2024 Best Schools for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota for Doctor's Degrees

With all of the options you have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take when you want to pursue a degree. College Factual has developed its Best Doctor's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota ranking as one thing you can use to help make this decision. You may be surprised that some normally high-priced schools offer very generous financial aid packages to those who qualify.

In This Year's Value Report:

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Finding Your Best College Match

We analyzed 3 schools across North Dakota to determine which have the best value Doctor's Degree programs. Our ranking methodology focuses on different objective factors to make this determination of the best value schools. We explain more about what we look at and why we do so below.

Our Methodology

The first step of determing the value of a school in our Best Doctor's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota ranking is to look at the school's average net price for students with families that make $0-$30k a year. The net price is the sum of tuition, fees, and room and board minus any financial aid awarded to the student. In addition, the overall quality of a school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how much it costs.

To make it into this list a school must offer a quality education like the schools in our Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considers factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

We go into more detail on these factors on our best value ranking methodology page.

More Rankings to View

You can scroll down to see the top schools for this ranking, but you may also want to view some of the other ranking methods listed below.

To get a better picture of the best value schools for your income range or for whether or not you'll receive aid, click on one of the tiles above. You may also want to narrow this list by location to find the best value schools nearest you. In addition, we've put together a number of other college rankings that may help you in your search.

Know what field you want to major in? Make sure you check out our best value schools by major. In addition, you can select one of the links below to see the best value colleges for other degree levels.

• Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota
• Best Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota
• Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota

Best Value Doctor's Degree Schools (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

1

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#3 Quality Rank in ND

Our analysis found University of North Dakota to be the best value (income $0-$30k) school for doctor’s degrees in North Dakota in this year’s ranking. This fairly large public school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

University of North Dakota has the honor of being ranked #3 in North Dakota for overall quality on top of being a good value.

Full University of North Dakota Value Report

2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#2 Quality Rank in ND

A rank of #2 on our Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota list means North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a great place for students working on their degree. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota.

North Dakota State University - Main Campus has the honor of being ranked #2 in North Dakota for overall quality on top of being a good value.

Read full value report on North Dakota State University - Main Campus

3

University of Mary
Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 Quality Rank in ND

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in North Dakota list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Not only is University of Mary a great value, but it is also ranked #1 in North Dakota for overall quality.

Full University of Mary Value Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.