Cowley County Community College vs Bellingham Technical College

Arkansas City, KS · Bellingham, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair KS:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE KS × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • 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 NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Cowley County Community College: average net price fell -28.9% from $9,497 (2013) to $6,752 (2023), r² 0.67.
  • Bellingham Technical College: net price ranged $1,893–$6,787 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +10.7% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • Cowley County Community College: enrollment shrank -54.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -161 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.
  • Bellingham Technical College: enrollment ranged 211–1,706 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Cowley County Community College vs Bellingham Technical College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Cowley County Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,000 vs $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bellingham Technical College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($49,748 vs $37,723 at Cowley County Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bellingham Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($43,235 vs $33,469 at Cowley County Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Cowley County Community College and Bellingham Technical College?
Cowley County Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,000 versus $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Cowley County Community College and Bellingham Technical College?
Bellingham Technical College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $49,748 versus $37,723 at Cowley County Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Cowley County Community College and Bellingham Technical College?
Bellingham Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $43,235 versus $33,469 at Cowley County 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); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025