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

There are 43,228 undergraduate and 8,170 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 84.10% and the proportion of graduate students is 15.90%.

By school level, 44,133 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 7,117 students enrolled in community colleges, and 148 students enrolled in trade schools.

For North Dakota colleges, University of North Dakota has the most number of students of 13,876 among 4-year colleges. For North Dakota community colleges, North Dakota State College of Science has the most students of 2,942 and Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Fargo is the largest trade school with 69.

Student Population By School Level for North Dakota Colleges

By attending status, there are 33,260 full-time students and 18,138 part-time students at North Dakota colleges.

The following table compares student population by 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 By School Level between North Dakota Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Rasmussen University-North DakotaPrivate, 4-year496467256211291910
Bismarck State CollegePublic, 4-year3,7713,7711,8211,950---
Dickinson State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,4731,411972439621349
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegePublic, 4-year17217210765---
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Grand ForksPrivate, Less than 2-year515151----
University of JamestownPrivate, 4-year1,24297894236264112152
Lake Region State CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,6791,6794161,263---
Cankdeska Cikana Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year316316154162---
University of MaryPrivate, 4-year3,6522,5061,8246821,146638508
Mayville State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,1231,077591486461234
Minot State UniversityPublic, 4-year2,7772,5301,768762247114133
University of North DakotaPublic, 4-year13,8769,9287,0042,9243,9481,7732,175
North Dakota State College of SciencePublic, 2-4 year2,9422,9421,5141,428---
Dakota College at BottineauPublic, 2-4 year1,0801,080297783---
North Dakota State University-Main CampusPublic, 4-year12,24210,0968,9471,1492,1469621,184
Williston State CollegePublic, 2-4 year924924514410---
Sitting Bull CollegePublic, 4-year2572311943726620
Trinity Bible College and Graduate SchoolPrivate, 4-year289170141291198930
Turtle Mountain Community CollegePrivate, 4-year599599461138---
United Tribes Technical CollegePrivate, 4-year50650647333---
Valley City State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,6581,5218236981375132
The Salon Professional Academy-FargoPrivate, 2-4 year1221229626---
The Hair AcademyPrivate, 2-4 year545454----
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-FargoPrivate, Less than 2-year696969----
Lynnes Welding TrainingPrivate, Less than 2-year282828----
Lynnes Welding Training-BismarckPrivate, Less than 2-year-------