Which Dickinson State major has the lowest debt?

Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $25,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Dickinson State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Dickinson State cost?

Tuition and fees are $9,118 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,092 a year.

How many Dickinson State programs report graduate pay?

7 bachelor's programs at Dickinson State report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Dickinson State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Dickinson State University
Public university
Dickinson, ND
1,090 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Dickinson State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($68,151), and Agriculture the least ($42,583). The median program pays $50,122.

Tuition and fees$9,118Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$14,092Per year

Graduation rate51%Within 6 years

Admission rate37%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Dakota" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across North Dakota. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Dakota
1	NursingAbout 20 graduates a year	$68,151	$74,011	$31,000	7th of 7
2	AccountingAbout 16 graduates a year	$51,006	$53,656	$27,321	3rd of 3
3	Business AdministrationAbout 39 graduates a year	$50,830	$56,301	$27,197	4th of 9
4	Human ResourcesAbout 20 graduates a year	$50,122	Not reported	$33,519	1st of 1
5	Teacher EducationAbout 15 graduates a year	$49,811	$50,675	$25,750	1st of 7
6	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 14 graduates a year	$44,841	$49,935	Not reported	5th of 6
7	AgricultureAbout 15 graduates a year	$42,583	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and North Dakota ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five North Dakota programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$68,151
Accounting$51,006
Business Administration$50,830
Human Resources$50,122
Teacher Education$49,811

Lowest median debt

Teacher Education$25,750
Business Administration$27,197
Accounting$27,321
Nursing$31,000
Human Resources$33,519

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 39 graduates a year
NursingAbout 20 graduates a year
Human ResourcesAbout 20 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 16 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 15 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,151 in their first year, the most of 7 Dickinson State bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of North Dakota rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels