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Best Colleges in North Dakota

The strongest colleges and universities in North Dakota, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in North Dakota, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 26
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 University of Mary Bismarck, ND 75% $17,770 1110-1340 See record
2 North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 95% $15,543 1150 See record
3 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 77% $18,551 - See record
4 Valley City State University Valley City, ND 99% $11,890 830-1070 See record
5 Dickinson State University Dickinson, ND 37% $14,092 - See record
6 University of Jamestown Jamestown, ND 88% $19,567 - See record
7 Bismarck State College Bismarck, ND - $10,270 - See record
8 Trinity Bible College and Graduate School Ellendale, ND 26% $19,359 - See record
9 Minot State University Minot, ND 65% $12,703 930-1140 See record
10 Turtle Mountain Community College Belcourt, ND - $3,428 - See record
11 Mayville State University Mayville, ND - $11,456 - See record
12 Rasmussen University-North Dakota Fargo, ND - - - See record
13 Sitting Bull College Fort Yates, ND - $4,605 - See record
14 United Tribes Technical College Bismarck, ND - $3,569 - See record
15 Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College New Town, ND - $9,971 - See record
16 Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Totten, ND - $6,507 - See record
17 Dakota College at Bottineau Bottineau, ND - $10,039 - See record
18 Josef's School of Hair Skin & Body-Fargo Fargo, ND - $12,773 - See record
19 Josef's School of Hair Skin & Body-Grand Forks Grand Forks, ND - $13,657 - See record
20 Lake Region State College Devils Lake, ND - $13,577 - See record
21 Lynnes Welding Training Fargo, ND - $22,960 - See record
22 Lynnes Welding Training-Bismarck Bismarck, ND - - - See record
23 North Dakota State College of Science Wahpeton, ND - $11,261 - See record
24 The Hair Academy Bismarck, ND - $14,950 - See record
25 The Salon Professional Academy-Fargo Fargo, ND - $18,814 - See record
26 Williston State College Williston, ND - $5,932 - See record