North Dakota State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 240,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 90 (14%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,630 (54%)
Days Without Precipitation 267 (84%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 8,949
Men / Women 50% / 50%
From State 37%
From Region 58%
Athletes 453 (5.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 84%
Mixed 5%
Hispanic 4%
Black 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources 170 48% 94% 1% 1% 2% 0% $72,881 52 +0.98 81 98%
Agribusiness 8 +1 88% 75% 0% 0% 12% 0% $84,682 91 +0.95 90 100% — — — —
Agricultural Economics 27 — 78% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% $84,682 91 +0.95 90 100% — — — —
Agricultural Education 6 — 17% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 13 -1.39 60 99% — — — —
Agricultural Systems Management 9 — 89% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $81,513 75 +0.67 88 100% — — — —
Agriculture 4 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $83,364 99 +2.02 89 100% — — — —
Animal Sciences 29 — 3% 90% 3% 0% 3% 0% $57,845 64 +0.34 58 95% — — — —
Crop and Weed Sciences 20 — 80% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% $89,685 100 +2.61 93 96% — — — —
Equine Studies 3 +2 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,915 42 -0.30 43 95% — — — —
Food Safety 3 — 0% 33% 0% 33% 0% 0% $72,524 82 +0.81 81 — — — — —
Horticulture 7 — 14% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $79,079 99 +1.63 86 100% — — — —
Natural Resources Management 23 — 48% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,044 91 +1.31 77 95% — — — —
Sustainable Agriculture 11 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $89,685 100 +2.61 93 96% — — — —
Veterinary Technology 20 — 5% 95% 0% 0% 5% 0% $51,727 42 -0.33 42 100% — — — —
Agricultural Communication — — — — — — — — $69,884 40 -0.16 78 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 429 30% 82% 1% 2% 5% 1% $67,170 35 +0.89 75 95% 8.1%
Corporate and Organizational Communication 15 — 47% 87% 0% 7% 7% 0% $83,134 70 +0.43 89 96% — — — —
English 9 +4 11% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,511 55 +0.01 45 90% — — — —
French — — — — — — — — $62,837 68 +0.43 68 — — — — —
History 11 +2 73% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,691 70 +0.17 60 89% — — — —
Public History — +1 — — — — — — $58,691 70 +0.17 60 89% — — — —
Spanish 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,204 67 +0.37 67 — — — — —
Women's Studies 2 — 0% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $61,377 75 +0.63 65 — — — — —
Anthropology 5 +1 20% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $67,178 91 +0.93 75 — — — — —
Humanities 7 +2 57% 57% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,902 90 +0.82 73 — — — — —
International Studies 1 +5 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $67,913 41 -0.25 76 — — — — —
Journalism 3 +1 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,569 81 +0.81 78 — — — — —
Political Science 22 +4 50% 77% 0% 5% 9% 0% $70,571 49 -0.12 79 100% — — — —
Psychology 129 +8 18% 80% 3% 2% 6% 1% $67,256 96 +1.85 75 93% 8.1% — — —
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology 2 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $70,026 89 +0.95 78 — — — — —
Sociology 3 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $79,437 97 +2.04 87 90% — — — —
Strategic Communication 26 — 23% 81% 0% 4% 8% 0% $71,198 49 -0.04 79 99% — — — —
Architecture 60 — 43% 83% 2% 3% 2% 5% $74,652 86 +0.75 83 94% — — — —
Art 17 +1 29% 76% 6% 0% 12% 0% $50,253 68 +0.37 38 85% — — — —
Art Education 6 — 0% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% $58,628 93 +1.26 60 99% — — — —
Interior Design 19 — 0% 95% 0% 0% 5% 0% $56,526 9 -1.32 55 100% — — — —
Landscape Architecture 14 — 29% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $60,637 15 -0.85 64 94% — — — —
Music 16 +1 44% 81% 0% 0% 0% 6% $53,217 80 +0.70 46 96% — — — —
Theatre Arts 8 — 25% 75% 0% 0% 12% 0% $38,374 22 -0.63 11 94% — — — —
Criminal Justice 43 +7 42% 84% 0% 0% 5% 0% $73,631 97 +1.89 82 99% — — — —
Emergency Management 9 +1 44% 56% 0% 0% 0% 0% $82,120 79 +0.50 89 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Business 424 65% 89% 1% 1% 2% 1% $81,294 76 -0.09 88 98% 5.7%
Accounting 53 +6 64% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,753 56 +0.05 92 97% — — — —
Business Administration 19 +3 47% 74% 0% 5% 5% 0% $71,354 46 -0.33 80 98% — — — —
Economics 20 +1 90% 95% 5% 0% 0% 0% $76,328 18 -0.81 84 100% — — — —
Finance 90 +8 79% 89% 0% 1% 6% 0% $89,501 41 -0.33 93 96% — — — —
Management 154 +11 61% 88% 1% 3% 2% 1% $71,354 46 -0.33 80 98% — — — —
Management Information Systems 21 +1 81% 86% 5% 0% 5% 5% $85,998 37 -0.37 91 100% — — — —
Marketing 60 +7 45% 87% 3% 0% 0% 0% $93,320 90 +1.23 94 99% 5.7% — — —
Transportation, Logistics, and Finance 6 +1 100% 83% 0% 0% 0% 17% $71,354 7 -0.96 80 98% — — — —
Business Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 49 -0.20 60 99% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering 433 85% 87% 0% 3% 3% 1% $102,554 95 -0.14 97 98% 3.6%
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering 8 — 88% 50% 0% 0% 0% 12% $88,401 23 -0.40 92 100% — — — —
Civil Engineering 49 — 78% 96% 0% 0% 4% 0% $92,509 49 +0.03 94 99% — — — —
Computer Engineering 15 — 93% 87% 0% 7% 0% 7% $101,206 14 -0.75 97 100% 3.6% — — —
Construction Engineering 7 — 71% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $92,625 49 +0.04 94 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 51 — 86% 86% 0% 4% 2% 0% $112,088 48 -0.23 99 100% 3.6% — — —
Environmental Engineering 5 — 60% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $88,673 74 +0.45 92 — — — — —
Industrial Engineering 32 — 66% 88% 0% 0% 3% 0% $96,528 10 -1.10 95 95% — — — —
Manufacturing Engineering 8 — 75% 88% 0% 0% 0% 12% $95,704 33 -0.44 95 100% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 119 — 87% 87% 1% 2% 3% 0% $99,069 55 -0.02 96 98% — — — —
Computer Science 93 +1 90% 78% 0% 10% 3% 3% $107,632 33 -0.51 98 97% — — — —
Software Engineering 3 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $101,206 25 -0.69 97 100% 3.6% — — —
Construction Management 43 — 95% 95% 0% 0% 5% 0% $113,550 91 +1.16 99 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health and Human Sciences 582 18% 90% 2% 3% 1% 0% $77,262 65 -0.02 85 98% 5.4%
Dietetics 18 — 6% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $70,875 80 +0.66 79 — — — — —
Exercise Science 37 — 43% 92% 5% 3% 0% 0% $64,292 65 +0.29 70 98% — — — —
Medical Laboratory Science 5 — 40% 80% 0% 20% 0% 0% $76,122 49 -0.14 84 94% — — — —
Nursing 191 — 9% 85% 2% 4% 2% 1% $86,137 26 -0.61 91 99% 4.4% — — —
Pharmaceutical Sciences 48 — 33% 92% 4% 2% 2% 0% $142,465 84 +0.84 100 97% — — — —
Radiologic Sciences 49 — 10% 98% 0% 2% 0% 0% $73,553 28 -0.48 82 100% — — — —
Respiratory Care 7 — 0% 57% 0% 29% 0% 0% $73,553 62 +0.20 82 100% — — — —
Hospitality and Tourism Management 6 — 33% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $72,764 93 +1.10 81 100% — — — —
Sport Management 21 — 57% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,292 67 +0.32 70 98% — — — —
Human Development and Family Sciences 122 +4 5% 91% 0% 2% 2% 0% $55,045 60 +0.21 51 95% 6.9% — — —
Biology Education 4 — 0% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 68 +0.08 60 99% — — — —
Chemistry Education — — — — — — — — $58,628 68 +0.08 60 99% — — — —
Earth Science Teacher Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 68 +0.08 60 99% — — — —
English Education 7 — 14% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 73 +0.45 60 99% — — — —
Family and Consumer Sciences Education 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 49 -0.20 60 99% — — — —
French Language Teacher Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 73 +0.45 60 99% — — — —
Mathematics Education 4 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 68 +0.08 60 99% — — — —
Physical Education 18 — 67% 89% 0% 6% 0% 0% $58,628 59 +0.11 60 99% — — — —
Physics Education — — — — — — — — $58,628 68 +0.08 60 99% — — — —
Science Education 3 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 68 +0.08 60 99% — — — —
Social Studies Education 15 — 67% 93% 7% 0% 0% 0% $58,628 77 +0.51 60 99% — — — —
Spanish Education — — — — — — — — $58,628 73 +0.45 60 99% — — — —
Apparel, Retail Merchandising, and Design 12 — 8% 92% 8% 0% 0% 0% $70,070 81 +0.83 78 97% — — — —
Applied Sciences 10 — 10% 80% 10% 10% 0% 0% $89,622 47 +0.07 93 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Science and Mathematics 209 44% 88% 1% 3% 2% 0% $70,860 47 +0.56 79 97% 5.1%
Chemistry 4 — 75% 75% 0% 25% 0% 0% $71,306 54 -0.03 80 — — — — —
Geosciences 9 — 44% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,843 76 +0.43 78 — — — — —
Mathematics 9 +4 67% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $72,781 38 -0.47 81 100% — — — —
Physics 2 +1 50% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $82,047 48 -0.11 88 — — — — —
Statistics 3 +5 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $104,494 57 -0.13 97 — — — — —
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 7 — 57% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,250 64 +0.25 82 — — — — —
Biological Sciences 101 +8 34% 89% 0% 2% 2% 1% $71,532 76 +0.59 80 98% — — — —
Biotechnology 6 +2 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,903 67 +0.30 83 — — — — —
Microbiology 10 +4 10% 80% 10% 0% 10% 0% $76,284 81 +0.81 84 100% — — — —
University Studies 58 — 57% 86% 0% 5% 2% 0% $65,634 90 +0.80 72 94% 5.1% — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,672
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $16,771
Est. In-State Cost $15,099
Est. Out-of-State Cost $21,695
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 46%
6-Year Graduation Rate 64%
Transfer-Out Rate 22%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 20.7% 465 64% 89% 1% 2% 2% 1% $80,524 55 -0.04 88 98% 5.7%
Health Sciences 15.0% 337 17% 88% 2% 4% 1% 0% $89,522 87 -0.26 93 99% 4.4%
Social Sciences 14.2% 320 17% 84% 1% 2% 4% 0% $63,273 67 +0.88 69 95% 7.5%
Engineering 13.1% 294 82% 88% 0% 2% 3% 1% $99,354 40 -0.22 96 99% 3.6%
Agriculture & Food Science 8.4% 188 44% 94% 1% 1% 2% 0% $72,689 92 +0.95 81 98% —
Arts 6.8% 152 30% 84% 2% 1% 5% 3% $63,207 92 +0.25 69 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.5% 124 35% 90% 1% 2% 2% 1% $72,232 73 +0.57 81 98% —
Professional 4.7% 105 61% 86% 1% 1% 4% 0% $92,229 90 +1.30 94 100% —
Computer Science 4.3% 96 91% 79% 0% 9% 3% 3% $107,431 45 -0.51 98 97% 3.6%
Humanities 3.6% 82 51% 88% 0% 5% 1% 0% $63,075 86 +0.61 68 93% 5.1%
Education 2.5% 57 46% 91% 2% 2% 0% 0% $58,628 80 +0.24 60 99% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 27 59% 85% 4% 4% 0% 0% $75,793 42 -0.04 84 100% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $115M #21 16% $1.2M 13 #42 78 17
Engineering $26.2M #138 58% $0.1M 22 #124 156 11
Business & Economics $13.3M #48 9% $0.0M 7 #158 1 —
Physical Sciences & Math $12.7M #163 64% $0.2M 17 #140 139 6
Health Sciences $8.5M #144 60% $0.1M 24 #78 30 4
Life & Natural Sciences $6.6M #189 69% $0 12 #136 136 28
Humanities & Social Sciences $6.5M #178 31% $0.0M 18 #187 49 1
Computer Science $3.6M #156 44% $0 7 #115 41 —
Education $1.3M #209 28% $0 9 #340 — —
Total $193M #124 29% $1.6M 129 #152 630 67

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 130 $8.4M $8.4M $0
Track & Field (combined) 124 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Baseball 40 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Wrestling 32 $992K $992K $0
Basketball 15 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Golf 9 $420K $420K $0
Total 289 $14.3M $14.3M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 155 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Soccer 31 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Softball 21 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Volleyball 17 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Basketball 14 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Golf 9 $445K $445K $0
Total 164 $7.0M $7.0M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 279 $2.6M $2.6M $0
Football 130 $8.4M $8.4M $0
Baseball 40 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Wrestling 32 $992K $992K $0
Soccer 31 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Basketball 29 $3.8M $3.8M $0
Softball 21 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Golf 18 $865K $865K $0
Volleyball 17 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Total 453 $34.8M $34.2M $576K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 92%
Yield (non-ED) 32%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 92% 92% 92%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

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