White Earth Tribal and Community College

Overview

White Earth Tribal and Community College is a private nonprofit two-year institution based in Mahnomen, Minnesota. The campus sits in a remote rural area. It enrolled 119 students in fall 2024. It is a tribal college and a land-grant institution.

White Earth Tribal and Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 4 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other, Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, and American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. It awarded 23 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 50% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Mission

White Earth Tribal and Community College is an institution of higher learning dedicated to academic excellence grounded in Anishinaabe culture, values, and traditions.

Key figures

Delivery modes

Program levels

Programs and majors offered 4

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Admissions

Admission policy

Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students

50%

First-year retention, part-time students

43%

Student-to-faculty ratio

9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees

14

Certificates under 1 year

9

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024

119

Undergraduates, fall 2024

119

Full-time, fall 2024

45%

Students over the full 2024-25 year

181

Full-time, 2024-25

37%

Size category

Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women

72%

Men

28%

White

13%

Hispanic or Latino

3%

Two or more races

14%

American Indian or Alaska Native

69%

Race or ethnicity unknown

1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online

2%

Students taking some online courses

41%

Weekend or evening classes

Yes

Campus and services

Setting

Remote rural area

Academic calendar

Semester

Carnegie classification

Tribal Colleges

President

Anna Sheppard

Services and opportunities

Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit

For veterans and service members

Dedicated veterans contact