Turtle Mountain Community College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Turtle Mountain Community College

Turtle Mountain Community College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Belcourt, North Dakota (rural: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 543 students of which 891 are undergraduates. 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 Community College is categorized as “33” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $3,428, with published in-state tuition of $2,794 and a Pell grant recipient share of 58.3%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 48.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 100.0%. Graduates earn a median of $32,079 ten years after enrolling, compared with $30,931 six years post-enrollment, and 31.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.