North Dakota State University College Portrait
North Dakota State University1340 Administration Avenue Fargo, ND 58102
(701) 231-8643 / 1-800-488-NDSU
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- Students
Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend NDSU.
- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at NDSU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
Learn about costs to attend NDSU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.
- College Cost Estimator
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at NDSU.
- Student Experiences
Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at NDSU – inside and outside the classroom.
- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at NDSU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at NDSU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at NDSU.
NDSU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 18 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 61% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 81% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 630 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 36% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 19% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 84% |
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Campus-based Housing
91% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
26% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
NDSU's Police and Safety Office provides services, information, training and education. The NDSU Police department has eleven licensed police officers who provide vehicle patrol 24 hours per day and foot patrol each evening. The university police also coordinate the NDSU Escort Service, which supplies personnel to walk with students on the main campus and immediate surrounding area. In addition, there are 25 blue emergency telephones located across the NDSU campus.
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (very high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- Very high undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Comprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary)