2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Dakota, there were 29 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,300 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,663 and $15,449 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$6,205 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the #1 spot on the list. BSC is a small public school situated in Bismarck, North Dakota. It awarded 11 associates’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

BSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. The yearly cost to attend BSC is $6,205 for North Dakota Associate Degree General Business students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Mayville State University

Mayville, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$7,679 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mayville State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Mayville, North Dakota, this small public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s general business students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mayville State University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. It costs about $7,679 for North Dakota Associate Degree General Business students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Mayville State University.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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