2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in North Dakota

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in North Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 266,651 registered nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country.

Across North Dakota, there were 909 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,776 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in North Dakota” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in registered nursing. That schools that top this list have a program in registered nursing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in North Dakota”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in North Dakota

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Rasmussen University - North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota

#8 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in North Dakota list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this small private for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s registered nursing students in 2020-2021.

Full Rasmussen University - North Dakota Registered Nursing Report

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 23 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Registered Nursing at UND

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 203 masters’s registered nursing degrees 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 more about Registered Nursing 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.

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