University of Minnesota Reviews

"Finding quality and diverse advising is always a challenge in graduate program success.Navigating the available resources to aid in graduate success, and positive productive graduate experience."

"My program is wonderful to its graduate students and provides them with plenty of social and monetary support overall. My biggest problems are less with my department and more with the University at large, which has steadily defunded most liberal arts programs in favor of athletics and upper administration salaries. The admin. put down an attempt to form a Grad workers union earlier this year, which would have guaranteed all grad assistants collective bargaining rights over their benefits and wages, and that has left a really sour taste in my mouth. Don't expect much help from the U at large, but if your program is good, I would recommend applying."

"Good school without any glaring problems. Housing by the downtown campus is tight and expensive. We do have limited deticated studying space and often must compete with undergrads."

"I enjoy the school. I feel most professors are invested in my education."

"U of M is a good place to study. Metropolitan setting, great campus facility, and good education quality."

"I'm not really certain what the purpose is of rating an entire college (in this case, the College of Liberal Arts) when any prospective graduate student should be interested primarily in the quality of the specific department where he/she will do the vast majority of his coursework. At the University of Minnesota, some departments in the College of Liberal Arts are highly regarded (geography and political science are two examples) while others (for instance, anthropology) are probably not of particularly high quality. Also, any prospective graduate student who is going to use ratings on athletics or campus food services as part of his/her decision-making process probably isn't mature enough to succeed at grad school."

"Overall, this is a good place for graduate education!"

"I am a part of the Bioproducts Engineering department at the University of Minnesota. This program is very flexible and allows one to basically construct your own degree. This has allowed me to become a more well rounded scientist and be more prepared for the interdisciplinary nature of modern research."

"My experience as a grad student may be a bit different than an undergrad, but the U has a great reputation for research and credibility."

"Nice professor, clean city, convenient transportation! Everything is perfect."

"A study environment with constant work with your teachers, access to research in the state of the art and living in a city with lots of fun."

"I have been extremely happy with my choice to attend the University of Minnesota for my graduate education."