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2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota

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Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 5th in North Dakota. In fact, 100 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Dakota to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

Check out the nursing master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in North Dakota.

#1

University of Mary

Bismarck, ND

Our 2023 rankings named University of Mary the most popular school in North Dakota for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the rural area of Bismarck, UMary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 91% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in North Dakota. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

About 78% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 22% are male.

Full Nursing at University of North Dakota Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - North Dakota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

Read full report on Nursing at Rasmussen University - North Dakota

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Nursing at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Best Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,207
Minnesota 5,809
Iowa 462
Kansas 311
Nebraska 414
South Dakota 94

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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