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2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota

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A nursing student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Dakota to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

University of Mary

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Mary the most popular school in North Dakota for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Bismarck, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out master’s degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 91% were women.

One thing to take note of is that UMary does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
23 Total Awards
$13,217 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list. UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 master’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 78% were women.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UND. In 2019-2020 about 71% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full University of North Dakota Report

#3

Rasmussen University - North Dakota

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

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, the very small private for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

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.

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$8,381 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list.

North Dakota State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 20% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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