2022 Best Value Colleges for General Education in North Dakota (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Education Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Dakota, there were 19 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Education in North Dakota (With Aid)

#1

Minot State University

Minot, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$11,898 Average Net Price

$41,625 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Minot State University landed the #1 spot on the list. MSU is a small public school situated in Minot, North Dakota. It awarded 17 ’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Schools in North Dakota” list. The estimated yearly cost for Minot State University is $11,898 for north dakota education students with aid.

Read full report on General Education at MSU

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$15,738 Average Net Price

$50,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified ’s education students in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Schools in North Dakota” list. The estimated yearly cost for UND is $15,738 for North Dakota Education students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at UND

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• Best Value Colleges for General Education (With Aid)

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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