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Bismarck State College vs Hawkeye Community College

Bismarck, ND · Waterloo, IA · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE ND × IA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Bismarck State College: average net price rose +35.5% from $7,915 (2013) to $10,725 (2023), r² 0.70.
  • Hawkeye Community College: net price ranged $10,298–$12,123 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -10.7% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Bismarck State College: enrollment shrank -18.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -72 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Hawkeye Community College: enrollment shrank -40.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -172 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

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 Hawkeye Community College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (85.1% vs 63.0% at Hawkeye Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($50,401 vs $39,099 at Hawkeye Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($54,277 vs $42,849 at Hawkeye Community College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Bismarck State College and Hawkeye Community College?▼
Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 85.1% versus 63.0% at Hawkeye Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Bismarck State College and Hawkeye Community College?▼
Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $50,401 versus $39,099 at Hawkeye Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Bismarck State College and Hawkeye Community College?▼
Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $54,277 versus $42,849 at Hawkeye Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025