Public · Community college
Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, North Dakota · Remote rural
- 14%
- Transfer rate
- $4,605
- Avg net price
- 22%
- Grad / completion
- $28,488
- Median earnings
Sitting Bull College is a public associate-granting institution in Fort Yates, North Dakota (remote rural setting), enrolling 257 undergraduates. It is a Tribal college. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Fort Yates, North Dakota
Fort Yates is a city in Sioux County, North Dakota, United States. In 1878 the US Army renamed the fort to honor Captain George Yates, who was killed by the Lakota Oyate at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. The town that developed was also known as Fort Yates. The Army post and fort were decommissioned in 1903. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote rural
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 50 miles to Bismarck, ND
- To Great Lakes shore
- 410 miles
- Nearest airport
- 48 miles to Bismarck (BIS)
How Sitting Bull College compares
Higher than 5% · #14 of 16 in North Dakota
Higher than 27% · #10 of 14 in North Dakota
Cheaper than 92% · #3 cheapest of 15 in North Dakota
Lower than 89%
Larger than 50%
Percentiles compare Sitting Bull College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in North Dakota.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate25790%
- Graduate2910%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women16363%
- Men9437%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White4.3%
- Black0.8%
- Hispanic0.8%
- Other or multiracial94%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 257
- Graduate enrollment
- 29
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 69%
- First-generation students
- 39%
- Students over 25
- 56%
- Median family income
- $4,660
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $64,620
- Endowment
- $1,909,849
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $4,010
- Room & board
- $5,850
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,012
- Average net price
- $4,605
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 22%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 14%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,563
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $28,488
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 51
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 20%
- Housing charge (year)
- $2,250
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 3 campuses (309 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 54% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,480. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 46 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $28,488
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 35%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $437 (2%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 4°F
- Annual rain
- 20.1″
- Annual snow
- 34.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MC Laughlin, SD US station (19.8 mi from campus).
What Sitting Bull College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.