Waukesha County Technical College vs Bismarck State College

Pewaukee, WI · Bismarck, ND · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair WI:ND

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WI × 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

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.
  • Waukesha County Technical College: net price ranged $9,385–$10,857 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.2% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • Waukesha County Technical College: enrollment shrank -21.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -118 students/yr fitted, r² 0.82.
  • 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: Waukesha County Technical College vs Bismarck State College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (85.1% vs 61.2% at Waukesha County Technical College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($50,401 vs $41,251 at Waukesha County Technical College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($54,277 vs $46,894 at Waukesha County Technical College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Waukesha County Technical College and Bismarck State College?
Bismarck State College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 85.1% versus 61.2% at Waukesha County Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Waukesha County Technical College and Bismarck State College?
Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $50,401 versus $41,251 at Waukesha County Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Waukesha County Technical College and Bismarck State College?
Bismarck State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $54,277 versus $46,894 at Waukesha County 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