Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 9.5-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 40 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 35 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 12.5%
- No Data35 · 87.5%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 3
- Jan 2022Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
- Mar 2012Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 400 students received $2.2M in Pell grants, alongside $3.6M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 324 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (0.9%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Valley City State
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 7
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus3
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Student Apartments1 fireCookingDamage $100-$999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Valley City State vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Valley City State selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectValley City State University | 53% | — | 1,806 | $11,890 | Baccalaureate |
| 48% | 37.0% | 1,410 | $14,092 | Baccalaureate | |
| 40% | 71.2% | 1,134 | $11,456 | Baccalaureate | |
| 20% | — | 2,054 | $19,092 | Baccalaureate | |
| 50% | 87.9% | 2,612 | $12,212 | Baccalaureate | |
| 28% | — | 1,002 | $9,922 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 44% | 71.2% | 1,608 | $12,051 |
Institutions like Valley City State
Explore the federal data for institutions in Valley City State's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateNorth Dakota
Dickinson State University
Grad rate48%Admit rate37.0%Enrollment1,410Net price$14,092View data - BaccalaureateNorth Dakota
Mayville State University
Grad rate40%Admit rate71.2%Enrollment1,134Net price$11,456View data - BaccalaureateMissouri
Lincoln University
Grad rate20%Admit rate—Enrollment2,054Net price$19,092View data - BaccalaureateMinnesota
University of Minnesota-Crookston
Grad rate50%Admit rate87.9%Enrollment2,612Net price$12,212View data - BaccalaureateMissouri
Harris-Stowe State University
Grad rate28%Admit rate—Enrollment1,002Net price$9,922View data
Valley City State Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Institutional Effectiveness office provides essential institutional data for reporting, research, and decision-making. This office manages all course evaluations and surveys, including a master calendar to boost response rates and minimize survey fatigue.
Visit IR office page- Bridget BlunckAssistant Director for Institutional Effectiveness
- Kerry GregorykDirector for Institutional Effectiveness & Planning
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