About Fargo, North Dakota
The City of Fargo boasts of a future bright with expansion, engaging cultural diversity, and a quick start into the 21st century. Fargo is located in Cass County, North Dakota, along the Red River of the North, which forms the border between Minnesota and North Dakota. An estimated 93,000 people live in this growing city.
With its beginnings as a rough and rowdy frontier town, Fargo has grown into an expansive metropolitan area that offers a relatively wide variety of cultural opportunities. In Fargo, you get the benefits of big-city living combined with the joys of small town life. The air and water are clean, the economy is very active, the crime and unemployment rates are some of the lowest in the nation, and the people are some of the friendliest. Fargo is a bustling and active metropolitan area set in the midst of rich and fertile farmland.
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Employment opportunities in Fargo continue to grow, and at Rasmussen College, our Career Services staff constantly places our graduates in respected positions throughout the area. Major area employers include MeritCare Health System, Alien Technology, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, NDSU, US Bank, and Microsoft.
Other interesting facts:- Fargo was ranked as the #1 urban environment by The Earth Day Network in its evaluation of 72 cities across the nation
- On June 7, 1893, a terrible fire raged through the city, destroying over 31 city blocks
- Fargo has two sister cities: Hamar, Norway and Vimmerby, Sweden
- A young city, the median age of Fargo residents is 30 years
- Near Fargo, the Red River Valley was once a part of glacial Lake Agassiz, which drained away about 9,300 years ago
- Aakers College’s Fargo campus joined Rasmussen College in 2007, but has been a part of the Rasmussen College system of schools since 2004
If you have questions about our Fargo, ND campus, call (701) 277-3889 locally or nationwide toll free (800) 817-0009. Get all the answers from the people who live and work there.
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