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Pinnacle Career Institute vs Bismarck State College

Kansas City, MO · Bismarck, ND · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair MO:ND

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-NET

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MO × ND
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.
  • Pinnacle Career Institute: net price ranged $14,189–$23,073 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +12.8% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Pinnacle Career Institute: enrollment ranged 221–807 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • 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: Pinnacle Career Institute vs Bismarck State College

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Bismarck State College leads on avg net price ($10,270 vs $28,732 at Pinnacle Career Institute)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (85.1% vs 33.3% at Pinnacle Career Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($50,401 vs $30,682 at Pinnacle Career Institute)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Pinnacle Career Institute and Bismarck State College?▼
Bismarck State College leads on avg net price at $10,270 versus $28,732 at Pinnacle Career Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Pinnacle Career Institute and Bismarck State College?▼
Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 85.1% versus 33.3% at Pinnacle Career Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Pinnacle Career Institute and Bismarck State College?▼
Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $50,401 versus $30,682 at Pinnacle Career Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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