<P> As the largest of five campuses across the University of Minnesota system, its more than 50,000 students make it the sixth largest campus student body in the US overall . It has more than 300 research, education, and outreach centers and institutes, on everything from the life sciences to public policy and technology . </P> <P> The university offers 143 undergraduate degree programs and 200 graduate degree programs . The university has all three branches of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). The University of Minnesota Twin Cities as well as its sister campuses at Crookston, Duluth, and Morris are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). </P> <P> The racial / ethnic breakdown of the student population is: 65.3% White, 12.7% International Students (that are undesignated race / ethnicity), 9.2% Asian, 4.3% Black, 3.1% Hispanic / Latino, 1.2% American / Native American Indian, and 4.2% Unknown. 63% of matriculants to the university are considered Minnesota residents, and 37% of matriculants are considered out - of - state residents . According to the University Office of Institutional Research, as of Fall 2015, there are 30,511 undergraduates at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus . Of that number, 5,771 are first - time degree seeking freshmen . There are 12,659 graduate students . </P> <P> The original Minneapolis campus overlooked the Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River, but it was later moved about a mile (1.6 km) downstream to its current location . The original site is now marked by a small park known as Chute Square at the intersection of University and Central Avenues . The school shut down following a financial crisis during the American Civil War, but reopened in 1867 with considerable financial help from John S. Pillsbury . It was upgraded from a preparatory school to a college in 1869 . Today, the university's Minneapolis campus is divided by the Mississippi River into an East and West Bank . </P>

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