University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND · Public76.9%
Acceptance rate
$18,998
Avg net price
9,296
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,940Master’s 805Doctoral 391 |
| Bachelor’s 390Master’s 16Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 285Master’s 89Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 206Master’s 69Doctoral 36 |
| Bachelor’s 205Master’s 167Doctoral 201 |
| Bachelor’s 111Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 108Master’s 59Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 94Master’s 21Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 77Master’s 1Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 75Master’s 68Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 69Master’s 203Doctoral 43 |
| Bachelor’s 61Master’s 4Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 58Master’s 22Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 14Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s 32Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 14Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s 9Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s 3Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reportedDoctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 5Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s 3Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral 73 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- The Summit League
Projected sponsored sports17
Athletic participation
387 unique student-athletes · 13 varsity teams
Fall Priority Deadline
Fall Final Deadline
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $9,237
- Required fees
- $1,714
- Food and housing
- $11,390
- Books and supplies
- $800
- Other expenses
- $3,446
- Total
- $26,587
- $23,6042019–2019–20
- $24,4982020–2120–21
- $24,7642021–2221–22
- $25,3672022–2322–23
- $26,2432023–2423–24
- $26,5872024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $18,998 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
- 46%
- Average share of need met
- 54%
- Average need-based grant
- $7,637
- 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 · 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 University of North Dakota’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 3 Common Data Set filings (2022–23 to 2024–25).
University of North Dakota admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 3 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in University of North Dakota's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of North Dakota admits in-state applicants at 89%, out-of-state applicants at 83.7%, and international applicants at 16.9%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
2,205 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are not used in admission. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 47% 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
5% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
34% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
University of North Dakota’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 98.5% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 43% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.61
High-school class rank
Among the 43% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
University of North Dakota rates 1 factor "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Standardized test scores
- 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
- Geographical residence
- 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
University of North Dakota 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)
University of North Dakota'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); $18,998 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 794 of 1,715 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, University of North Dakota 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 disclosed83% of University of North Dakota’s first-years return for a second year and 63.3% 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 · 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03