A number of educational "firsts" have happened in Saint Paul.
Hamline University, the first and oldest college in Minnesota, was founded in Saint Paul in 1854.
It is the state's second largest school district with approximately 38,000 students.
[5] Saint Paul has numerous private schools, including non-sectarian, Jewish, Roman Catholic, and Protestant.
[7] Saint Paul is second in the United States in the number of higher education institutions per capita.