The Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program in Minnesota allows high school juniors and seniors to earn college credit while in high school. High school students can participate in PSEO in several ways:
- Take courses at a postsecondary institution
- Take courses offered at their high school taught by a qualified high school instructor or college instructor; sometimes referred to as concurrent/dual enrollment or "College in the Schools"
- Take courses offered online taught by a college instructor
PSEO provides students with a great variety of class offerings and the opportunity to pursue challenging coursework. The program is administered through the Minnesota Department of Education.
During the 2007-08 school year, a total of 27,966 Minnesota high school juniors and seniors participated in PSEO.
- 7,502 Minnesota high school students (2,148 juniors and 5,354 seniors) participated in PSEO by taking a course(s) at a postsecondary institution. Of these, 331 were from private high schools and 635 were students who attended home school.
- 20,464 high school students (6,873 juniors and 13,591 seniors) participated in PSEO by taking a course(s) in their high school involving 255 public school districts (77 percent of all school districts) and some private schools and charter schools. Concurrent enrollment is the most popular and fastest-growing form of PSEO.
