by our College Data Analytics Team
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Dakota College at Bottineau was awarded 111 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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MSU-Bottineau is ranked #1,262 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Dakota College at Bottineau has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Dakota College at Bottineau is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Dakota College at Bottineau is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
Dakota College at Bottineau has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,060 undergraduates at MSU-Bottineau with 312 being full-time and 748 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,324 | $10,077 | $10,127 | $14,546 | $15,179 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MSU-Bottineau, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MSU-Bottineau, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $5,351 a year. That adds up to $21,404 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MSU-Bottineau is 15.8%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for MSU-Bottineau are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 105 Simrall Blvd, Bottineau, ND 58318-1198 |
| Phone: | 701-228-2277 |
| Website: | www.dakotacollege.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 923 students took at least one online class at Dakota College at Bottineau. This is an increase from the 854 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 923 | 660 |
| 2019-2020 | 854 | 522 |
| 2018-2019 | 615 | 349 |
| 2017-2018 | 747 | 466 |
| 2016-2017 | 691 | 478 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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