Central Lakes College at Pine River-Backus High School

Central Lakes College at Pine River-Backus High School is a satellite instructional location of Central Lakes College, a public two-year community and technical college based in Brainerd, Minnesota. This site is hosted at Pine River-Backus High School in Pine River, Minnesota, and is associated with dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment programming that brings college-level coursework to secondary students and community members in the Cass County area. Enrollment, completion, and retention data are not separately reported for this site in current IPEDS records.

No specific programs are individually listed for this location in available data. Central Lakes College offers associate degrees and technical diplomas in areas including healthcare, business, trades, and liberal arts transfer programs, a subset of which may be delivered at off-campus sites like Pine River-Backus High School.

Pine River is a small community in Cass County in north-central Minnesota. Satellite programming at rural high schools is part of Central Lakes College's regional mission to improve postsecondary access for students in sparsely populated areas of Minnesota.