University of North Dakota Description:
Admissions Data (2011):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 70%
- What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
- Average High School GPA: 3.4
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: - / -
- SAT Math: - / -
- SAT Writing: - / -
- ACT Composite: 21 / 26
- ACT English: 20 / 25
- ACT Math: 20 / 26
Enrollment (2010):
- Total Enrollment: 14,194 (11,139 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 55% Male / 45% Female
- 83% Full-time
Costs (2011 - 12):
- Tuition and Fees: $7,092 (in-state); $16,767 (out-of-state)
- Books: $800 (why so much?)
- Room and Board: $6,400
- Other Expenses: $6,600
- Total Cost: $20,892 (in-state); $30,567 (out-of-state)
University of North Dakota Financial Aid (2009 - 10):
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 88%
- UND Scholarships (Cappex.com)
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Grants: 62%
- Loans: 62%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Grants: $3,533
- Loans: $8,526
Most Popular Majors:
Graduation and Retention Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 79%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 21%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 51%
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University of North Dakota Mission Statement:
"The University of North Dakota, as a member of the North Dakota University System, serves the state, the country, and the world community through teaching, research, creative activities, and service. State-assisted, the University's work depends also on federal, private, and corporate sources. With other research universities, the University shares a distinctive responsibility for the discovery, development, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge. Through its sponsorship and encouragement of basic and applied research, scholarship, and creative endeavor, the University contributes to the public well-being.
The University maintains its original mission in liberal arts, business, education, law, medicine, engineering and mines; and has also developed special missions in nursing, fine arts, aerospace, energy, human resources, and international studies. It provides a wide range of challenging academic programs for undergraduate, professional and graduate students through the doctoral level. The University encourages students to make informed choices, to communicate effectively, to be intellectually curious and creative, to commit themselves to lifelong learning and the service of others, and to share responsibility both for their own communities and for the world. The University promotes cultural diversity among its students, staff and faculty.
In addition to its on-campus instructional and research programs, the University of North Dakota separately and cooperatively provides extensive continuing education and public service programs for all areas of the state and region."
