2021 Best Affordable Colleges in North Dakota for Students from Iran

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Colleges for Iranian Students in North Dakota ranking is part of that endeavor.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Dakota to determine which ones were the best for Iranian students in North Dakota. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall value.

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Top Value Colleges in North Dakota for Students from Iran

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, ND

$14,876 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.9% International Students

North Dakota State University - Main Campus tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Iranian students in North Dakota. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, the fairly large public school awarded 2,568 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.9% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as India, China, and Bangladesh come to North Dakota State University to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at North Dakota State University runs, on average, about $14,876. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $12,028 per year.

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

$15,037 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.9% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Iranian students in North Dakota. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 2,097 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 5.9% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at UND come from such countries as China, Canada, and Japan. International students at UND can expect to pay, on average, about $15,037 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $18,968 a year in average tuition and fees.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.