by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. 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., Valley City State University landed the #381 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota, Valley City State University came in at #5.
The total graduate student population at Valley City State University is made up of 73.3% women and 26.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Valley City State University, around 3.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 0.7% of graduate students hail from another country. 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 graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,351 | $6,351 |
| Fees | $1,372 | $1,372 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Valley City State University enter careers with an average starting salary of $50,075. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 14% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Valley City State University.
Contact details for Valley City State University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 101 College St Sw, Valley City, ND 58072 |
| Phone: | 701-845-7990 |
| Website: | www.vcsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/valleycitystate |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/VCSUVikings |
In 2020-2021, 100.0% of the graduate students at Valley City State University took all of their classes 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 |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 14 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 22 |
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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