Eastern Iowa Community College District vs Bismarck State College

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

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Pair IA:ND

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IA × ND
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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.
  • Eastern Iowa Community College District: net price ranged $8,774–$10,650 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +1.1% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Eastern Iowa Community College District: enrollment shrank -43.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -147 students/yr fitted, r² 0.42.
  • Bismarck State College: enrollment shrank -18.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -72 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.

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: Eastern Iowa Community College District vs Bismarck State College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (85.1% vs 58.6% at Eastern Iowa Community College District)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($50,401 vs $34,717 at Eastern Iowa Community College District)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($54,277 vs $39,060 at Eastern Iowa Community College District)

Eastern Iowa Community College District profile · Bismarck State College profile · Compare other colleges

Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Eastern Iowa Community College District and Bismarck State College?
Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 85.1% versus 58.6% at Eastern Iowa Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Eastern Iowa Community College District and Bismarck State College?
Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $50,401 versus $34,717 at Eastern Iowa Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Eastern Iowa Community College District and Bismarck State College?
Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $54,277 versus $39,060 at Eastern Iowa Community College District. 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