unitid 219259 · Aberdeen, SD · public 4-year · town (remote)
Northern State University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,311
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
93%
79th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
1,273
16th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
12%
undergrads on Pell grants
3rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
49%
finish within 150% time
57th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,077
49th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,812
after aid, aided students
71st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,618
after entry, Title IV students
42nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,320
75th 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 $10,762 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
- 0-30k21%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $52,170
- First-generation students
- 31%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,845
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 46 | $51,852 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 35 | $44,043 | $24,242 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 30 | $53,946 | $24,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 28 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 26 | $53,939 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 24 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 20 | $56,764 | $29,816 |
| Biology, General. | 18 | $64,107 | $25,300 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 15 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 14 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 14 | $52,374 | — |
| Sociology. | 13 | — | — |
— 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.