, Ph.D Acceptance rate 100% (2014) Mascot Polar Bears Colors Maroon, Gold | Established 1929 Chancellor Greg Kegel. Students 1,105† Total enrollment 1,215 (2010) Phone +1 406-265-3700 | |
Address 300 13th St W, Havre, MT 59501, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 5,480 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 17,312 USD (2015) Notable alumni Lawrence Romo, Jonathan Windy Boy, Peggy Gibson, Kingsley Ogwudire, Jacob Bachmeier Similar Carroll College, University of Montana Western, University of Great Falls, Montana Tech of the University, Rocky Mountain College | ||
Montana State University–Northern (also known as MSU–Northern, or Northern) is a public state university, part of the Montana State University System, located in Havre, in the U.S. state of Montana. Montana State University–Northern was known as Northern Montana College prior to the restructuring of Montana's public university system. It has an operating budget for fiscal year 2007 of $12,540,000. In 1913, the Montana State Legislature approved the establishment of the Northern Montana Agricultural and Manual Training School at Fort Assinniboine, six miles southwest of Havre, but no money was actually appropriated. The State Legislature amended their original act in 1927 to include certain academic subjects and in 1929, the Legislature appropriated funds to establish the college as a branch of the University of Montana (later renamed the Montana University System). Northern Montana College opened its doors in September 1929 in temporary quarters in Havre High School, and moved to its present campus in 1932.
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In 1994, the Montana University System elected to realign its smaller campuses with the two main universities, University of Montana in Missoula and Montana State University in Bozeman. Northern Montana College was renamed Montana State University–Northern on June 1 of that year.
Athletics
Montana State–Northern (MSU-N) athletic teams, nicknamed athletically for men as the Lights (as in Northern Lights) and for women as the Skylights, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Frontier Conference. Men's sports include basketball, football, golf, rodeo and wrestling, and cross country while women's sports include basketball, golf, rodeo, cross country, and volleyball.