This article features top engineering colleges in Minnesota that offer master and doctoral degrees in the fields of biological engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Please be informed that each school receives national wide rank as the ranking compares all engineering schools in the United States. Some important ranking factors include average GRE scores, alumni surveys, current student interviews, institutional research publications, and peer college assessment. In the following list of best engineering schools in the state of Minnesota, you can see tuition cost for both in-state and out-of-state students, acceptable rates and admissions statistics for each top ranked engineering college.
| National Ranking | Minnesota Top Engineering Programs |
| 29 | University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) Overall acceptance rate: 32.4% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 772 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $14,012 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,466 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,945 Research expenditures per faculty member: $504,903 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $104,010,186 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.8% |
Usage of the US flag
The use of the US flag is mandated by statute (the so-called “US Flag Code”) and consecrated by tradition.
A few (but by no means all) rules for using the US flag:
- the US flag should never touch the ground (but the common legend that the US flag that touches the ground must be destroyed is just a legend);
- if the edges of the US flag are worn, then the flag must be restored or destroyed properly (usually by burning);
- the S. flag flown at night must be illuminated;
- it is forbidden to use the US flag for advertising, as well as depict it on any disposable items;
- it is forbidden to use the US flag as clothing, bedding or for drapery (an exception is the drapery of a coffin at a funeral);
- it is forbidden to bow the US flag as a sign of respect for any person;
- it is allowed to decorate the US flag with a gold fringe;
- the canton of the US flag (the blue corner with stars) must always be on top of the flag (except when issuing a distress signal);
- The US flag should always hang freely (for obvious reasons, an exception was made only for US flags planted by American astronauts on the Moon).
As a rule, the US flag is flown on holidays and other solemn occasions, and from dawn to dusk. So, for example, the US flag is flown:
- in the New Year;
- on Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January);
- on the day of the inauguration of the President of the United States (every four years – January 20 or 21);
- February 12, the birthday of the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln;
- Presidents’ Day (third Monday in February);
- the third Saturday in May, US Armed Forces Day;
- on the last Monday of May – Remembrance Day (Day of Remembrance for the Fallen American Soldiers);
- on Flag Day – June 14 (in 1949 this holiday was officially approved by the US Congress. Parades, meetings and other festive events dedicated to the US national flag are held on Flag Day);
- on Independence Day – July 4;
- Labor Day (first Monday in September);
- on US Constitution Day – September 17;
- Columbus Day (second Monday in October);
- on US Navy Day – October 27;
- on Veterans Day – November 11;
- Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday in November) and other days.
There are several places where the national flag of the United States of America is always flown. Among them:
- Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, where a replica of the historic ” Star Spangled Banner ” that inspired the US National Anthem is displayed;
- the White House, the residence of the President of the United States;
- United States Congressional Capitol;
- United States Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Virginia;
- US Customs and Border Protection;
- George Washington Monument in the US capital – Washington, DC (fifty US flags are constantly posted here – according to the number of US states);
- South Pole of the Earth;
- the surface of the Moon, where American astronauts planted US flags, and some other places.