North Dakota contains three schools that offer medical billing and coding programs. Minot State University-Bottineau Campus, the highest-ranking medical billing and coding school in ND, has a total student population of 746 and is the 4194th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 medical billing and coding schools in North Dakota, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Rasmussen College-Fargo comes out as the most expensive ($13,017/yr), with Turtle Mountain Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,031/yr.
Medical Billing and Coding students from North Dakota schools who go on to become medical billing and coding specialists, medical billing specialists, medical administrators, medical secretaries, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 170,580 people working as medical records and health information technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $33,880. Also, Emergency medical technicians and paramedics make on average $33,020 per year and there are about 217,920 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the North Dakota alone, there are 670 employed emergency medical technicians and paramedics earning an average yearly salary of $29,070. Medical records and health information technicians in this state earn $30,380/yr and there are 450 employed.
Also, within the medical billing and coding schools in North Dakota, the average student population is 1,960 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1. Aside from medical billing and coding, there are 1090 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,086 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,018, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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