Enrollment

[Siouxdaddy]

2 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

inewz says a there was a suicide on campus...

nothing from the heraldo?

Can confirm this is true. Happened in Brannon Hall 

[The Sicatoka]

It's never as bad as you believe it is. There's help out there. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

34 minutes ago, Siouxdaddy said:

Can confirm this is true. Happened in Brannon Hall 

just seeing inewz for 2 days there...nothing from herlado

[The Sicatoka]

Is it newsworthy. Otherwise, let it go. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

ndac?

 

[Blackheart]

10 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

ndac?

 

Wait!  Fraud in Minnesota?

[forksandspoons]

NDSU fell below 11k this spring, correct? Hard to find any mention of that in the Fargo Fanboy Media. 
 

Meanwhile, UND set a spring enrollment record! 

[AJS]

1 hour ago, forksandspoons said:

NDSU fell below 11k this spring, correct? Hard to find any mention of that in the Fargo Fanboy Media. 
 

Meanwhile, UND set a spring enrollment record! 

UND was up 3.87% Spring of 2026 while NDSU was down 1.40%. UND was up 5.49% in Fall of 2025.

My hot take is if there's actually concern from NDSU about enrollment, I'd rather have it not be in the papers. Here's to another Fall of them hovering around 12k while blaming MSU-Moorhead for giving free school and discounting any UND growth by saying it's all online*.

 

NDSU does have this innate ability to bounce back, so I wouldn't be surprised to see an uptick this Fall (hoping I'm wrong).

* I've been talking about this for years. Hoping to see an article about a new dorm being needed in upcoming years because of demand.  

[SiouxHawkGuy]

1 hour ago, forksandspoons said:

NDSU fell below 11k this spring, correct? Hard to find any mention of that in the Fargo Fanboy Media. 
 

Meanwhile, UND set a spring enrollment record! 

Should be at 11,952 this upcoming fall

[SIOUXFAN97]

6 hours ago, AJS said:

UND was up 3.87% Spring of 2026 while NDSU was down 1.40%. UND was up 5.49% in Fall of 2025.

My hot take is if there's actually concern from NDSU about enrollment, I'd rather have it not be in the papers. Here's to another Fall of them hovering around 12k while blaming MSU-Moorhead for giving free school and discounting any UND growth by saying it's all online*.

 

NDSU does have this innate ability to bounce back, so I wouldn't be surprised to see an uptick this Fall (hoping I'm wrong).

* I've been talking about this for years. Hoping to see an article about a new dorm being needed in upcoming years because of demand.  

once you lie 3 times about enrollment could you even trust them if they report 11k at ndac this fall?

[CMSioux]

Always fun to poke Moo U: last fall, in terms of headcount, Bismarck State College enrolled more students in its freshman class than North Dakota State University, with an official headcount of 2,611 compared to 2,178 at NDSU. It did not surpass the University of North Dakota, though, which recorded a headcount of 2,949 — a record-breaking figure in the school’s history.

[SIOUXFAN97]

if ndac's enrollement goes below 6k.....state should make em a juco and rename them back to ndac.....

if bsc get above 10k....make them NDSU.....

und east

NDSU west...

bring it on

[Bison Dan]

14 hours ago, CMSioux said:

Always fun to poke Moo U: last fall, in terms of headcount, Bismarck State College enrolled more students in its freshman class than North Dakota State University, with an official headcount of 2,611 compared to 2,178 at NDSU. It did not surpass the University of North Dakota, though, which recorded a headcount of 2,949 — a record-breaking figure in the school’s history.

I guess you missed the statement that SU has the largest on campus enrollment.  While distant learning might be the wave of the future it's also a real red herring as these students have no connection to the school or community.  It'd be interesting to ask the foundations how much they give back?  I'd say little or nothing.

[CMSioux]

7 minutes ago, Bison Dan said:

I guess you missed the statement that SU has the largest on campus enrollment.  While distant learning might be the wave of the future it's also a real red herring as these students have no connection to the school or community.  It'd be interesting to ask the foundations how much they give back?  I'd say little or nothing.

Mission accomplished. Estimates are that between 5-9 percent of alumni give back to their university. 

[forksandspoons]

45 minutes ago, Bison Dan said:

I guess you missed the statement that SU has the largest on campus enrollment.  While distant learning might be the wave of the future it's also a real red herring as these students have no connection to the school or community.  It'd be interesting to ask the foundations how much they give back?  I'd say little or nothing.

Online learning is not the wave of the future. It is, and has been, the wave for years. 

Exactly why NDSU enrollment continues to decline. 
 

Maybe less likely to give back, but they’re still paying a hell of a lot in tuition to UND. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 hours ago, Bison Dan said:

I guess you missed the statement that SU has the largest on campus enrollment.  While distant learning might be the wave of the future it's also a real red herring as these students have no connection to the school or community.  It'd be interesting to ask the foundations how much they give back?  I'd say little or nothing.

so liberty university is ________________________________?

[UND1983]

3 hours ago, Bison Dan said:

I guess you missed the statement that SU has the largest on campus enrollment.  While distant learning might be the wave of the future it's also a real red herring as these students have no connection to the school or community.  It'd be interesting to ask the foundations how much they give back?  I'd say little or nothing.

The FBS thing really got the high school kids excited!!!!

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, UND1983 said:

The FBS thing really got the high school kids excited!!!!

by kids you mean the midget and madmen of cass county?

kolpack hasn't been this excited since mary jane rotten crotch asked him the sadie hawkins dance.

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, UND1983 said:

The FBS thing really got the high school kids excited!!!!

"i think i'm gonna go to ndac next year bc they are in the g6 league"

"don't they have rats in their dorms and their enrollment is under 8k students"

"i think i'm gonna go check out und next then?"

"yeah they are getting close to 17k students...check this out"

 

 

[Kab]

24 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

by kids you mean the midget and madmen of cass county?

kolpack hasn't been this excited since mary jane rotten crotch asked him the sadie hawkins dance.

It will be exhausting seeing the 3 idiots from the forum creating 35 page layouts for each bison game

mcfooley is already talking about mountain west expanding to 12 teams with the 2 Montana teams

i personally hope they lose every game 

would be nice to see the herald expand coverage for all UND sports

also would be nice to hook up with one of the tv stations to create more UND news and coaches shows 

[SIOUXFAN97]

6 minutes ago, Kab said:

It will be exhausting seeing the 3 idiots from the forum creating 35 page layouts for each bison game

mcfooley is already talking about mountain west expanding to 12 teams with the 2 Montana teams

i personally hope they lose every game 

would be nice to see the herald expand coverage for all UND sports

also would be nice to hook up with one of the tv stations to create more UND news and coaches shows 

elchavez@und.edu

[SIOUXFAN97]

5 hours ago, Bison Dan said:

I guess you missed the statement that SU has the largest on campus enrollment.  While distant learning might be the wave of the future it's also a real red herring as these students have no connection to the school or community.  It'd be interesting to ask the foundations how much they give back?  I'd say little or nothing.

i think conveniently forgot to mention ndac also has the highest rate of hantavirus in the ndus system too....puzzlin'

[Kab]

6 hours ago, Bison Dan said:

I guess you missed the statement that SU has the largest on campus enrollment.  While distant learning might be the wave of the future it's also a real red herring as these students have no connection to the school or community.  It'd be interesting to ask the foundations how much they give back?  I'd say little or nothing.

How many of ndsu students on campus are fandom students in  The exact same enrollment numbers the last 3 years ?

[Brim006]

The numbers don’t lie. Strong trends both directions. 

[Brim006]

NDSU is in trouble. Even if they finally push for a turnaround, trying to match the new facilities, expansions, and upgrades UND has already completed, it would cost at least twice as much today as it did when UND built most of theirs. That’s a brutal hole to climb out of, and it may already be too late as the gap is likely to keep snowballing from here.

UND now offers a far more attractive campus and overall educational experience, which will pull more students from the same pool. That means continued decline in enrollments for NDSU and tighter revenue…even before considering that they’d need double the investment just to catch up to UND’s current facilities.