The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Fargo conferred 388 bachelor's degrees and 105 doctor's degrees in health professions and related programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in registered nursing/registered nurse. Data shows the school gave out 208 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse, followed by 154 bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering and 134 bachelor's degrees in general human development and family studies.
The university enrolled 13,796 students for 2017-18, including 11,425 in undergraduate programs and 2,371 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 208 | 1 | - | 209 | |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | 89 | 5 | - | 94 | |
| Pharmacy | - | 84 | - | 84 | |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant | 25 | - | - | 25 | |
| Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer | 25 | - | - | 25 | |
| Dietetics/Dietitian | 19 | 2 | - | 21 | |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | - | 16 | - | 16 | |
| Public Health, General | - | 15 | - | 15 | |
| Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 10 | - | - | 10 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health | - | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 388 | 132 | - | 520 | 16.6 |
| Accounting | 78 | - | - | 78 | |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other | 70 | - | - | 70 | |
| Finance, General | 65 | - | - | 65 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 58 | - | - | 58 | |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 22 | 22 | - | 44 | |
| Management Information Systems, General | 24 | - | - | 24 | |
| Selling Skills and Sales Operations | - | - | 23 | 23 | |
| Business/Corporate Communications | 20 | - | - | 20 | |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General | 19 | - | - | 19 | |
| Accounting and Related Services, Other | - | 18 | - | 18 | |
| Transportation/Mobility Management | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Financial Planning and Services | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | - | - | - | - | |
| Construction Management | - | - | - | - | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | - | - | - | - | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 356 | 46 | 25 | 427 | 13.6 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 154 | 7 | - | 161 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 53 | 20 | - | 73 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 68 | 3 | - | 71 | |
| Computer Software Engineering | - | 22 | 3 | 25 | |
| Industrial Engineering | 18 | 6 | - | 24 | |
| Agricultural Engineering | 17 | 6 | - | 23 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 18 | - | - | 18 | |
| Construction Engineering | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Materials Engineering | - | - | - | - | |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | - | - | - | - | |
| Engineering, General | - | - | - | - | |
| Engineering total | 343 | 72 | 6 | 421 | 13.4 |
| Crop Production | 74 | - | - | 74 | |
| Agricultural Economics | 60 | 8 | - | 68 | |
| Animal Sciences, General | 53 | 7 | - | 60 | |
| Agricultural Mechanization, General | 25 | - | - | 25 | |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | - | 24 | - | 24 | |
| Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | 17 | - | - | 17 | |
| Food Science and Technology, Other | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| Agriculture, General | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Equestrian/Equine Studies | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Food Science | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
| Soil Science and Agronomy, General | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Range Science and Management | 1 | 5 | - | 6 | |
| Horticultural Science | 4 | 2 | - | 6 | |
| Food Technology and Processing | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Animal Health | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Agricultural Communication/Journalism | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| International Agriculture | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Turf and Turfgrass Management | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management | - | - | - | - | |
| Agricultural and Food Products Processing | - | - | - | - | |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total | 268 | 59 | 9 | 336 | 10.7 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 61 | 2 | - | 63 | |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 51 | 4 | - | 55 | |
| Microbiology, General | 20 | 1 | - | 21 | |
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology | - | 14 | - | 14 | |
| Environmental Biology | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Biotechnology | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
| Entomology | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Genome Sciences/Genomics | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Biochemistry | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Botany/Plant Biology | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 148 | 44 | - | 192 | 6.1 |
| Human Development and Family Studies, General | 134 | 4 | - | 138 | |
| Apparel and Textiles, General | 23 | - | - | 23 | |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General | - | 19 | - | 19 | |
| Apparel and Textile Marketing Management | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Child Care Provider/Assistant | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Other | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total | 157 | 25 | 1 | 183 | 5.8 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | 55 | - | 55 | |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | - | 17 | - | 17 | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | - | 17 | - | 17 | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education | 13 | 4 | - | 17 | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 13 | - | - | 13 | |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| Social Studies Teacher Education | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| Agricultural Teacher Education | 7 | 2 | - | 9 | |
| Educational Evaluation and Research | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Biology Teacher Education | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| History Teacher Education | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Health Teacher Education | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Earth Science Teacher Education | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Art Teacher Education | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Chemistry Teacher Education | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Music Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | |
| Speech Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other | - | - | - | - | |
| French Language Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | |
| Physics Teacher Education | - | - | - | - | |
| Education total | 71 | 101 | 4 | 176 | 5.6 |
| Architecture | 29 | 37 | - | 66 | |
| Environmental Design/Architecture | 14 | - | - | 14 | |
| Landscape Architecture | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Architecture and Related Services total | 51 | 37 | - | 88 | 2.8 |
| Psychology, General | 81 | 4 | - | 85 | |
| Developmental and Child Psychology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Experimental Psychology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Psychology total | 82 | 6 | - | 88 | 2.8 |
| Computer Science | 73 | 13 | - | 86 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 73 | 13 | - | 86 | 2.7 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | 44 | - | - | 44 | |
| Health Communication | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Journalism, Other | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
| Communication, General | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 63 | 13 | - | 76 | 2.4 |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 38 | - | - | 38 | |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 37 | - | - | 37 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 75 | - | - | 75 | 2.4 |
| Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | 45 | 4 | - | 49 | |
| Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management | 21 | 1 | - | 22 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 66 | 5 | - | 71 | 2.3 |
| Music, General | 21 | 15 | - | 36 | |
| Interior Design | 13 | - | - | 13 | |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 54 | 15 | - | 69 | 2.2 |
| Sociology | 18 | 6 | - | 24 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 16 | - | - | 16 | |
| Economics, General | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Anthropology | 6 | 2 | - | 8 | |
| Development Economics and International Development | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Social Sciences, General | - | - | - | - | |
| Social Sciences total | 49 | 9 | - | 58 | 1.8 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 49 | - | - | 49 | |
| Gerontology | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| International/Global Studies | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 49 | - | 1 | 50 | 1.6 |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician | 46 | 3 | - | 49 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | 46 | 3 | - | 49 | 1.6 |
| Chemistry, General | 10 | 6 | - | 16 | |
| Physics, General | 4 | 8 | - | 12 | |
| Materials Sciences, Other | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Polymer Chemistry | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 18 | 24 | - | 42 | 1.3 |
| Statistics, General | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |
| Mathematics, General | 6 | 5 | - | 11 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 16 | 14 | 11 | 41 | 1.3 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 18 | 6 | - | 24 | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 18 | 8 | - | 26 | 0.8 |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | 10 | 13 | - | 23 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 10 | 13 | - | 23 | 0.7 |
| History, General | 6 | 3 | - | 9 | |
| Public/Applied History | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| History total | 10 | 3 | - | 13 | 0.4 |
| Women's Studies | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 7 | - | - | 7 | 0.2 |
| Transportation and Materials Moving, Other | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Transportation and Materials Moving total | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Philosophy | 5 | - | - | 5 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 5 | - | - | 5 | 0.2 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| French Language and Literature | - | - | - | - | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 4 | - | - | 4 | 0.1 |
| Youth Services/Administration | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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