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The college was established on January 1, 1997, by the merging of Worthington Community College and Southwestern Technical College (itself a merger of four separate local vocational schools). Minnesota West's individual campuses have a history dating back 75 years.
Newgate School was created in the early 1970s in partnership with the University of Minnesota.In 1975 it was incorporated as a separate non-profit school. In 1979, assisted by the Northwest Area Foundation, Newgate purchased a mechanics garage at 90 North Dale St in St Paul and established the Auto Body Training Center, serving young adults who had dropped out of school.
Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) is a public technical college in Rosemount, Minnesota, United States. It is located in Dakota County inside the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. DCTC belongs to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System and is one of five stand-alone technical colleges in the state.
Saint Paul College is a open access public community college in Saint Paul, Minnesota.It is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.The college enrolls about 11,000 students in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, and it also employs 126 full-time faculty, 116 part-time faculty, 233 staff members, and 18 administrative members.
Minneapolis College was founded as the Girls Vocational School in 1914 by its first principal, Miss Elizabeth Fish. When a new building at 1101 Third Avenue South was completed in 1932 it was renamed Mary Miller Vocational School, after the teacher credited with opening the first school in Minneapolis in 1852.
St. Cloud Technical and Community College: St. Cloud: Public Associate's college: 3,466 1948 [31] Saint Paul College: St. Paul: Public Associate's college: 5,365 1910 [42] South Central College: North Mankato, Faribault: Public Associate's college: 2,602 1946 [43] Southwest Minnesota State University: Marshall: Public Master's university: 6,930 ...
Vocational schools in the United States are traditionally two-year colleges which prepare students to enter the workforce after they receive an Associate degree.Students may also use courses as credit transferable to four-year universities.
The Winona campus was founded in 1949 as the Winona Area Vocational-Technical School. The current campus was opened in Winona in 1967. In 1971, the Red Wing Area Vocational-Technical Institute, was founded, opening doors to its new campus in 1973. The colleges merged under the Minnesota Technical College System in 1992.