2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in North Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Dakota for a Master’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 198,468 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Dakota, there were 788 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,920 and $25,331 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,776 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Dakota for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular engineering programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Dakota for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for north dakota master’s degree engineering students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in North Dakota

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Dakota for a Master’s. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 42 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 Engineering at University of North Dakota

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Dakota for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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