Hennepin Technical College vs Bismarck State College

Brooklyn Park, MN · Bismarck, ND · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair MN:ND

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MN × ND
  • 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

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.

  • Bismarck State College: average net price rose +35.5% from $7,915 (2013) to $10,725 (2023), r² 0.70.
  • Hennepin Technical College: average net price fell -24.1% from $14,385 (2013) to $10,925 (2023), r² 0.82.
  • Hennepin Technical College: enrollment shrank -50.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -320 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • 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: Hennepin Technical College vs Bismarck State College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (85.1% vs 64.3% at Hennepin Technical College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Hennepin Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,940 vs $7,331 at Bismarck State College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Bismarck State College leads on in-state tuition ($5,247 vs $5,940 at Hennepin Technical College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Hennepin Technical College and Bismarck State College?
Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 85.1% versus 64.3% at Hennepin Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Hennepin Technical College and Bismarck State College?
Hennepin Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,940 versus $7,331 at Bismarck State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Hennepin Technical College and Bismarck State College?
Bismarck State College leads on in-state tuition at $5,247 versus $5,940 at Hennepin Technical 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