Institutional Peer Groups

UMN Morris Comparison Group 

In 2014 the University of Minnesota Morris Campus Assembly approved a new comparison group for purposes of peer comparison:

True Peers

• Albion College (MI)
• Coe College (IA)
• Concordia College (Moorhead) (MN)
• Lycoming College (PA)
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MA)
• St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD)
• SUNY at Purchase College (NY)
• The University of Virginia's College at Wise (VA)
• University of Maine at Farmington (ME)
• University of North Carolina at Asheville (NC)

Aspirational Peers

• DePauw University (IN)
• Gustavus Adolphus College (MN)
• Kalamazoo College (MI)
• Macalester College (MN)
• St. Olaf College (MN)

Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges

UMN Morris is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), an alliance of public liberal arts colleges and universities.

Members are dedicated to the education of undergraduates in the liberal arts tradition, to the creation of teaching and learning communities, and to the expansion of access to undergraduate liberal arts education.

COPLAC Institutions

• Eastern Connecticut State University (CT)
• Northern Vermont University - Johnson (VT)
• Keene State College (NH)
• Mansfield University (PA)
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MA)
• Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
• Shepherd University (WV)
• St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD)
• SUNY Geneseo (NY)
• University of Maine at Farmington (ME)
• Georgia College (GA)
• Henderson State University (AR)
• New College of Florida (FL)
• University of Mary Washington (VA)
• University of Montevallo (AL)
• University of North Carolina Asheville (NC)
• University of South Carolina Aiken (SC)
• University of Virginia's College at Wise (VA)
• Truman State University (MO)
• University of Illinois at Springfield (IL)
• University of Minnesota Morris (MN)
• University of Wisconsin-Superior
• Fort Lewis College (CO)
• ​​​​​​Sonoma State University (CA)
• Southern Oregon University (OR)
• The Evergreen State College (WA)
• Midwestern State University (TX)
• University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (OK)
• ​​​​​​University of Alberta, Augustana Campus