Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · North Dakota
Online colleges in North Dakota
Across the 20 North Dakota colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 13,255 students (26%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 59% took at least one distance course. 12 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
20
In North Dakota
Students studying entirely online
13,255
26% of the 51,487 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
59%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
12
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in North Dakota is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
North Dakota colleges where students actually study online
Every North Dakota college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
4,874 of 14,172 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 4,928 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $10,951 in-state / $15,570 out-of-state.
1,394 of 4,065 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 941 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,195 in-state / $7,279 out-of-state.
997 of 3,794 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 645 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $21,468 in-state.
827 of 1,810 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 242 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,478 in-state.
719 of 1,180 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 230 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,347 in-state / $7,613 out-of-state.
514 of 1,025 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 151 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,935 in-state / $9,564 out-of-state.
455 of 1,754 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 478 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,514 in-state / $13,478 out-of-state.
389 of 1,453 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 521 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,118 in-state / $11,218 out-of-state.
285 of 912 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 436 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,938 in-state.
210 of 325 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 65 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,950 in-state.
157 of 542 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 88 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $4,252 in-state.
100 of 244 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 11 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $18,762 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of North Dakota can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at North Dakota colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/north-dakota
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