10-yr median earnings
$32,079
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Belcourt, North Dakota
Turtle Mountain College
Turtle Mountain College is a private nonprofit institution in Belcourt, North Dakota. Former students earn a median of $32,079 ten years after enrollment at an average net price of $3,428/yr — as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $32,079
- 10-yr median earnings
- $3,428
- Avg net price / yr
- 48.8%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Turtle Mountain College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 25th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 48.8%
- 150%-time completion
- +4%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Rural: Remote
Carnegie: Tribal
Turtle Mountain College is a private nonprofit institution in Belcourt, North Dakota enrolling 543 undergraduates, using College Scorecard institution data retrieved in July 2026.. Federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $32,079 ten years after entry. Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort is $3,428. This profile combines source fields with separately labeled PlainCollege comparisons and derived metrics.
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Turtle Mountain College
Turtle Mountain College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Belcourt, North Dakota (rural: remote), with a reported undergraduate enrollment of 543 students. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile's peer group and cost cohort are determined; Turtle Mountain College is categorized as "Tribal Colleges and Universities" under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.
Admissions and cost fields are IPEDS-derived values published through the Scorecard and retain their source reporting periods. Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; the income-band fields provide more context but still do not replace an institution's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-derived records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year; the entry cohort includes completers and noncompleters. IPEDS completion and retention rates use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so their denominator is not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not as a causal verdict or an individual forecast.
College Value Score
C
College Value Score
56/100
Turtle Mountain College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$32,079
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$3,428
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
48.8%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention A+
100.0%
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$3,428
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
48.8%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 48.8%
Four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Turtle Mountain College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Turtle Mountain College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Turtle Mountain College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$32,079 Top 75% higher than 25% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
Quick Facts
543
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
48.8%
150%-time completion
$32,079
10-yr median earnings
100.0%
First-year retention
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $2,794 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $2,794 |
| Average Net Price | $3,428 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $3,067 |
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $4,921 |
| $48,001 – $75,000 | $2,500 |
| Over $110,000 | $12,020 |
58.3%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Turtle Mountain College swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $2,265 to $9,000 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -9.9%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$2,265
Highest year
$9,000
Most recent (2023)
$3,474
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $3,8542023 · $3,474
Over the same years, enrollment went +14.2% (537 → 613 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
55.5%
Female
34.7%
First Generation
Outcomes
48.8%
150%-Time Completion
100.0%
Retention Rate
$30,931
Median Earnings (6yr)
$32,079
Median Earnings (10yr)
31.0%
Earning Over $25K
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's | 4 | - | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's | 58 | - | - |
| Ground Transportation | Certificate | 25 | - | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Turtle Mountain College? ▼
Turtle Mountain College is a private nonprofit institution in Belcourt, North Dakota. Undergraduate enrollment is 543 students.
How much do Turtle Mountain College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Turtle Mountain College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $32,079 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $30,931.
How much does Turtle Mountain College cost? ▼
The average net price at Turtle Mountain College is $3,428. In-state tuition is $2,794 and out-of-state tuition is $2,794.
What is the graduation rate at Turtle Mountain College? ▼
Turtle Mountain College has a 48.8% completion rate within 150% of normal time at a four-year institution (typically six years for a bachelor’s program). The first-year retention rate is 100.0%.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
What this means for Turtle Mountain College
- Turtle Mountain College's reported 10-year former-student earnings land in the 25th percentile among reporting colleges.
- The average net price after aid is $3,428 - compare it against schools with similar outcomes but a lower cost.Find similar schools that cost less
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.