Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Sitting Bull College is 2.1 miles from Fort Yates
No college sits inside Fort Yates’ boundary, but Sitting Bull College’s campus in Fort Yates, with 216 students on campus, is 2.1 miles from the center of town, and Bismarck State College is 51.5 miles away in Bismarck. About 11% of Fort Yates’ residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Dakota (8%).
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 Fort Yates. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Fort Yates
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Fort Yates
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Fort Yates.
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 $75–110k, where Fort Yates’ median household income ($97,250) falls.
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.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Fort Yates: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid.
Questions about college near Fort Yates
Is Fort Yates a college town?
No. About 11 of every 100 Fort Yates residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as North Dakota (8). The nearest campus, Sitting Bull College, is 2.1 miles away in Fort Yates.
What colleges are near Fort Yates?
Within 15 miles: Sitting Bull College (2.1 miles, 216 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Fort Yates, and what does it cost?
Bismarck State College in Bismarck, 51.5 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,247 a year for North Dakota residents; the federal net price, $10,270, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Sitting Bull College cost if we live in North Dakota?
Tuition and fees are $4,010 a year in-state and $4,010 from out of state.
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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 Fort Yates. 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 →