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2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in North Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,499 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,920 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, engineering was ranked 5th in North Dakota. In fact, 787 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Schools in North Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Colleges.

Best North Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering

$10,401 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in North Dakota for engineering students. North Dakota State University is a large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Dakota State University are $10,401 per year. While working on their degree, engineering majors at North Dakota State University accumulate an average of around $24,395 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, North Dakota State University is ranked #4 for overall quality for engineering in North Dakota.

Full Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND
$10,596 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Schools in North Dakota list. Located in the city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UND are $10,596 per year. Engineering majors at UND take out an average of $26,549 in student loans while working on their egree.

UND also made our Best Engineering Schools in North Dakota list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,618
Minnesota 2,350
Iowa 2,616
South Dakota 569
Missouri 3,253
Nebraska 699

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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