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Bismarck State College vs Arkansas Tech University

Bismarck, ND · Russellville, AR · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE ND × AR
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

No stable joint trend on the primary axis

RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023

For Bismarck State College vs Arkansas Tech University, the overlapping average net-price path series over 2013–2023 does not clear a directional claim on both sides. What follows is the measured range, not a rise/fall headline.

  • Bismarck State College: average net price rose +35.5% from $7,915 (2013) to $10,725 (2023), r² 0.70.
  • Arkansas Tech University: average net price rose +33.3% from $9,128 (2013) to $12,171 (2023), r² 0.65.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Bismarck State College vs Arkansas Tech University

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Bismarck State College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,331 vs $14,668 at Arkansas Tech University)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Bismarck State College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,533 vs $21,000 at Arkansas Tech University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Bismarck State College leads on in-state tuition ($5,247 vs $8,674 at Arkansas Tech University)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Bismarck State College and Arkansas Tech University?▼
Bismarck State College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,331 versus $14,668 at Arkansas Tech University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Bismarck State College and Arkansas Tech University?▼
Bismarck State College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,533 versus $21,000 at Arkansas Tech University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Bismarck State College and Arkansas Tech University?▼
Bismarck State College leads on in-state tuition at $5,247 versus $8,674 at Arkansas Tech University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025