A total of 51,398 students are enrolled in North Dakota colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

By gender, there are 23,807 men students and 27,591 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.86 to 1.

In 4-year colleges, 53.32% of total enrollment is women students and 46.68% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 55.35%.

For North Dakota colleges with more than 1,000 students, Bismarck State College has the highest ratio of men students (52.29%) and Minot State University has the highest ratio of women students (64.96%).

Student Population by Gender and School Level for North Dakota Colleges

By gender, 46.32% of total students is men students (23,807) and 53.68% is women students (27,591) in North Dakota collegs.

In 15 4-year North Dakota colleges in United States, there are 20,600 men students which is 46.68% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year North Dakota colleges is 53.32% (23,533).

Of the 7,117 students attending North Dakota community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 44.65% are men (3,939) and 55.35% are women students (3,939).

In North Dakota trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 29 men and 119 women students, accounting for 19.59% and 80.41% of total students.

Summary Table of Student Population by Gender and School Level for North Dakota Colleges
School LevelTotalMenWomen
All Levels51,398 23,807
(46.32%)
27,591
(53.68%)
4-year Colleges44,133 20,600
(46.68%)
23,533
(53.32%)
Community Colleges7,117 3,178
(44.65%)
3,939
(55.35%)
Trade Schools148 29
(19.59%)
119
(80.41%)

Student Population Comparison By Gender for All North Dakota Colleges

The following table compares student population by gender and school level between North Dakota colleges. A total of 51,398 students have enrolled in North Dakota colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population Comparison by Gender between North Dakota Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomen TotalMenWomen
Rasmussen University-North DakotaPrivate, 4-year49685
(17.1%)
411
(82.9%)
467 78
(16.7%)
389
(83.3%)
29 7
(24.1%)
22
(75.9%)
Bismarck State CollegePublic, 4-year3,7711,972
(52.3%)
1,799
(47.7%)
3,771 1,972
(52.3%)
1,799
(47.7%)
- - -
Dickinson State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,473664
(45.1%)
809
(54.9%)
1,411 629
(44.6%)
782
(55.4%)
62 35
(56.5%)
27
(43.5%)
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegePublic, 4-year17252
(30.2%)
120
(69.8%)
172 52
(30.2%)
120
(69.8%)
- - -
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Grand ForksPrivate, Less than 2-year511
(2.0%)
50
(98.0%)
51 1
(2.0%)
50
(98.0%)
- - -
University of JamestownPrivate, 4-year1,242646
(52.0%)
596
(48.0%)
978 550
(56.2%)
428
(43.8%)
264 96
(36.4%)
168
(63.6%)
Lake Region State CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,679683
(40.7%)
996
(59.3%)
1,679 683
(40.7%)
996
(59.3%)
- - -
Cankdeska Cikana Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year31687
(27.5%)
229
(72.5%)
316 87
(27.5%)
229
(72.5%)
- - -
University of MaryPrivate, 4-year3,6521,416
(38.8%)
2,236
(61.2%)
2,506 1,050
(41.9%)
1,456
(58.1%)
1,146 366
(31.9%)
780
(68.1%)
Mayville State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,123407
(36.2%)
716
(63.8%)
1,077 397
(36.9%)
680
(63.1%)
46 10
(21.7%)
36
(78.3%)
Minot State UniversityPublic, 4-year2,777973
(35.0%)
1,804
(65.0%)
2,530 907
(35.8%)
1,623
(64.2%)
247 66
(26.7%)
181
(73.3%)
University of North DakotaPublic, 4-year13,8767,007
(50.5%)
6,869
(49.5%)
9,928 5,554
(55.9%)
4,374
(44.1%)
3,948 1,453
(36.8%)
2,495
(63.2%)
North Dakota State College of SciencePublic, 2-4 year2,9421,667
(56.7%)
1,275
(43.3%)
2,942 1,667
(56.7%)
1,275
(43.3%)
- - -
Dakota College at BottineauPublic, 2-4 year1,080406
(37.6%)
674
(62.4%)
1,080 406
(37.6%)
674
(62.4%)
- - -
North Dakota State University-Main CampusPublic, 4-year12,2426,007
(49.1%)
6,235
(50.9%)
10,096 4,976
(49.3%)
5,120
(50.7%)
2,146 1,031
(48.0%)
1,115
(52.0%)
Williston State CollegePublic, 2-4 year924327
(35.4%)
597
(64.6%)
924 327
(35.4%)
597
(64.6%)
- - -
Sitting Bull CollegePublic, 4-year257111
(43.2%)
146
(56.8%)
231 108
(46.8%)
123
(53.2%)
26 3
(11.5%)
23
(88.5%)
Trinity Bible College and Graduate SchoolPrivate, 4-year289165
(57.1%)
124
(42.9%)
170 82
(48.2%)
88
(51.8%)
119 83
(69.7%)
36
(30.3%)
Turtle Mountain Community CollegePrivate, 4-year599233
(38.9%)
366
(61.1%)
599 233
(38.9%)
366
(61.1%)
- - -
United Tribes Technical CollegePrivate, 4-year506177
(35.0%)
329
(65.0%)
506 177
(35.0%)
329
(65.0%)
- - -
Valley City State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,658685
(41.3%)
973
(58.7%)
1,521 643
(42.3%)
878
(57.7%)
137 42
(30.7%)
95
(69.3%)
The Salon Professional Academy-FargoPrivate, 2-4 year1226
(4.9%)
116
(95.1%)
122 6
(4.9%)
116
(95.1%)
- - -
The Hair AcademyPrivate, 2-4 year542
(3.7%)
52
(96.3%)
54 2
(3.7%)
52
(96.3%)
- - -
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-FargoPrivate, Less than 2-year693
(4.3%)
66
(95.7%)
69 3
(4.3%)
66
(95.7%)
- - -
Lynnes Welding TrainingPrivate, Less than 2-year2825
(89.3%)
3
(10.7%)
28 25
(89.3%)
3
(10.7%)
- - -
Lynnes Welding Training-BismarckPrivate, Less than 2-year-- - - - -- - -