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Quick Facts (As of Fall 2008)

Location and Scope

Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Scope: Teaching, Research, Service -- North Dakota's Land-Grant University


Total Fall Enrollment

Fall 2008 enrollment (Fargo campus), including Continuing Education students is 13,229.

That number includes 2,641 attending college for the first time.

Size:

+ 12,761 students, Fall 2008 (includes Cooperative Education students)

+ 468 students, 2008-2009 (Moorhead State University Moorhead and Concordia College students) under Tri-College
(12,761+468=13,229)

+14,320 Continuing Education registrants, 2007-2008 (for credit)

+1,248 Continuing Education registrants, 2007-2008 (non-credit)


Demographics

North Dakota

Minnesota

Other US

International

Fall 2008 students from

6,329

48%

5,129

39%

829

6%

942

7%

NDSU Alumni living in

22,679

34%

19,849

29%

24,261

36%

927

1%


Enrollment per College



Fall 2008 enrollment numbers (Fall 2007 enrollment in parentheses):

  • College of Agriculture -- 1,187 (1,043)
  • College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences -- 1,466 (1,498)
  • College of Business Administration -- 1,430 (1,309)
  • College of Engineering and Architecture -- 2, 811 (2,606)
  • College of Human Development and Education -- 1,717 (1,673)
  • College of Pharmacy, Nursing & Allied Sciences -- 1,567 (1,421)
  • College of Science and Mathematics -- 1,603 (1,588)
  • College of University Studies -- 848 (825)
  • *Graduate School -- 1,818 (1,776)
  • Graduate & Interdisciplinary Studies 132

*Included in college-by-college counts


Degree Programs

  • 44 doctoral programs
  • 61 master's degree programs
  • 1 Post-Baccalaureate First Professional
  • 112 bachelor degree programs (includes education programs)
  • 1 specialist
  • 8 certificate programs
  • 5 undergraduate certificate programs




Tuition and Fees


2008/09 Undergraduate (Annual)

Resident

Minnesota

Neighbor

Non-Resident

Total Maximum1

(Tuition & Fees)

2$6,271.12

2$6617.12

2$8,571.12

2$14,436.12

Tuition (only) per semester credit hour

$219.33

$233.75

$328.96

$585.54

1Based on Fall and Spring Semesters (12 or more credits each semester)
2Includes a one-time fee for new students for orientation and academic support programs provided by the Orientation and Student Success Office.

Room only (2 semesters): $2,656
Board only (20 meals/week): $3,564
Total Room and Board: $6,220

2008/09 Graduate (Annual)

Resident

Minnesota

Neighbor

Non-Resident

Total Maximum1

(Tuition and Fees)

$6,607.12

$7,838.12

$9,429.12

$16,034.12

Tuition (only) per semester credit hour

$235.21

$286.50

$352.79

$628.00

1 Based on Fall and Spring Semesters (12 or more credits each semester)


Student Faculty Ratio

18:1


Fall 2008 Statistical Profile of NDSU

  • 5,878 total employees, all categories
    • 90 Administrators
    • 821 Ranked Faculty and Lecturers
    • 713 Graduate Assistants and Fellows
    • 280 Extension Educators & Experiment Station & Other Researchers
    • 1,415 Professional, Technical, Office, Trades, and Service Staff
    • 2,556 Temporary Workers (including students)

  • 67,716 living alumni (approximately)

  • 22,053 acres including more than 18,000 off-campus agricultural research acres

  • 104 buildings on the main campus: 237 major Agricultural Experiment Station buildings

  • 41 square blocks main campus (258 acres)





Campus Calendar

NDSU is on a semester system, with classes running from late August through late December and January through early May. Summer sessions, one modified and one full, are also offered.

Fall and Spring Semester calendar schedules are identical for all eleven North Dakota University System Universities and Colleges.


Other Affiliated Organizations

Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension Service, Northern Crops Institute, NDSU Research Foundation, NDSU Research and Technology Park, Institute for Business and Industry Development, Upper Great Plains Transporation Institute


Last updated: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:36:13AM

Site Manager: bonnie.erickson@ndsu.edu, Administrative Associate
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Institutional Research and Analysis
Phone: (701) 231-8262
NDSU Dept 2050
224 Minard Hall, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050