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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

3 Schools Ranked
$12,629 Avg Tuition & Fees*

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Dakota to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Rasmussen University - North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota
3 Total Awards
$5,615 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - North Dakota the best value school in North Dakota for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is located in Fargo, North Dakota and has a very small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 master’s degrees to qualified students.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota graduate students pay an average of $5,615 in tuition and fees each year.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rasmussen University - North Dakota is ranked #3 for overall quality in North Dakota.

Full Rasmussen University - North Dakota Report

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
23 Total Awards
$18,968 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list. This fairly large public school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 23 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UND graduate students pay an average of $18,968 in tuition and fees each year.

UND does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 71% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

UND did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list.

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#3

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota
34 Total Awards
$13,304 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list. UMary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 34 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMary are $13,304 per year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMary does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UMary is ranked #2 for overall quality in North Dakota.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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