University of Jamestown Business Programs

University of Jamestown is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Jamestown, North Dakota. Jamestown is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

University of Jamestown Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UJ.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UJ has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#30	Best Value Colleges for Organizational Leadership	College Factual
#64	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#70	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is University of Jamestown?

Contact details for UJ are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	608 6Th St Ne, Jamestown, ND 58405
Phone:	701-252-3467
Website:	www.uj.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Jamestown/124742453792
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/JimmieKnight

Admission Requirements for UJ

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UJ?

The acceptance rate at University of Jamestown is 72%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 66% of accepted students are men and 34% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 76%.

Average Test Scores

About 22% of students accepted to UJ submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 560. Math scores were between 470 and 550.

UJ received ACT scores from 78% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 23. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford University of Jamestown?

The overall average net price of UJ is $21,669. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UJ, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $8,308 a year. That adds up to $33,232 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UJ is 4.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Jamestown Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 912 undergraduate students at UJ, with 875 being full-time and 37 being part-time.

There are also 235 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 875 full-time undergraduates at UJ, 58% are male and 42% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Jamestown students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	46
Hispanic or Latino	88
White	640
International Students	56
Other Races/Ethnicities	40

Geographic Diversity

North Dakota students aren't the only ones who study at University of Jamestown. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at UJ. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Mexico.

Online Learning at University of Jamestown

In 2019-2020, 297 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UJ has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in North Dakota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UJ

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Jamestown was $23,498 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how UJ is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Other Human Resources Management and Services	#3	#3
Financial Planning & Services	#7	#4

Online Growth Rankings of UJ

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Jamestown was 60.5%. This is the #495 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UJ regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UJ ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UJ.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Human Resources Management and Services	#2
Human Resource Management	#56
Organizational Leadership	#68
Business Administration & Management	#339

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Jamestown Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	30	0	30
Organizational Leadership	0	22	22
Accounting	2	0	2
Financial Planning & Services	1	0	1
Other Human Resources Management and Services	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0
TOTAL	33	22	55

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By LinkTiger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.