Private nonprofit · Community college
Turtle Mountain College
Belcourt, North Dakota · Remote rural
- 9%
- Transfer rate
- $3,428
- Avg net price
- 43%
- Grad / completion
- $32,079
- Median earnings
Turtle Mountain College is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Belcourt, North Dakota (remote rural setting), enrolling 543 undergraduates. It is a Tribal college. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Belcourt, North Dakota
Belcourt is a census-designated place in Rolette County, North Dakota, United States. Belcourt was laid out in 1884. The community was named Belcourt in honour of Georges-Antoine Belcourt. Father Belcourt was a French Canadian Roman Catholic diocesan priest and missionary who served the Chippewa and Métis throughout his ministry in the mid-nineteenth century. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote rural
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 151 miles to Bismarck, ND
- To Great Lakes shore
- 383 miles
- Nearest airport
- 66 miles to Devils Lake (DVL)
How Turtle Mountain College compares
Higher than 30% · #10 of 16 in North Dakota
Higher than 95%
Higher than 39% · #7 of 14 in North Dakota
Cheaper than 95% · #1 cheapest of 15 in North Dakota
Lower than 62%
Larger than 64%
Percentiles compare Turtle Mountain 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
- Undergraduate54394%
- Graduate326%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women30155%
- Men24245%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White2.2%
- Black0.5%
- Other or multiracial97%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 543
- Graduate enrollment
- 32
- Student–faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 58%
- First-generation students
- 35%
- Students over 25
- 41%
- Median family income
- $5,804
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $69,696
- Endowment
- $2,839,335
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $2,794
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $400
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,655
- Average net price
- $3,428
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 (within 6 years)
- 43%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 9%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,931
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $32,079
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
About 43% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
- Athletics
- Independent
- Varsity athletes
- 30 (19 men · 11 women)
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%.
Varsity sports (2)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
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 2 campuses (872 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.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$2,500/year × about 5.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
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: 9% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,106. 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 116 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)
- $32,079
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 26%
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 $3,529 (12%) 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
- 79°F
- Winter low
- -5°F
- Annual rain
- 20.1″
- Annual snow
- 37.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Belcourt Keya Radio, ND US station (2.9 mi from campus).
What Turtle Mountain 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.