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