Lakewood Colleges and Universities

St. Paul, Minnesota, together with neighboring Minneapolis, is the fifteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States. The city's winding streets, neighborhood enclaves, and old Victorian homes distinguish it from its modern, design-savvy twin. Students of St. Paul colleges and universities experience the best of both worlds. St. Paul complements Minneapolis' thriving arts scene with a history museum, a $100 million science museum, entertainment venues like the Xcel Energy Center arena, and more theater seats per capita than any city outside New York.

St. Paul is a college town: the "intellectual capital of the Midwest" is second only to Boston in the number of higher education institutions per capita. There are ten St. Paul colleges and universities within the city limits, and eighteen in the region. The more prominent of St. Paul's colleges and universities include Saint Paul College, Metropolitan State University, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Bethel University, and Hamline University.