With the entrance of World War II, the college entered into a contract with the Army Air Corps to train aviation students.

After World War II, enrollment swelled to more than 700 students and the school diversified and broadened into both a liberal arts and professional curriculum.

Minnesota State University Moorhead was rated the 18th top liberal arts college in the midwest by TIME magazine in 2008.

Additional areas of accreditation include: Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Athletic Training; and Teacher Education.

The yearly publication is a journal of prose, poetry, interviews, photography and art by current undergraduates and graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Students produce a weekly open-submission literary journal entitled The Yellow Bicycle, a collection of poetry, prose, essays, and reviews.

[18] MSUM produces a daily faculty/staff email newsletter called Dragon Digest[19] and a twice a year publication for its alumni and friends titled Moorhead Magazine.

KMSC is a student organization that has been set up to run as a Non-profit Educational radio station and serves as an in-house learning facility.

Minnesota State University Moorhead teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's NCAA Division II.

Women's sports offered are Dance, Basketball, cross country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & diving, Tennis, Track & field, and Volleyball MSUM maintains a large number of study abroad programs throughout the world.