Black Hawk College vs Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Moline, IL · Kirkland, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair IL:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × WA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Black Hawk College: enrollment shrank -52.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -253 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology: enrollment ranged 1,522–2,237 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Black Hawk College: net price ranged $4,046–$6,718 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +22.1% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology: net price ranged $5,886–$9,582 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -18.5% is not a trend (r² 0.00).

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: Black Hawk College vs Lake Washington Institute of Technology

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Black Hawk College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,375 vs $15,047 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Black Hawk College leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,100 vs $12,062 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($50,669 vs $37,253 at Black Hawk College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Black Hawk College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?
Black Hawk College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,375 versus $15,047 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Black Hawk College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?
Black Hawk College leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,100 versus $12,062 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Black Hawk College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology?
Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $50,669 versus $37,253 at Black Hawk College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025