2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in North Dakota (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Dakota, there were 819 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,929 and $25,014 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,960 and $29,702 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for north dakota master’s degree engineering students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in North Dakota (With Aid)

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid. North Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 51 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589.

Read more about Engineering at North Dakota State University

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid. University of North Dakota is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UND, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Dakota are $18,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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