1. Distance calculations between two colleges use a mathematical formula for the distance on a sphere between two points.
   

Southwest Minnesota State Univ is in Marshall, MN, is public, is in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, degree-granting, has a culinary program, has its top Associates major in business, has its top Masters major in education, has its top major in business, offers on-campus housing, requires test scores for undergrad admissions, is on the semester system, and enrolls from 5,000 to 9,999 students.

• PayScale mid-career median salary ranking (874th place)
• average full-time teaching salary ($68,576)
• in-state undergrad tuition & fees ($8,074)
• out-of-state undergrad tuition & fees ($8,074)
• average undergrad student loan ($7,003)
• average grant aid to undergrads ($4,763)
• cost of a shared room ($4,346)
• endowment per full-time student ($773)
• research spending ($0.0K)
• research spending per student ($0.0)
• undergrads who get financial aid (96%)
• in-state freshmen (79.4%)
• undergrads who receive student loans (74%)
• full-time retention rate (69%)
• ratio of female full-time freshmen (61.3%)
• undergrads who get Pell grants (39%)
• tuition & fees increase over three years (16.5%)
• average teaching salary differential (men vs. women, 11.1%)
• minorities (6.2%)
• Hispanics (2.4%)
• foreign students (2.3%)
• Asians (1.7%)
• Blacks or African Americans (1.7%)
• American Indians or Alaska Natives (0.4%)
• non-resident tuition & fees surcharge (0%)
• average teaching salary differential (women vs. men, -10%)
• 25th percentile SAT math score (420)
• 25th percentile SAT reading score (440)
• 25th percentile SAT writing score (410)
• 75th percentile SAT math score (540)
• 75th percentile SAT reading score (525)
• 75th percentile SAT writing score (500)
• alumni who played in the National Football League (0)
• average January temperature (14.3 degrees)
• dorm capacity (1,055)
• first-year applicants (1,917)
• foreign students (180)
• members of the National Academy of Sciences (0)
• men's basketball Final Four appearances (0)
• Rhodes Scholar alumni (0)
• total 75th percentile SAT score (1,565)
• yearly for-credit students (7,909)
• on-campus yearly property crimes per thousand students (0.2)
• students per faculty member (27)
• annual rainfall (28.3 inches)
• elevation (347 meters)

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