North Dakota has 6 private and 9 public 4-year colleges that enroll 6,123 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $19,990 for in-state students and $22,285 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in North Dakota charge around $16,801 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, North Dakota provided $4.9 million in financial aid to 2,140 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $19.9 million in grants and scholarships to 4,082 students.

North Dakota receives less than 1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 1,513 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $6.3 million in pell grant ($4,921 per student on average), and 3,611 students received a total amount of $18.6 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($6,467 per student on average).