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2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in North Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,499 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$58,340 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Science School for You

In 2020-2021, 28 degrees and certificates were awarded to computer science students who went to a North Dakota college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Science Schools in North Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for compsci students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Computer Science Colleges.

Best North Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Computer Science

$10,401 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in North Dakota for computer science students. North Dakota State University is a large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Dakota State University are $10,401 per year.

North Dakota State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Computer Science Schools in North Dakota list.

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#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND
$10,596 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer science schools in North Dakota. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UND are $10,596 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UND is ranked #4 for overall quality for compsci in North Dakota.

Read full report on Computer Science at University of North Dakota

Best Value Computer Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Science Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 690
Minnesota 146
Iowa 323
Kansas 46
Nebraska 17

One of 9 majors within the area of study, computer science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to CompSci

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Information Technology 10,754
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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