University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
School Background
2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 8,998
Graduate Enrollment: 4,054
Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded:
Graduate
Religious Affiliation:
None
Campus Details
Small City (<100k)
Four-year, large, primarily residential
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medium full-time , selective, higher transfer-in
Applicant and Admittance Traits
2022 Admission Rate: 89.03%
Male/Female: 52% / 48% (2017)
First generation college students: 19.1% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 9.0% (2017)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.3% (2017)
Test scores for admission: Required
Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 36.8% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 17.7% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 10.4% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 6.3% (2017)
Ethnicity Information
White: 79.4%
Black: 2.2%
Hispanic: 5.1%
Asian: 2.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.9%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 4.9%
Non-resident alien: 4.6%
Unknown race: 0.8%
Black: 2.2%
Hispanic: 5.1%
Asian: 2.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.9%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 4.9%
Non-resident alien: 4.6%
Unknown race: 0.8%
Costs & Fees
2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $23,529
In-State tuition: $10,596Out-of-State tuition: $15,037
Estimated books and supplies: $800 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $9,922 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $3,446 (2022)
Estimated off-campus room & board: $9,922 (2022)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $3,446 (2022)
Average Family Income: $102,060 (2017)
Median Family Income: $78,651 (2017)
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 17.3%Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 45.1%
Median federal loan debt at graduation: $22,057 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $234 (2021)
| Household Income | Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0-$30k | $11,298 |
| $30k-48k | $12,965 |
| $48k-75k | $15,914 |
| $75k-110k | $17,573 |
| $110k+ | $20,172 |
Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements
4-year graduation rate: 40%6-year graduation rate: 62%
1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 97.1% (2020)
Loans
Median federal debt for graduates: $22,057 (2021)Median federal debt for non-graduates: $11,332 (2021)
Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $15,238 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $17,996 (2021)
Ability to Repay Loans
| Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment (Non-delinquent/default) |
Percentage |
|---|---|
| @1 Year | 85.3% (2015) |
| @3 year | 88.4% (2017) |
| @5 year | 91.9% (2017) |
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 64.7% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 64.4% (2015)
Earnings Power
Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $49,193 (2020)Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $57,651 (2020)
Popular Majors
| Type of Degree | Major | 2022 Graduates | Median Federal Debt | Median Monthly Payment | 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) | 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 3 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Educational/Instructional Media Design. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Civil Engineering. | 30 | $26,600 | $193 | $68,014 ($5,668) | $74,705 ($6,225) |
| Master's Degree | Civil Engineering. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Civil Engineering. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 32 | $25,000 | $235 | $36,320 ($3,027) | $37,529 ($3,127) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 53 | $27,000 | $286 | $78,552 ($6,546) | $91,053 ($7,588) |
| Master's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | 3 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 97 | $27,000 | $239 | $69,247 ($5,771) | $78,739 ($6,562) |
| Master's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 18 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Petroleum Engineering. | 33 | $27,000 | $286 | $89,082 ($7,424) | $86,097 ($7,175) |
| Master's Degree | Petroleum Engineering. | 10 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Petroleum Engineering. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geological/Geophysical Engineering. | 8 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Geological/Geophysical Engineering. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. | 11 | $44,868 ($3,739) | |||
| Master's Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 5 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 19 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Health and Physical Education/Fitness. | 42 | $46,594 ($3,883) | |||
| Master's Degree | Health and Physical Education/Fitness. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Philosophy and Religious Studies, General. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Philosophy. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. | 7 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemistry. | 9 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Chemistry. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Physics. | 5 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Physics. | 2 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Physics. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Psychology, General. | 144 | $23,905 | $219 | $34,061 ($2,838) | $46,930 ($3,911) |
| Master's Degree | Psychology, General. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Psychology, General. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 41 | $344 | $58,170 ($4,848) | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 15 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 68 | $19,875 | $207 | $41,537 ($3,461) | $50,475 ($4,206) |
| Doctoral Degree | Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Public Administration. | 7 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Public Administration. | 11 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Public Administration. | 1 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Public Policy Analysis. | 7 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Social Work. | 77 | $26,000 | $236 | $45,786 ($3,816) | $49,870 ($4,156) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 39 | $26,043 | $257 | $63,477 ($5,290) | $60,349 ($5,029) |
| Master's Degree | Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 9 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Medicine. | 70 | $1,833 | $61,076 ($5,090) | ||
| Master's Degree | Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies. | 2 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Public Health. | 9 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Public Health. | 12 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Public Health. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 18 | $52,250 ($4,354) | |||
| Master's Degree | Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 57 | $302 | $59,195 ($4,933) | $61,652 ($5,138) | |
| First Professional Degree | Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 52 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. | 17 | $36,554 ($3,046) | |||
| Master's Degree | Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 154 | $25,792 | $261 | $67,634 ($5,636) | $64,294 ($5,358) |
| Master's Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 96 | $583 | $128,498 ($10,708) | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 3 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 3 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 59 | $23,000 | $220 | $45,868 ($3,822) | $53,606 ($4,467) |
| Doctoral Degree | Chemistry. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Educational Administration and Supervision. | 17 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Educational/Instructional Media Design. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research. | 3 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Special Education and Teaching. | 125 | $273 | $51,735 ($4,311) | $52,683 ($4,390) | |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Special Education and Teaching. | 10 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 33 | $463 | $47,606 ($3,967) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 118 | $27,000 | $281 | $38,461 ($3,205) | $41,931 ($3,494) |
| Master's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 24 | $55,330 ($4,611) | $48,722 ($4,060) | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 6 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 10 | $47,576 ($3,965) | |||
| Master's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 24 | $256 | $50,482 ($4,207) | ||
| Master's Degree | Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. | 10 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Engineering, General. | 2 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 43 | $26,950 | $265 | $65,100 ($5,425) | $88,123 ($7,344) |
| Master's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 1 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Law. | 106 | $700 | $58,885 ($4,907) | $70,092 ($5,841) | |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Legal Professions and Studies, Other. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 4 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 113 | $24,901 | $237 | $39,105 ($3,259) | $56,660 ($4,722) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Biology, General. | 89 | $22,500 | $218 | $29,034 ($2,420) | $60,146 ($5,012) |
| Master's Degree | Biology, General. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biology, General. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Zoology/Animal Biology. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mathematics. | 18 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Mathematics. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | International/Global Studies. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 47 | $18,764 | $199 | ||
| Master's Degree | Social Work. | 71 | $353 | $54,695 ($4,558) | $57,701 ($4,808) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Social Sciences, General. | 33 | $27,431 | $255 | $34,580 ($2,882) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Anthropology. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Economics. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Economics. | 15 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geography and Cartography. | 9 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Geography and Cartography. | 2 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Geography and Cartography. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 16 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Sociology. | 29 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Air Transportation. | 220 | $22,769 | $228 | $48,781 ($4,065) | $74,569 ($6,214) |
| Master's Degree | Air Transportation. | 20 | $86,604 ($7,217) | |||
| Doctoral Degree | Air Transportation. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Design and Applied Arts. | 3 | $38,751 ($3,229) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 9 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Music. | 15 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Music. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 19 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 21 | $416 | $53,862 ($4,489) | ||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 9 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 33 | $605 | $110,043 ($9,170) | $113,053 ($9,421) | |
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 88 | $29,650 | $119 | $61,014 ($5,085) | |
| Master's Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 34 | $230 | $93,501 ($7,792) | $106,454 ($8,871) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Accounting and Related Services. | 85 | $24,780 | $250 | $53,173 ($4,431) | $62,317 ($5,193) |
| Master's Degree | Accounting and Related Services. | 14 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Business/Managerial Economics. | 17 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | 24 | $26,000 | $257 | $37,509 ($3,126) | $54,055 ($4,505) |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Finance and Financial Management Services. | 42 | $24,093 | $246 | $48,163 ($4,014) | $56,582 ($4,715) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Human Resources Management and Services. | 10 | $45,066 ($3,756) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Marketing. | 62 | $24,187 | $246 | $44,398 ($3,700) | $64,234 ($5,353) |
| Bachelor's Degree | History. | 13 | ||||
| Master's Degree | History. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 2 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Area Studies. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 89 | $24,000 | $217 | $32,720 ($2,727) | $46,659 ($3,888) |
| Master's Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Graphic Communications. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 37 | $25,625 | $255 | $64,526 ($5,377) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Systems Analysis. | 18 | $27,000 | $245 | $49,174 ($4,098) | |
| Master's Degree | Computer Science. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Computer Science. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 1 | ||||
| Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Curriculum and Instruction. | 7 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Educational Administration and Supervision. | 21 | $70,943 ($5,912) |
Campus Resources
Average faculty salary: $82,224Full time faculty: 90%
Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 17.0
School's endowment start of year: $261,614,000 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $345,548,000 (2022)