College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota
Twin Cities Campus
101 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

About the College of Liberal Arts

The University of Minnesota’s largest college, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) is home to 16,943 students (14,773 undergraduate and 2,170 graduate students). CLA’s 30 departments offer more than 60 undergraduate degrees in the social sciences, arts and humanities.

Program Rankings

Two-thirds of the CLA graduate programs ranked by the National Research Council (NRC) are in the top 25 nationally. Half of the University’s most highly ranked NRC programs are in CLA.

About the Class of 2011

16,288 students applied for the 2,600 spots in CLA’s class of 2011. This numer is more than double the number of students (7,303) who applied for freshman admission a decade ago.

  • 88% graduated in the top 25% of their high school class
  • 37% ranked in the top 10% of their high school class
  • 18% are students of color
  • 60% are women
  • 25.8 is the average ACT score; 32% scored 28 or higher

About Our Faculty

  • CLA has 581 tenured and tenure-track faculty
  • 14% of CLA’s tenured and tenure-track faculty are faculty of color; up from 6% a decade ago
  • 38% of CLA’s tenured and tenure-track faculty are women; compared to 29% in 1996