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Spokane Falls Community College vs Bellingham Technical College

Spokane, WA · Bellingham, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · WA
  • 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.

  • Bellingham Technical College: enrollment ranged 211–1,706 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Spokane Falls Community College: enrollment shrank -36.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -173 students/yr fitted, r² 0.52.
  • Spokane Falls Community College: net price ranged $5,939–$7,402 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.0% is not a trend (r² 0.16).
  • Bellingham Technical College: net price ranged $1,893–$6,787 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +10.7% is not a trend (r² 0.05).

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: Spokane Falls Community College vs Bellingham Technical College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Spokane Falls Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Bellingham Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (44.4% vs 31.2% at Spokane Falls Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bellingham Technical College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($49,748 vs $38,955 at Spokane Falls Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Spokane Falls Community College and Bellingham Technical College?▼
Spokane Falls Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $17,459 at Bellingham Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Spokane Falls Community College and Bellingham Technical College?▼
Bellingham Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 44.4% versus 31.2% at Spokane Falls Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Spokane Falls Community College and Bellingham Technical College?▼
Bellingham Technical College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $49,748 versus $38,955 at Spokane Falls Community 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