NDSU's Peer Institutions per the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) are listed below. 

• South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD) - High Research Activity
• Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS) - Very High Research Activity
• Montana State University (Bozeman, MT) - Very High Research Activity
• Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) - Very High Research Activity
• University of Idaho (Moscow, ID) - High Research Activity
• University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND) - High Research Activity
• University of Maine (Orono, ME) - Very High Research Activity
• University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR) - Very High Research Activity
• Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS) - Very High Research Activity
• West Virginia University (Morgantown WV) - Very High Research Activity
• New Mexico State University (Las Cruces NM) - High Research Activity
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE) - Very High Research Activity
• University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY) - High Research Activity
• University of South Dakota (Vermillion SD) - High Research Activity
• Utah State University (Logan UT) - Very High Research Activity

Comparisons of NDSU with its peers can be made via the IPEDS Data Center.