unitid 200332 · Fargo, ND · public 4-year · city (midsize)
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
- enrollment 2023
- 13,385
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
95%
84th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
9,471
70th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
20%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among public 4-years
completion
64%
finish within 150% time
82nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$23,716
56th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,543
after aid, aided students
69th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$62,203
after entry, Title IV students
77th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,199
80th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,370 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k12%
- 30-48k11%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k24%
- 110k+36%
- Median family income
- $80,195
- First-generation students
- 17%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,110
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 216 | $71,767 | $30,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 144 | $61,984 | $23,250 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 122 | $86,495 | $27,000 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 103 | $45,968 | $26,569 |
| Psychology, General. | 94 | $50,573 | $25,000 |
| Biology, General. | 93 | $49,471 | $23,250 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 82 | $69,912 | $25,542 |
| Computer Science. | 80 | $88,466 | $25,959 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 76 | $52,303 | $21,500 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 71 | $140,135 | — |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | 63 | $92,081 | $22,000 |
| Marketing. | 61 | $67,720 | $25,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.