Big Bend Township is a college town: 48 of every 100 residents are students
No college sits inside Big Bend Township’s boundary, but Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College’s campus in New Town, with 158 students on campus, is 8.6 miles from the center of town, and Williston State College is 51.2 miles away in Williston. Across North Dakota, 8 of every 100 residents are enrolled in college.
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Big Bend Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Big Bend Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
What it’s like to live in Big Bend Township
How much the colleges shape the town, from the Census Bureau’s survey of residents.
48 of every 100 Big Bend Township residents are in college (ND: 8).
How students change Big Bend Township’s other numbers
Read the town’s other grades with this in mind. How TownRatings handles college towns →
Students who live off campus count in the Census poverty figures: 0.0% of Big Bend Township residents are below the poverty line, 0.0% when college students are left out (that estimate could be off by 53 points either way). 0% of the students themselves are below the line. In college towns, the Jobs & income grade uses the rate without students and leaves unemployment out.
The Cost grade leaves out the share of renters paying 30% or more of income on rent wherever students are a quarter of residents or more (48% here): it would mostly measure student incomes.
CDC’s estimates follow each place’s age mix, and Big Bend Township’s median age is 41.4 (North Dakota 35.9), so the adult figures describe a young population.
Crime is counted per resident, and students who live here count as residents. A college with its own police department reports its incidents under that department, not the city.
Colleges within 15 miles of Big Bend Township
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Big Bend Township.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at Under $30k; the Census has no median household income for Big Bend Township.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Questions about college near Big Bend Township
Is Big Bend Township a college town?
Yes. 48 of every 100 Big Bend Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), against 8 across North Dakota. The nearest campus, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, is 8.6 miles away in New Town.
What colleges are near Big Bend Township?
Within 15 miles: Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (8.6 miles, 158 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Big Bend Township, and what does it cost?
Williston State College in Williston, 51.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,128 a year for North Dakota residents; the federal net price, $5,932, counts housing and food at full cost.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Big Bend Township. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →