2023 Most Popular Teaching Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota
It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Teaching Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in North Dakota to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Teaching Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota
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Our analysis found University of North Dakota to be the most popular school for teaching students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Dakota. UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 231 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 87% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UND does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 71% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent master’s degree programs at North Dakota State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in North Dakota. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 103 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 77% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at North Dakota State University. In fact, around 20% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Mary is a great place for teaching students working on their master’s degree. UMary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 74 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 65% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UMary. In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Valley City State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in North Dakota. Valley City State University is a small public school situated in Valley City, North Dakota. It awarded 36 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Valley City State University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Minot State University is a great place for teaching students working on their master’s degree. Minot State University is a small public school located in Minot, North Dakota that handed out 33 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.
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.
University of Jamestown landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree teaching programs. Located in Jamestown, North Dakota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 27 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 81% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UJ does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. 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.
Mayville State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list. Mayville State University is located in Mayville, North Dakota and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 42% were women.
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.
Dickinson State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Dickinson State University is a small public school located in Dickinson, North Dakota that handed out 6 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since DSU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #9, Sitting Bull College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Sitting Bull College does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 54% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 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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