Bemidji State University has been named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the 10 most-affordable colleges or universities in the nation for out-of-state students.

Bemidji State does not charge out-of-state tuition, offering its $8,386 in-state rate for tuition and fees to all students. BSU ranked seventh on the U.S. News Short List. Acorn State University, located in Lorman, Miss., led the list with annual tuition and fees of $6,552.

The U.S. News Short List, separate from the publication’s overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points. The magazine also has short lists for colleges, graduate schools and online programs to support a student’s search for a college or graduate school.

Bemidji State tied for 35th among public institutions in the Midwest region, and tied with seven other institutions for 115th among all colleges and universities, public and private, in the region in U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2017, released Sept. 13. BSU has appeared on the U.S. News list of the Midwest region’s top colleges and universities each year since 2009.

U.S. News surveyed more than 1,800 colleges and universities for its 2016 survey of undergraduate programs. U.S. News is producing lists of this data that has been self-reported by colleges and universities, separate from the overall rankings, meant to provide students and parents a means to explore institutions in specific areas that are important to them. Short Lists are not related to, and have no influence over, U.S. News’ annual rankings of colleges, graduate schools or online programs.

Bemidji State University, located in northern Minnesota’s lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. A member of the Minnesota State system, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and 11 graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. Bemidji State has an enrollment of approximately 5,000 students and a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding.

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