by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Minot State University landed the #350 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, MSU took the #4 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota.
The total graduate student population at MSU is made up of 70.5% women and 29.5% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at MSU, around 14.4% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at MSU. Around 23.1% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,992 | $8,992 |
| Fees | $1,271 | $1,271 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from MSU enter careers with an average starting salary of $59,357. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 2% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Minot State University.
Contact details for MSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 University Ave W, Minot, ND 58707 |
| Phone: | 701-858-3000 |
| Website: | www.minotstateu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/minotstateuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/Minotstateu |
In 2020-2021, 83.1% of the graduate students at Minot State University took at least one class online. Roughly 56.2% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 14 |
| Communication Sciences | 27 |
| General Education | 23 |
| Health & Physical Education | 17 |
| Management Information Systems | 21 |
| Special Education | 10 |
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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