The University of Minnesota Crookston is one of five campuses in the University of Minnesota land-grant system. A small campus with access to big university resources, the U of M Crookston is a system campus that provides a unique applied learning and technology-driven approach to education, research and service. Our 237-acre campus is located in Northwest Minnesota in the beautiful Red River Valley, one of the richest and most diversified agricultural regions in the United States and has an enrollment of 1,200 degree seeking students, with a total headcount of approximately 2,100 students. The U of M Crookston has been recognized as a U.S. News "Best College" since 1999 in the "Midwest Public Comprehensive Baccalaureate Colleges" category. The Crookston campus was ranked one of the "Most Wired Colleges in America" by Yahoo! Internet Life Online. Our technology initiatives have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Converge magazine, Online Learning magazine and Minnesota Public Radio.