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