2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Business/Commerce is the 13th most popular major in the country with 55,749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general business/commerce programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in North Dakota

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$9,420 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota list. BSC is a public institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bismarck State College is $9,420 for north dakota associate degree general business students.

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#2

Mayville State University

Mayville, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$12,378 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mayville State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in North Dakota. Located in Mayville, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s general business students in 2019-2020.

Mayville State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mayville State University is $12,378 for North Dakota Associate Degree General Business students.

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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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