2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in North Dakota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 527 people earned their degree in Native American studies, making the major the 585th most popular in the United States.

Across North Dakota, there were 8 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 Native American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,120 and $27,473 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Native American studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in Native American studies.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota”.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in North Dakota

1

Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
New Town, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota. NHSC is a small public school situated in New Town, North Dakota. It awarded 3 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Native American Studies at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College

2

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 #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s American Indian studies 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 Native American Studies at UND

3

University of Mary
Bismarck, North Dakota

#3 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota. This small school is located in Bismarck, North Dakota, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s American Indian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.

Full UMary Native American Studies Report

3

Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sitting Bull College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on American Indian Studies Major in North Dakota list. Located in Fort Yates, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s American Indian studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Native American Studies at Sitting Bull College

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Native American Studies

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to G. MГјtzel.