North Dakota

Where North Dakota's high school graduates go to college

10,360
Total Freshmen
360
Destination Colleges
75%
Stay In-State
77%
Go to 4-Year

Enrollment by Sector

Trends Over Time

Top Destination Colleges

Where North Dakota's high school graduates enroll as freshmen

# College State Freshmen Share
1 North Dakota State University-Main in-state North Dakota 1,559 15.0%
2 Bismarck State College in-state North Dakota 1,372 13.2%
3 University of North Dakota in-state North Dakota 1,210 11.7%
4 North Dakota State College of Scien in-state North Dakota 674 6.5%
5 Minot State University in-state North Dakota 443 4.3%
6 Minnesota State Community and Techn Minnesota 373 3.6%
7 Williston State College in-state North Dakota 346 3.3%
8 Minnesota State University Moorhead Minnesota 326 3.1%
9 University of Mary in-state North Dakota 314 3.0%
10 Lake Region State College in-state North Dakota 259 2.5%
11 Valley City State University in-state North Dakota 254 2.5%
12 Northland Community and Technical C Minnesota 242 2.3%
13 Dickinson State University in-state North Dakota 240 2.3%
14 University of Jamestown in-state North Dakota 222 2.1%
15 Turtle Mountain Community College in-state North Dakota 190 1.8%
16 Concordia College at Moorhead Minnesota 189 1.8%
17 Mayville State University in-state North Dakota 141 1.4%
18 Dakota College at Bottineau in-state North Dakota 125 1.2%
19 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 102 1.0%
20 United Tribes Technical College in-state North Dakota 70 0.7%
21 Grand Canyon University Arizona 69 0.7%
22 Black Hills State University South Dakota 50 0.5%
23 Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in-state North Dakota 45 0.4%
24 University of Minnesota-Crookston Minnesota 44 0.4%
25 Cankdeska Cikana Community College in-state North Dakota 42 0.4%
26 Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body in-state North Dakota 42 0.4%
27 The Salon Professional Academy-Farg in-state North Dakota 39 0.4%
28 Arizona State University Campus Imm Arizona 38 0.4%
29 University of Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota 38 0.4%
30 Rasmussen University-North Dakota in-state North Dakota 35 0.3%
31 South Dakota State University South Dakota 30 0.3%
32 Southern New Hampshire University New Hampshire 30 0.3%
33 Northern State University South Dakota 28 0.3%
34 Montana State University Montana 26 0.3%
35 Bemidji State University Minnesota 24 0.2%
36 South Dakota School of Mines and Te South Dakota 24 0.2%
37 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 22 0.2%
38 Lynnes Welding Training-Bismarck in-state North Dakota 21 0.2%
39 Lake Area Technical College South Dakota 21 0.2%
40 Lynnes Welding Training in-state North Dakota 21 0.2%
41 Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body in-state North Dakota 20 0.2%
42 Sitting Bull College in-state North Dakota 19 0.2%
43 University of St Thomas Minnesota 18 0.2%
44 Minnesota State University-Mankato Minnesota 18 0.2%
45 Saint Cloud State University Minnesota 18 0.2%
46 Dakota State University South Dakota 17 0.2%
47 The University of Montana Montana 16 0.2%
48 Trinity Bible College and Graduate in-state North Dakota 16 0.2%
49 University of Minnesota-Rochester Minnesota 14 0.1%
50 University of Northwestern-St Paul Minnesota 13 0.1%