Inside Academics at University of North Dakota

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at University of North Dakota: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at University of North Dakota:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty & Class Sizes

With 17 students per faculty member, University of North Dakota is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. With 92% of instructors full time, University of North Dakota is above the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition report.

Majors and Fields of Study

Students at University of North Dakota can choose from 94 majors with reported graduates spanning 28 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at University of North Dakota are shown below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at University of North Dakota.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Additional Questions to Ask

As you weigh academic life at University of North Dakota, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether University of North Dakota offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 7,828 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well University of North Dakota retains and graduates its students — 84% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of University of North Dakota.

Explore Further into University of North Dakota

Each page below covers one part of academic life at University of North Dakota in more detail:

• Majors & Degree Programs at University of North Dakota — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty Composition at University of North Dakota — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation and Retention at University of North Dakota — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Online Learning at University of North Dakota — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at University of North Dakota — the schools accreditation and what it means