University of Jamestown Overview
Located in Jamestown, North Dakota, University of Jamestown is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Jamestown is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.
What Is University of Jamestown Known For?
- The 4% student loan default rate at UJ is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
- The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UJ.
- In 2017-2018, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
- Students who graduate from UJ with a bachelor's degree make about $43,800 a year. That's 7% more than those who graduate from other schools.
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Where Is University of Jamestown?

Contact details for UJ are given below.
Contact Details | |
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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? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | required |
Recommendations | neither required nor recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into UJ?
Approximately 61% of accepted students are men and 39% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 62%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.
Average Test Scores
About 10% 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 460 and 520. Math scores were between 480 and 530.
Can I Afford University of Jamestown?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UJ, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $7,542 a year. That adds up to $30,168 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UJ is 3.6%. 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 also 196 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 868 full-time undergraduates at UJ, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 7 |
Black or African American | 43 |
Hispanic or Latino | 90 |
White | 630 |
International Students | 65 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 33 |
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
The following chart shows how the online learning population at UJ has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 11th most popular in North Dakota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.
Online Growth Rankings of UJ
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Jamestown was 123.9%. This is the #308 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UJ regardless of major.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UJ majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Communication & Journalism | 78% |
Education | 14% |
Educational Administration | 40% |
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 | |
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Educational Administration | #21 | |
Education | #53 |
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 Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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.
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