North Dakota contains 21 schools that offer medicine and health programs. University of Mary, the highest-ranking medicine and health school in ND, has a total student population of 2,979 and is the 498th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 21 medicine and health schools in North Dakota, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Salon Professional Academy comes out as the most expensive ($16,614/yr), with Sitting Bull College as the lowest recorded at only $938/yr.
Medicine and Health students from North Dakota schools who go on to become medicine and health professionals, office administrators, massage therapists, trainers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 271,710 people working as medical and health services managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $90,970. Also, Registered nurses make on average $66,530 per year and there are about 2,583,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the North Dakota alone, there are 6,260 employed registered nurses earning an average yearly salary of $56,110. Medical and health services managers in this state earn $68,470/yr and there are 660 employed.
Also, within the medicine and health schools in North Dakota, the average student population is 1,960 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1. Aside from medicine and health, 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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