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2023 Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

4 Schools Ranked
$12,004 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Dakota to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Valley City State University

Valley City, North Dakota
69 Total Awards
$12,969 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Valley City State University to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a basic certificate in North Dakota. Valley City State University is a public institution located in Valley City, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 69 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Valley City State University are $12,969 a year.

Online courses are available at Valley City State University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 55% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Valley City State University also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota rankings.

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#2

Minot State University

Minot, North Dakota
1 Total Awards
$8,163 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in North Dakota that were part of this year’s value ranking, Minot State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Minot State University is a small public school located in Minot, North Dakota that handed out 1 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU are $8,163 per year.

MSU does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 65% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MSU is ranked #2 for overall quality in North Dakota.

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#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
5 Total Awards
$15,037 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent basic certificate programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in North Dakota. UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 basic certificates to qualified students.

UND undergraduate students pay an average of $15,037 in tuition and fees each year.

UND does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 88% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

UND also made our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota list, coming in at #3.

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#4

Rasmussen University - North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota
8 Total Awards
$11,847 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a great place for teaching students working on their basic certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a private for-profit institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 8 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - North Dakota are $11,847 a year.

You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Rasmussen University - North Dakota. In 2019-2020 about 100% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota also made our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota list, coming in at #4.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • 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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