Dickinson State University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Dickinson State University Academics

Dickinson State University is unique in its study options. For one thing, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification. Students with disabilities are not left alone with programs such as Partial Services/Facilities For Students With Learning Disabilities, Services/Facilities For Hearing Impaired, Services/Facilities For Speech Or Communications Disorders, Services/Facilities For Visually Impaired, Wheelchair Accessibility, 213 work stations, available in: dorms, libraries, computer centers, student centers, Dorms Wired for Access to Campus-Wide Network, Email Accounts Provided to All Students, Online Course Registration for Freshmen, Commuter/Off-Campus Students Can Connect to Campus Network, Computer Repair Service Available On Campus, Computer Helpline Available, Dorms Wired for High Speed Internet Connections, Online Library, Discounted Computer Software for Sale, Wireless Network, Offers distance learning courses or programs (online or partially online): Yes, During Normal Term Periods, Over the Summer, Percent of courses taught as online courses: 5%, Percent of courses taught as blended (online and offline): 15% and Percent of courses taught face-to-face: 80%. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance and Tutoring. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Dickinson State University.

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Administrative/Secretarial Services, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Finance/Banking, Management Information Systems, Office Management

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Medical Administrative Assistance, Nursing (RN), Nursing – Practical, Predentistry, Premedicine, Prepharmacy, Preveterinary Medicine

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry

Computer Science:

Computer Science

History:

History – General

Social Sciences:

Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General

English Language and Literature:

Creative Writing, English

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Business Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Computer Teacher Education, Drama/Dance Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Foreign Language Teacher Education, Health Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Junior High Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Reading Teacher Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Science Teacher Education, Spanish Language Teacher Education, Speech Teacher Education

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Behavioral Sciences, Natural Sciences

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General, Theater Design/Stagecraft

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Health/Physical Fitness

Popular majors:

forty-five percent health professions, twenty-three percent business per marketing, twenty percent liberal arts, nine percent agriculture, twenty-five percent business per marketing, twenty-two percent education, fifteen percent liberal arts, seven percent agriculture, six percent health professions, six percent psychology, five percent biology

Foreign Language and Literature:

Spanish

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $370 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall. In addition, for international students, the application fee is 35.

Dickinson State University Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of thirty-five dollars regular application fee, thirty-five dollars out-of-state application fee and thirty-five dollars online application fee. Transfer student are not ignored. That is, there were three hundred and twenty-four total number of transfer students who applied and three hundred and ten total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 98% and Open admission, but with selective admission to some programs. Remember that this can change at any time.

the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application due date was not reported. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Further, It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of March. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place.

Dickinson State University Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Job Skills, Music/Drama and State/District Residency. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Job Skills, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama, Religious Affiliation and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid distribution is at twenty-five percent scholarships per grants and seventy-five percent loans per jobs.

Dickinson State University Students

The school’s size is approximately two thousand, five hundred and sixteen degree-seeking undergrads and three hundred and seventy-six first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Further, the student body consists of sixty-two percent in-state students, thirty-eight percent out-of-state students, five percent part-time students, fifty-three percent women, forty-seven percent men, three percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, one percent black per non-hispanic, one percent hispanic, eighty-three percent white per non-hispanic, nine percent non-resident alien, three percent race per ethnicity unreported, five percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifteen percent in top quarter of graduating class and fifty-one percent in top half of graduating class. Furthermore, it is part of an Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Dickinson State University offers Associate and Bachelor’s degrees. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 98 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited.

This school features the Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Further, the university has many unique facilites such as nature preserve. In general, the school is located 100 miles from Bismarck, 300 miles from Billings, Montana.

Dickinson State University Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Wrestling