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2023 Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota

8 Schools Ranked

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in North Dakota to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Teaching Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Jamestown

Jamestown, North Dakota

Our 2023 rankings named University of Jamestown the best school in North Dakota for teaching students working on their master’s degree.

Online graduate courses are available at UJ, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota
$13,304 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Mary helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in North Dakota.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UMary. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#3

Minot State University

Minot, North Dakota
$10,263 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Minot State University is a great place for teaching students working on their master’s degree.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since MSU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#4

Dickinson State University

Dickinson, North Dakota
$6,576 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent master’s degree programs at Dickinson State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in North Dakota.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at DSU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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$8,381 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since North Dakota State University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 20% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#6

Mayville State University

Mayville, North Dakota
$7,465 Average Tuition & Fees

Mayville State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking.

Since the graduate programs at Mayville State University are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.

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#7

Valley City State University

Valley City, North Dakota
$7,723 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Valley City State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.

Since the graduate programs at Valley City State University are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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#8

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
$13,217 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Dakota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list.

One thing to take note of is that UND does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 71% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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