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About North Dakota
On March 2, 1861, President James Buchanan signed the bill creating the Dakota Territory, which originally included the area covered today by both Dakotas as well as Montana and Wyoming. The name was taken from that of the Dakota or Sioux Indian Tribe. Beginning in 1877, efforts were made to bring Dakota into the Union as both a single state and as two states. The latter was successful and on November 2, 1889, both North and South Dakota were admitted. President Benjamin Harrison went to great lengths to obscure the order in which the statehood proclamations were signed, so the exact order in which the two states entered is unknown. However, because of alphabetical position, North Dakota is often considered the 39th state. Dakota is derived from the Sioux Indian word for “friend.”
- North Dakota has recently been ranked the friendliest state in the U.S., according to Cambridge University.
- A vacation here is called the most affordable of any state by AAA.
- North Dakota ranks #1 as the safest state to live in.
- North Dakota ranks #1 for high school completion rates.
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Private liberal arts colleges
- Jamestown College
- Aakers Business College in Fargo and Bismarck (subsidiary of Rasmussen College)
- University of Mary in Bismarck
- Trinity Bible College in Ellendale
- Bismarck State College in Bismarck
- Dickinson State University in Dickinson
- Lake Region State College in Devils Lake
- Mayville State University in Mayville
- Minot State University in Minot
- Minot State University-Bottineau in Bottineau
- North Dakota State University in Fargo
- North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton
- University of North Dakota in Grand Forks
- Valley City State University in Valley City
- Williston State College in Williston
- Cankdeska Cikana Community College in Fort Totten
- Fort Berthold Community College in New Town
- Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates
- Turtle Mountain Community College in Belcourt
- United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck
Private colleges and universities
Public colleges and universities
Tribal colleges
