unitid 200572 · Valley City, ND · public 4-year · town (remote)
Valley City State University
- enrollment 2023
- 2,037
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
99%
98th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
958
11th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
17%
undergrads on Pell grants
10th pctl among public 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
66th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$20,468
39th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$11,890
after aid, aided students
43rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$52,725
after entry, Title IV students
57th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,369
57th 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 $7,879 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
- 0-30k19%
- 30-48k11%
- 48-75k21%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $59,878
- First-generation students
- 26%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,514
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 96 | $46,680 | $26,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 52 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 41 | $51,811 | $26,041 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 37 | — | $22,747 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 26 | $66,830 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 22 | $58,211 | $27,000 |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management. | 14 | $50,283 | $25,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 11 | — | — |
| Music. | 11 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 10 | — | — |
| Marketing. | 10 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 8 | — | — |
— 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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- net
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.