Major Programs and Completers by Degrees

Degree Programs Overview

As of 2026, Minnesota State University Moorhead offers 128 degree programs through Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 40 programs can be conferred by distance learning.

A total of 1,180 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 at MSUM. 739 students completed bachelor's programs and 291 completed master's programs.

The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at MSUM. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.

Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
	Total Programs	Online Programs	Completers
	Total Programs	Online Programs	Total	Men	Women
Associate's	1	NOT OFFERED	11	4	7
Bachelor's	76	11	739	244	495
Master's	14	9	291	58	233
Doctor's	1	1	20	3	17
Post-Graduate Certificate	14	13	69	19	50
At least 12-weeks but less than 1-Year Certificate	22	6	50	17	33

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from Minnesota State University Moorhead. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.

The Construction Management program has the highest salary ($73,641) after graduation and the Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $70,289 average salary.

Bachelor
Master

Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study	Average Salary (2020)		Average Loan Debt
Field of Study	Yearly	Monthly	Yearly	Monthly
Construction Management	$73,641	$6,137	$14,748	$156
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$70,289	$5,857	$12,500	$133
Computer Science	$66,636	$5,553	-	-
Accounting and Related Services	$53,464	$4,455	$17,750	$188
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$46,403	$3,867	$16,557	$176
Sociology	$45,809	$3,817	$26,000	$276
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$44,558	$3,713	$20,029	$212
Finance and Financial Management Services	$43,309	$3,609	$18,099	$192
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$43,251	$3,604	$19,042	$202
Social Work	$42,563	$3,547	$19,909	$211
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$39,815	$3,318	$17,792	$189
Design and Applied Arts	$39,740	$3,312	$26,100	$277

Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study	Average Salary (2020)		Average Loan Debt
Field of Study	Yearly	Monthly	Yearly	Monthly
Curriculum and Instruction	$51,598	$4,300	$15,500	$176
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$50,567	$4,214	$40,116	$456
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	$46,977	$3,915	$42,260	$481

Popular Programs with Most Completers

Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

At the school, the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Bachelor program has the most completers of 102 and the Curriculum and Instruction Master program has the second most completers of 56 students.

Popular Associate Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	11	4	7

Popular Bachelor Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	102	6	96
Psychology	51	9	42
Elementary Education and Teaching	46	2	44
Social Work	35	1	34
Business Administration and Management	34	15	19
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	33	1	32
Project Management	26	15	11
Biology/Biological Sciences	25	10	15
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	24	7	17
Construction Management	23	19	4

Popular Master Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Curriculum and Instruction	56	14	42
Educational Leadership and Administration	48	18	30
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	40	2	38
Social Work	32	2	30
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	24	2	22
Business Administration and Management	22	11	11
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	17	4	13
Special Education and Teaching	17	2	15
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	15	-	15
School Psychology	15	1	14

Popular Doctoral Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Educational Leadership and Administration	20	3	17

Popular 1-Year Cert. Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	11	2	9
Long Term Care Administration/Management	9	1	8
Customer Service Management	8	3	5
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	7	4	3
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	6	2	4
Project Management	5	2	3
Operations Management and Supervision	4	1	3
Economics	4	2	2
Finance	3	2	1
Illustration	3	-	3

Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers

Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.

What is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Environmental Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Communication and Journalism program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
East Asian Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Communications Technologies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Broadcast Journalism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Photojournalism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Education program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Engineering program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	56^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	48^ONLINE	20^ONLINE	40^ONLINE
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	40	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	46^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE
Music Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	6	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Studies Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biology Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Chemistry Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Physics Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Earth Science Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biomedical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ecology	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Gerontology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geoarcheaology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geography and Environmental Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Analytics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	51	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
School Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	16^ONLINE

What is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	24	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	35^ONLINE	32^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics	4	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Digital Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Commercial and Advertising Art	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Graphic Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Illustration	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fine/Studio Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drawing	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Jazz/Jazz Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Business program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	11^ONLINE	17^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	0
Long Term Care Administration/Management	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Athletic Training/Trainer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Nursing Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Holistic Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	102	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	0
Nursing Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	34^ONLINE	22^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Management and Supervision	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Customer Service Management	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Project Management	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	26^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	3	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Actuarial Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Construction Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	23^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	34^ONLINE	22^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Management and Supervision	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Customer Service Management	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Project Management	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	26^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	3	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Actuarial Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Construction Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	23^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

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