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Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota

2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

3 Schools Ranked
$11,694 Avg Tuition & Fees*

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in North Dakota to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Trade Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota
90 Total Awards
$7,227 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Bismarck State College to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a basic certificate in North Dakota. Bismarck State College is a small public school located in Bismarck, North Dakota that handed out 90 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BSC are $7,227 per year.

BSC does offer online classes for certain degree levels. During the 2020-2021 year, about 65% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

BSC also made our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Dakota list, coming in at #1.

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#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
257 Total Awards
$15,570 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in North Dakota list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 257 students in 2021-2022.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UND are $15,570 per year.

One thing to take note of is that UND does offer online classes in some areas. In 2020-2021 about 69% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

UND did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Dakota list.

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#3

Rasmussen University - North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota
65 Total Awards
$12,285 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in North Dakota that were part of this year’s value ranking, Rasmussen University - North Dakota landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, the very small private for-profit school handed out 65 basic certificate awards in 2021-2022.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - North Dakota are $12,285 per year.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Rasmussen University - North Dakota. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota also took the #3 spot in our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Dakota rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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