Fargo, ND · Public
95%
Acceptance rate
1,120
SAT Average
$16,334
Avg net price
9,567
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 2,247Master’s 421Doctoral 174 |
| Bachelor’s 424Master’s 55Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 310Master’s 11Doctoral 66 |
| Bachelor’s 297Master’s 43Doctoral 19 |
| Bachelor’s 141Master’s 45Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 134Master’s 31Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 131Master’s 3Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 124Master’s 39Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 93Master’s 23Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 77Master’s None reportedDoctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 74Master’s 62Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 69Master’s 53Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 60Master’s 8Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 58Master’s 1Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 52Master’s 6Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 50Master’s 0Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s 7Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 13Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s 5Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s 4Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s 1Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 4Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 7Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
North Dakota State University
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- The Summit League
Projected sponsored sports16
Athletic participation
453 unique student-athletes · 12 varsity teams
Fall 2027
First-year students who plan to attend NDSU after graduating from high school are evaluated on a variety of criteria including core high school classes and cumulative grade point average.
· Apply with the college's application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $9,309
- Required fees
- $1,801
- Food and housing
- $9,928
- Books and supplies
- $1,100
- Other expenses
- $3,476
- Total
- $25,614
- $23,0322019–2019–20
- $23,2462020–2120–21
- $23,8792021–2221–22
- $24,5682022–2322–23
- $24,6982023–2423–24
- $25,6142024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $16,334 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2024–25
- First-years with need-based aid
- 50%
- Average share of need met
- 60.4%
- Average need-based grant
- $7,852
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from North Dakota State University-Main Campus’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 4 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2024–25).
North Dakota State University-Main Campus admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 4 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in North Dakota State University-Main Campus's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. North Dakota State University-Main Campus admits in-state applicants at 93.7%, out-of-state applicants at 95.7%, and international applicants at 87%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
2,197 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Aug 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 24% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 69% in 2022–23.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
0.6% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
51.8% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
North Dakota State University-Main Campus’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 94.9% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 47.4% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.52
High-school class rank
Among the 47.4% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
North Dakota State University-Main Campus rates 1 factor "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Not considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Not considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Not considered
- Talent / ability
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
North Dakota State University-Main Campus leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
North Dakota State University-Main Campus's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $16,334 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 1,103 of 2,192 first-years in the 2024–25 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, North Dakota State University-Main Campus offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed76.9% of North Dakota State University-Main Campus’s first-years return for a second year and 63.7% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03