I talked with a proffesor from the Mankato school and they seemed really interested in getting me into their program. They have a shortage of students where UND doesn't. So I think mankato would be better as far as available instructors. They have a similar aircraft fleet.
Off topic question,
the training for your PPL is done in a DA20. How are these vs a 172 as far as training goes? I see the DA20s are stick vs the 172 yoke.