{"id":723,"date":"2016-12-01T02:03:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T02:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/school\/dickinson-state-university\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T01:04:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T01:04:49","slug":"dickinson-state-university","status":"publish","type":"school","link":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/schools\/dickinson-state-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickinson State University"},"content":{"rendered":"
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72%<\/div>\n
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Percent Admitted<\/div>\n<\/div>
16%<\/div>\n
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4-year Graduation Rate<\/div>\n<\/div>
1,473<\/div>\n
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Enrollment<\/div>\n<\/div>
13.0:1<\/div>\n
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Student-to-Faculty Ratio<\/div>\n<\/div>
$5,673<\/div>\n
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Average Undergraduate Students Aid<\/div>\n<\/div>
$9,118<\/div>\n
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In-State Tuition and Fees<\/div>\n<\/div>
$11,218<\/div>\n
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Public, 4-year or above<\/div>
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Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields<\/div>
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Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)<\/a><\/div>

Part of the North Dakota University System, Dickinson State University was founded as a normal school in 1918, providing desperately needed teacher\u2019s education at a time when rural North Dakota lacked properly trained educators. Of course, over the past century of growth and development, Dickinson State\u2019s mission has far outgrowth that original mission, and DSU today is a full four-year university dedicated to meeting educational needs of North Dakota\u2019s people wherever they are – on-campus, online, or on one of DSU\u2019s extension campuses throughout the rural areas of western North Dakota. U.S. News & World Report recognized DSU as the #4 best regional public college in the Midwest in its 2017 rankings. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/svg>Academic Programs<\/h4>Dickinson State University has the size and low student\/faculty ratio (10:1) of a small liberal arts college, but DSU is preparing students for leadership in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. While business administration is the most popular major, Dickinson State\u2019s heritage as a teacher\u2019s college continues to keep education one of the university\u2019s biggest offerings. In recent years, DSU has developed a Master of Arts in Teaching degree program that allows students with a non-teaching bachelor\u2019s degree earn a teaching graduate degree; the school has also begun developing graduate education courses for transfer, building the foundation for a full M.Ed. degree in the future. <\/span><\/p>\n

As a regional college, DSU\u2019s most important responsibility has always been making education affordable and accessible, and Dickinson State does both spectacularly. In the 21st century DSU has fully embraced online education, giving North Dakota\u2019s wide-ranging, sparse rural population a cutting-edge way to earn the credentials they need. DSU\u2019s online degree programs include associate\u2019s, bachelor\u2019s, and certificate programs, as well as the Master of Arts in Teaching. Plus, DSU\u2019s low tuition has earned praise from a variety of agencies as a best value and a most affordable institution for the region, and nationally, with the lowest rate of student loan debt in North Dakota.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/svg>Student Life<\/h4>Dickinson State\u2019s student body, just short of 3000, is a socially and civically engaged part of life in Dickinson, ND. With the Badlands and the Theodore Roosevelt National Park just a short distance away, outdoor activities and adventure sports are a deeply ingrained part of life in Dickinson, including hiking, fishing, climbing, and camping. With a rapidly growing population since the mid-2000s North Dakota oil boom, Dickinson has also benefitted from DSU\u2019s community service and outreach. <\/span><\/p>\n

With some 40 student-led organizations and clubs, Dickinson State\u2019s student life is also quite active and dynamic. Besides honor societies and professional networking groups, DSU students have religious, political, service, and special interest groups. Students also get to support the NAIA conference Blue Hawks varsity teams, with 15 men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams including basketball, soccer, baseball, and softball. The Blue Hawks football and track & field teams are particularly renowned, with multiple championships in the conference.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40442,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school\/723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/school"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school\/723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.collegeconsensus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}