Southwest Wisconsin Technical College vs Bismarck State College

Fennimore, WI · Bismarck, ND · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair WI:ND

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × ND
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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.

  • Bismarck State College: enrollment shrank -18.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -72 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Southwest Wisconsin Technical College: enrollment ranged 1,325–1,494 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Southwest Wisconsin Technical College: average net price rose +34.7% from $7,632 (2013) to $10,277 (2023), r² 0.75.
  • Bismarck State College: average net price rose +35.5% from $7,915 (2013) to $10,725 (2023), r² 0.70.

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: Southwest Wisconsin Technical College vs Bismarck State College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Southwest Wisconsin Technical College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,500 vs $11,533 at Bismarck State College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Southwest Wisconsin Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (59.9% vs 47.6% at Bismarck State College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Bismarck State College leads on avg net price ($10,270 vs $12,896 at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Southwest Wisconsin Technical College and Bismarck State College?▼
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,500 versus $11,533 at Bismarck State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Southwest Wisconsin Technical College and Bismarck State College?▼
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 59.9% versus 47.6% at Bismarck State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Southwest Wisconsin Technical College and Bismarck State College?▼
Bismarck State College leads on avg net price at $10,270 versus $12,896 at Southwest Wisconsin 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); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025