by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of North Dakota was awarded 443 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical/medical laboratory science.
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UND landed the #218 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UND held the #257 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 12 colleges in North Dakota, UND is ranked at #1.
With an acceptance rate of 89%, University of North Dakota is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 6% of students accepted to UND submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 630. Math scores were between 560 and 660.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of North Dakota, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 University of North Dakota is 90%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of North Dakota has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. 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.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from UND have a four-year graduation rate of 32%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of North Dakota.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,796 undergraduates at UND with 7,173 being full-time and 2,623 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,394 | $13,151 | $15,818 | $17,859 | $19,054 |
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 UND, 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 UND, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $11,083 a year. That adds up to $44,332 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UND is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UND are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 264 Centennial Drive, Stop 8193, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8193 |
| Phone: | 800-225-5863 |
| Website: | https://und.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/myUND |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/myUND |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Air Transportation | 267 | $47,772 |
| Nursing | 143 | $61,752 |
| General Psychology | 106 | $32,596 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 103 | $66,166 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 99 | $37,483 |
| General Biology | 96 | $27,099 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 89 | $36,803 |
| Accounting | 85 | $51,896 |
| Social Work | 83 | $38,598 |
| Marketing | 77 | $41,105 |
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, 9,650 students took at least one online class at University of North Dakota. This is a decrease from the 11,293 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 9,650 | 4,185 |
| 2019-2020 | 11,293 | 4,466 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,163 | 3,351 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,717 | 3,531 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,336 | 3,537 |
Learn more about online learning at University of North Dakota.
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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