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Most Favored North Dakota Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in North Dakota. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Minot State University, has the highest yield rate of 81.47% for academic year 2022-2023 in North Dakota. Valley City State University is positioned second with 57.26% yield and Mayville State University follows them with 52%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in North Dakota.
Most Favored North Dakota Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Minot State University
Public, four-yearsMinot, ND
81.47% 498 464 378 93.17%
2Valley City State University
Public, four-yearsValley City, ND
57.26% 429 358 205 83.45%
3Mayville State University
Public, four-yearsMayville, ND
51.92% 292 208 108 71.23%
4Dickinson State University
Public, four-yearsDickinson, ND
46.10% 729 525 242 72.02%
5University of Mary
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBismarck, ND
37.54% 1,499 1,220 458 81.39%
6University of North Dakota
Public, four-yearsGrand Forks, ND
31.91% 6,597 5,494 1,753 83.28%
7North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsFargo, ND
30.77% 8,535 8,166 2,513 95.68%
8University of Jamestown
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJamestown, ND
27.46% 1,017 936 257 92.04%