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Tightest North Dakota Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) North Dakota colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Mayville State University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 71.23% for academic year 2022-2023 in North Dakota. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in North Dakota.
Tightest North Dakota Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Mayville State University
Public, four-yearsMayville, ND
71.23%29220810851.92%
2Dickinson State University
Public, four-yearsDickinson, ND
72.02%72952524246.10%
3University of Mary
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBismarck, ND
81.39%1,4991,22045837.54%
4University of North Dakota
Public, four-yearsGrand Forks, ND
83.28%6,5975,4941,75331.91%
5Valley City State University
Public, four-yearsValley City, ND
83.45%42935820557.26%
6University of Jamestown
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJamestown, ND
92.04%1,01793625727.46%
7Minot State University
Public, four-yearsMinot, ND
93.17%49846437881.47%
8North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsFargo, ND
95.68%8,5358,1662,51330.77%