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At UW-Stout, Wisconsin's Polytechnic Unversity, students do more than earn a degree—they do on day one. From hands-on applied learning and research to career-focused experiences, we connect tomorrow’s leaders with the opportunities and employers to shape the future of engineering, technology, design, management and more. More than your average four-year university, we’re technology-forward, industry-informed and people-focused. Our labs and studios outnumber traditional classrooms by three to one and 99% of our graduates are employed within six months.

Minnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota. The student body is the second largest in the state of Minnesota. The school was founded in 1868 and is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (Minnesota State). The current President is Edward Inch, who began his term in 2021. The athletic teams are known as the Minnesota State University Mavericks with school colors of purple and gold. Teams primarily compete at the NCAA Division II level in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The exceptions are the Men's and Women's ice hockey teams who compete at the NCAA Division I level, in the highly regarded Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).

Founded in 1881, South Dakota State University is the state’s Morrill Act land-grant institution as well as its largest, most comprehensive school of higher education. SDSU confers degrees from seven different colleges representing more than 200 majors, minors and specializations. The institution also offers 37 master’s degree programs, 15 Ph.D. and two professional programs. The work of the university is carried out on a residential campus in Brookings, at sites in Sioux Falls, Pierre and Rapid City, and through Extension offices and Agricultural Experiment Station research sites across the state. SDSU's research expenditures for the 2025 fiscal year were $94 million. SDSU has a Doctoral University: High Research Activity designation on The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.