University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota · Public

Of 57 assessed programs, 56 leave graduates out-earning a typical North Dakota high-school graduate (about $36,976/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 186 could not be assessed.

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My family earns and I expect to take

Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$13,126
$30k to $48k	$12,251
$48k to $75k	$15,206
$75k to $110k	$18,981
$110k and up	$20,730
All families (average)	$18,551

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

57 of 243 programs could be assessed 23% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical North Dakota high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Air Transportation	Bachelor's Degree	$104,472	+$67,496	clears the bar	$21,500	0.3 yrs	298
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$79,624	+$42,648	clears the bar	$24,639	0.6 yrs	123
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$55,333	+$18,357	clears the bar	$20,620	1.1 yrs	117
Special Education	Master's Degree	$59,392	+$22,416	clears the bar	$24,040	1.1 yrs	110
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$71,538	+$34,562	clears the bar	$22,378	0.6 yrs	101
Medical Laboratory Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$75,339	+$38,363	clears the bar	$11,201	0.3 yrs	97
Law	First Professional Degree	$90,309	+$53,333	clears the bar	$61,500	1.2 yrs	80
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$89,704	+$52,728	clears the bar	$22,500	0.4 yrs	77
Nursing	Master's Degree	$244,209	+$207,233	clears the bar	$51,250	0.2 yrs	76
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,191	+$13,215	clears the bar	$20,526	1.6 yrs	75
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$116,665	+$79,689	clears the bar	$161,183	2.0 yrs	75
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$56,001	+$19,025	clears the bar	$22,250	1.2 yrs	72
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$45,955	+$8,979	clears the bar	$26,467	2.9 yrs	71
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$68,932	+$31,956	clears the bar	$20,748	0.6 yrs	67
Social Work	Master's Degree	$72,577	+$35,601	clears the bar	$31,000	0.9 yrs	63
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$64,912	+$27,936	clears the bar	$23,166	0.8 yrs	63
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$82,187	+$45,211	clears the bar	$23,581	0.5 yrs	60
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$56,065	+$19,089	clears the bar	$20,500	1.1 yrs	59
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$72,022	+$35,046	clears the bar	$30,220	0.9 yrs	53
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$87,828	+$50,852	clears the bar	$18,211	0.4 yrs	49
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$65,856	+$28,880	clears the bar	$23,250	0.8 yrs	48
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$126,170	+$89,194	clears the bar	$20,220	0.2 yrs	44
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$55,251	+$18,275	clears the bar	$19,500	1.1 yrs	43
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$106,162	+$69,186	clears the bar	$27,000	0.4 yrs	39
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$78,774	+$41,798	clears the bar	$24,283	0.6 yrs	37
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$87,309	+$50,333	clears the bar	$25,000	0.5 yrs	34
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$62,264	+$25,288	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$140,421	+$103,445	clears the bar	$53,187	0.5 yrs	31
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$57,451	+$20,475	clears the bar	$40,720	2.0 yrs	28
Air Transportation	Master's Degree	$124,835	+$87,859	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$86,268	+$49,292	clears the bar	$24,029	0.5 yrs	25
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$49,665	+$12,689	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$66,378	+$29,402	clears the bar	$36,586	1.2 yrs	19
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$51,253	+$14,277	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
English	Bachelor's Degree	$44,961	+$7,985	clears the bar	$22,195	2.8 yrs	18
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$66,535	+$29,559	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$73,888	+$36,912	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Social Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$52,063	+$15,087	clears the bar	$24,098	1.6 yrs	16
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	$54,558	+$17,582	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Security Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	$62,726	+$25,750	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$53,454	+$16,478	clears the bar	$24,250	1.5 yrs	13
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$64,688	+$27,712	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Computer Systems Analysis	Bachelor's Degree	$72,006	+$35,030	clears the bar	$23,100	0.7 yrs	12
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$56,382	+$19,406	clears the bar	$22,468	1.2 yrs	12
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$71,665	+$34,689	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	$56,130	+$19,154	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Petroleum Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$99,932	+$62,956	clears the bar	$27,000	0.4 yrs	11
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$100,034	+$63,058	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,218	+$19,242	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$60,352	+$23,376	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$70,947	+$33,971	clears the bar	$18,764	0.6 yrs	8
Zoology/Animal Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$24,721 1-year earnings	-$12,255	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$64,701 1-year earnings	+$27,725	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$71,797	+$34,821	clears the bar	$26,557	0.8 yrs	3
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$75,202	+$38,226	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Geography and Cartography	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$71,944	+$34,968	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$80,900	+$43,924	clears the bar	$59,500	1.4 yrs	insufficient data
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	100
Accounting	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	64
Communications and Media	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	49
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Counseling Psychology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Teacher Education (by level)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Medical Laboratory Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Public Relations and Advertising	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Petroleum Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Public Administration	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Design	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
History	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Communications Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Architectural Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
International/Globalization Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Air Transportation	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Music	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Special Education	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
English	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Communications and Media	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Petroleum Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Business Administration	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Natural Resources and Conservation	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($36,976/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.