College · Public · Minot, ND · City
Minot State University
Minot, ND
Admit rate65%
6-yr median pay$46k
Net price / yr$13k
Undergrad size2,062
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $13k/yr for a shot at a $46k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 65% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1051 · ACT 20.
If you get in
2,062 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $19k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $13k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$77k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$51k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$27k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $8.7k
- Room & board
- $8.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans37%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention69%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr45%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$46k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out16%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 2,062
- Location
- Minot, ND
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- MSU
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White65%
- International11%
- Two or more races7%
- Hispanic7%
- Black4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Unknown2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time18%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$52k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 49
What you can study.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$76k · 5-yr
- Finance$65k · 5-yr
- Marketing/Marketing Management$59k · 5-yr
- International Business/Trade/Commerce$57k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$57k · 5-yr
- Agricultural Teacher Education$53k · 5-yr
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, General$52k · 5-yr
- Social Work$49k · 5-yr
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching$47k · 5-yr
- German Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- French Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Generalearnings not reported
- American Sign Language (ASL)earnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Biometry/Biometricsearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) Programearnings not reported
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitnessearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Geology/Earth Scienceearnings not reported
- Physicsearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Clinical Psychologyearnings not reported
- Social Sciencesearnings not reported
- Sociologyearnings not reported
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Artsearnings not reported
- Art/Art Studiesearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Managementearnings not reported
- Communication Sciences and Disordersearnings not reported
- Cardiovascular Technology/Technologistearnings not reported
- Blood Bank Technology Specialistearnings not reported
- Substance Abuse/Addiction Counselingearnings not reported
- Art Therapy/Therapistearnings not reported
- Accountingearnings not reported
- Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studiesearnings not reported
- Management Information Systemsearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Radio and Televisionearnings not reported
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Otherearnings not reported
- Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Otherearnings not reported
- Computer and Information Sciencesearnings not reported
- Network and System Administration/Administratorearnings not reported
- Educationearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Foreign Languages and Literaturesearnings not reported