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Best Value Degrees in North Dakota (2026)

Top 100 of 112 programs in North Dakota · Updated 2026

The best college programs in North Dakota, ranked by overall value. We scored 112 programs across North Dakota schools on earnings, AI resilience, job demand, and tuition ROI. The top programs average $53,438/yr in graduate earnings.

Programs in ND

112

Avg Earnings (Top 100)

$53,438/yr

Avg DW Score

64/100

#1 Program

Business Administration

Bismarck State College

Top Programs in North Dakota

Top 100 programs by DegreeWorth Score. Click any row for full analysis.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Business Administration Bismarck State College · Bismarck, ND	89 85–90	$100,668/yr	High	61.8x
2	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	87 84–86	$74,861/yr	High	17.7x
3	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Minot State University · Minot, ND	85 82–85	$72,522/yr	High	21.1x
4	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	84 81–84	$73,097/yr	High	16.9x
5	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Dickinson State University · Dickinson, ND	83 81–83	$68,151/yr	High	19.3x
6	Computer and Information Sciences, General University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	82 76–83	$65,020/yr	Very High	17.9x
7	Computer Science North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	82 75–83	$60,426/yr	Very High	19.4x
8	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	82 79–81	$70,821/yr	High	15.5x
9	Accounting and Related Services University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	78 75–80	$61,280/yr	Very High	15.1x
10	Computer/Information Technology Administration Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	77 71–78	$59,685/yr	Very High	14.0x
11	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Mayville State University · Mayville, ND	77 74–77	$77,525/yr	High	23.4x
12	Accounting and Related Services North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	76 73–78	$57,695/yr	Very High	14.6x
13	Finance and Financial Management Services North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	76 74–78	$53,163/yr	Very High	15.1x
14	Electrical University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	75 71–76	$78,285/yr	Very High	21.5x
15	Computer Science Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	74 67–76	$53,832/yr	Very High	13.2x
16	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration University of Jamestown · Jamestown, ND	74 71–74	$74,094/yr	High	6.4x
17	Chemical Engineering University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	73 70–74	$73,112/yr	High	20.1x
18	Civil Engineering University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	73 71–75	$73,260/yr	High	18.8x
19	Mechanical Engineering University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	73 70–75	$73,603/yr	Very High	19.3x
20	Finance and Financial Management Services University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	73 71–74	$49,785/yr	Very High	13.7x
21	Electrical North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	73 70–75	$75,212/yr	Very High	20.2x
22	Mechanical Engineering North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	73 70–74	$72,158/yr	Very High	18.9x
23	Business Administration University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	72 66–72	$53,776/yr	High	13.7x
24	Civil Engineering North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	72 70–74	$72,729/yr	High	17.7x
25	Teacher Education Mayville State University · Mayville, ND	71 72–72	$47,650/yr	High	16.5x
26	Petroleum Engineering University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	71 69–72	$73,821/yr	High	20.9x
27	Agricultural Business and Management North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	71 64–72	$59,953/yr	High	15.3x
28	Computer Engineering North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	71 64–72	$76,558/yr	Very High	16.6x
29	Management Information Systems and Services North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	71 64–73	$64,181/yr	Very High	20.3x
30	Business Administration Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	70 64–71	$59,693/yr	High	11.2x
31	Accounting and Related Services Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	70 67–72	$53,285/yr	Very High	11.0x
32	Finance and Financial Management Services Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	70 68–71	$47,744/yr	Very High	11.6x
33	Industrial Engineering North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	70 69–71	$68,873/yr	High	18.7x
34	Allied Health Diagnostic North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	70 70–70	$67,303/yr	Moderate	14.8x
35	Business Administration Dickinson State University · Dickinson, ND	69 63–69	$50,830/yr	High	14.4x
36	Accounting and Related Services Dickinson State University · Dickinson, ND	69 66–71	$51,006/yr	Very High	13.7x
37	Business Administration Mayville State University · Mayville, ND	69 63–70	$44,934/yr	High	17.7x
38	Business Administration North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	69 63–69	$48,105/yr	High	13.3x
39	Teacher Education Valley City State University · Valley City, ND	69 70–70	$49,582/yr	High	14.2x
40	Business Administration Valley City State University · Valley City, ND	69 63–70	$47,799/yr	High	16.1x
41	Business Administration University of Mary · Bismarck, ND	68 62–69	$57,057/yr	High	7.5x
42	Agricultural Production Operations North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	68 63–68	$62,869/yr	High	15.7x
43	Teacher Education Dickinson State University · Dickinson, ND	67 70–68	$49,811/yr	High	12.9x
44	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration University of Mary · Bismarck, ND	67 65–67	$72,453/yr	High	7.4x
45	Business Administration Minot State University · Minot, ND	67 61–68	$44,408/yr	High	15.5x
46	Marketing University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	67 61–68	$48,843/yr	Very High	15.7x
47	Teacher Education Minot State University · Minot, ND	66 69–68	$44,973/yr	High	14.3x
48	Information Science/Studies Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	65 59–66	$64,329/yr	Very High	11.6x
49	Human Resources Management and Services Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	65 59–65	$56,465/yr	High	11.7x
50	Teacher Education Minot State University · Minot, ND	65 69–66	$48,425/yr	High	12.7x
51	Marketing Minot State University · Minot, ND	65 59–66	$52,036/yr	Very High	16.0x
52	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	65 64–65	$68,029/yr	Moderate	14.7x
53	Marketing North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	65 59–66	$47,815/yr	Very High	14.6x
54	Teacher Education Dickinson State University · Dickinson, ND	64 66–65	$44,841/yr	High	12.7x
55	Teacher Education Mayville State University · Mayville, ND	64 69–65	$45,438/yr	High	14.2x
56	Health and Medical Administrative Services Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	63 58–64	$46,361/yr	High	9.9x
57	Teacher Education North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	63 65–64	$46,970/yr	High	10.6x
58	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	63 62–63	$58,799/yr	Moderate	14.8x
59	Criminal Justice and Corrections University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	62 52–62	$42,825/yr	Moderate	12.8x
60	Air Transportation University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	62 60–63	$46,193/yr	Moderate	19.9x
61	Business Administration University of Jamestown · Jamestown, ND	61 55–61	$47,850/yr	High	5.4x
62	Criminal Justice and Corrections Minot State University · Minot, ND	61 51–62	$45,579/yr	Moderate	14.0x
63	Teacher Education Valley City State University · Valley City, ND	61 67–62	$44,179/yr	High	12.7x
64	Social Work University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	60 62–59	$49,695/yr	Moderate	11.4x
65	Natural Resources Management and Policy North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	60 57–61	$40,971/yr	High	13.0x
66	Agricultural Mechanization North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	59 55–58	$52,387/yr	Moderate	15.9x
67	Microbiological Sciences and Immunology North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	59 57–60	$40,262/yr	High	14.7x
68	Human Resources Management and Services Dickinson State University · Dickinson, ND	58 52–58	$50,122/yr	High	12.7x
69	Teacher Education University of Jamestown · Jamestown, ND	58 61–59	$49,608/yr	High	4.0x
70	Teacher Education University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	57 65–58	$42,057/yr	High	10.2x
71	Construction Engineering Technologies North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	57 53–58	$74,199/yr	Very High	16.1x
72	Criminal Justice and Corrections North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	57 47–58	$38,057/yr	Moderate	11.9x
73	Marketing Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	56 51–57	$41,377/yr	Very High	11.0x
74	Social Work Minot State University · Minot, ND	56 60–56	$44,731/yr	Moderate	13.1x
75	Teacher Education University of Mary · Bismarck, ND	55 60–56	$44,806/yr	High	4.2x
76	Computer Systems Analysis University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	55 50–57	$53,865/yr	Very High	11.3x
77	Teacher Education University of Mary · Bismarck, ND	54 57–55	$43,299/yr	High	4.0x
78	Public Relations & Advertising North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	54 55–55	$39,223/yr	High	12.5x
79	Hospitality Administration/Management North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	54 46–55	$41,984/yr	High	10.7x
80	Allied Health Diagnostic University of Mary · Bismarck, ND	53 52–53	$55,153/yr	Moderate	5.4x
81	Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	52 47–52	$40,142/yr	High	8.2x
82	Human Development & Family Studies North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	52 53–53	$41,717/yr	High	9.6x
83	Apparel and Textiles North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	52 50–53	$40,558/yr	High	11.5x
84	Health and Physical Education/Fitness North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	51 49–52	$36,646/yr	Moderate	12.5x
85	Criminal Justice and Corrections Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	49 39–50	$39,317/yr	Moderate	7.9x
86	Plant Sciences North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	49 43–49	$49,048/yr	High	10.3x
87	Animal Sciences North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	48 43–48	$39,290/yr	High	11.9x
88	Design and Applied Arts North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	48 50–49	$41,846/yr	High	10.7x
89	Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	48 42–49	$49,443/yr	High	12.0x
90	Homeland Security North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	47 38–47	$42,802/yr	Moderate	8.9x
91	Political Science and Government North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	47 46–47	$26,635/yr	Very High	14.3x
92	Liberal Arts and Sciences University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	46 48–46	$42,948/yr	Low	12.3x
93	Biology, General University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	46 46–46	$28,056/yr	High	15.5x
94	Psychology, General University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	45 44–46	$33,487/yr	High	11.7x
95	Agriculture, General North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	45 38–45	$55,828/yr	High	11.9x
96	Sociology North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	45 42–46	$40,451/yr	High	10.1x
97	Business/Corporate Communications North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	45 35–45	$36,513/yr	Very High	11.7x
98	Psychology, General North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND	44 42–45	$35,891/yr	High	10.6x
99	Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management Valley City State University · Valley City, ND	44 39–45	$44,253/yr	High	13.8x
100	Social Sciences, General University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND	43 49–44	$34,490/yr	High	6.9x

Methodology

This ranking includes the top 100 programs at North Dakota colleges and universities, drawn from 112 total programs with earnings data. Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), which combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI.

Only in-state tuition is used for ROI calculations. Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best college program in North Dakota?

By DegreeWorth Score, Business Administration at Bismarck State College ranks #1 in North Dakota with a score of 89/100 and graduate earnings of $100,668/yr.

How many college programs are in North Dakota?

Our database includes 112 programs across North Dakota colleges with reported earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.