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Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

$13,641 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,849 Avg Student Debt*

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which business program is right for you. 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.

The <nil> ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Business Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

30 Total Awards
#3 in Quality in North Dakota
$12,028 Average Tuition & Fees

Our rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in North Dakota for business students working on their graduate certificate. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.

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.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our list.

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#2

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota
5 Total Awards
#1 in Quality in North Dakota
$13,304 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Mary helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in North Dakota. UMary is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMary are $13,304 per year.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UMary. During the 2019-2020 year, about 80% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

UMary also took the #1 spot in our rankings.

Read full report on University of Mary

#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
4 Total Awards
#2 in Quality in North Dakota
$18,968 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in North Dakota. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 4 students in 2020-2021.

UND graduate students pay an average of $18,968 in tuition and fees each year.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UND. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

UND also made our list, coming in at #2.

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#4

Minot State University

Minot, North Dakota
19 Total Awards
#4 in Quality in North Dakota
$10,263 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Minot State University is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. This small public school is located in Minot, North Dakota, and it awarded 19 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU are $10,263 a year.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at MSU. In 2019-2020 about 88% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

MSU also made our list, coming in at #4.

Full Minot State University Report

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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