Total 53,821 Students Enrolled in North Dakota Colleges

A total of 53,821 students are enrolled in North Dakota colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

Student Level: There are 45,557 undergraduate and 8,293 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 84.65% and the proportion of graduate students is 15.41%.
Institution Level: 45,832 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 7,641 students enrolled in community colleges, and 348 students enrolled in trade schools.

North Dakota 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 15 North Dakota 4-year colleges, there are 45,832 students enrolled.

Institution Control: 38,820 (84.70%) students in public and 7,012 (15.30%) in private 4-year colleges.
Student Level: 37,568 (81.97%) undergraduate and 8,293 (18.09%) graduate students in North Dakota public 4-year colleges.
Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in North Dakota 4-year colleges, 53.15% are women (24,359) and 46.85% are men (21,473). This yields a ratio of approximately 88 male students for every 100 female students.
Online Enrollment: 6,079 (13.26%) undergraduate and 3,842 (8.38%) graduate students are enrolled online in North Dakota 4-year colleges.
Largest and Smallest: For North Dakota colleges, University of North Dakota has the most number of students of 15,019 among 4-year colleges. For North Dakota community colleges, North Dakota State College of Science has the most students of 3,367 and The Salon Professional Academy-Fargo is the largest trade school with 95.

Student Population By School Level for North Dakota Colleges

By attending status, there are 34,528 full-time students and 19,293 part-time students at North Dakota colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between North Dakota colleges. A total of 53,821 students have enrolled in North Dakota colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between North Dakota Colleges
School	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
School	Total	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Rasmussen University-North DakotaPrivate, 4-year	52	52	38	14	29	-	-
Bismarck State CollegePublic, 4-year	4,206	4,206	2,093	2,113	-	-	-
Dickinson State UniversityPublic, 4-year	1,410	1,339	911	428	71	11	60
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegePublic, 4-year	233	233	107	126	-	-	-
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Grand ForksPrivate, Less than 2-year	61	61	61	-	-	-	-
University of JamestownPrivate, 4-year	1,376	1,049	982	67	327	319	8
Lake Region State CollegePublic, 2-4 year	1,897	1,897	470	1,427	-	-	-
Cankdeska Cikana Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	239	239	127	112	-	-	-
University of MaryPrivate, 4-year	3,861	2,821	2,100	721	1,040	540	500
Mayville State UniversityPublic, 4-year	1,134	1,067	589	478	67	32	35
Minot State UniversityPublic, 4-year	2,751	2,499	1,696	803	252	129	123
University of North DakotaPublic, 4-year	15,019	11,033	7,715	3,318	3,986	1,876	2,110
North Dakota State College of SciencePublic, 2-4 year	3,367	3,367	1,672	1,695	-	-	-
Dakota College at BottineauPublic, 2-4 year	1,204	1,204	306	898	-	-	-
North Dakota State University-Main CampusPublic, 4-year	11,952	9,762	8,711	1,051	2,190	911	1,279
Williston State CollegePublic, 2-4 year	934	934	518	416	-	-	-
Sitting Bull CollegePublic, 4-year	309	280	225	55	29	12	17
Trinity Bible College and Graduate SchoolPrivate, 4-year	275	160	112	48	115	87	28
Turtle Mountain CollegePrivate, 4-year	872	840	446	394	32	22	10
United Tribes Technical CollegePrivate, 4-year	576	576	535	41	-	-	-
Valley City State UniversityPublic, 4-year	1,806	1,651	884	767	155	10	145
The Salon Professional Academy-FargoPrivate, Less than 2-year	95	95	89	6	-	-	-
The Hair AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year	65	65	65	-	-	-	-
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-FargoPrivate, Less than 2-year	72	72	72	-	-	-	-
Lynnes Welding TrainingPrivate, Less than 2-year	55	55	55	-	-	-	-
Lynnes Welding Training-BismarckPrivate, Less than 2-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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