revenue, the university signed a contract with Academic Partnerships to increase its online course offerings for nontraditional students. It also plans to remove numerous unused buildings and structures to decrease management costs.
=== Previous school names ===
Third State Normal School 1869–1873
State Normal School at St. Cloud 1873–1921
St. Cloud State Teachers College 1921–1957
St. Cloud State College 1957–1975
St. Cloud State University 1975–present
== Academics ==
The university offers over 200 majors, minors, and pre-professional programs in six colleges and schools.
SCSU is the only Minnesota university that offers an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited manufacturing engineering program. It also provides ABET-accredited electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science programs.
The School of Graduate Studies offers more than 60 graduate programs and certificates, including specialist, Master of Arts, Master of Business Administration, Master of …