-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at North Dakota State College of Science fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.0% → 0.0%).
North Dakota · Public · Predominantly associate's
North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, North Dakota. 1,733 undergraduate students. 50 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at North Dakota State College of Science
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at North Dakota State College of Science rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (70.0% → 78.8%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. North Dakota
Each tile compares this institution to the North Dakota median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$50,513+4% · 6→10y
North Dakota median $47,828$48,800
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry49.9%-8% · '97→'09
North Dakota median 48.1%$8,250+162% · '97→'20
At program completion1,733-26% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS70.7%+31% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,928+211% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,926SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.2%Median federal debt $8,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,513 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+31%
North Dakota State College of Science · retention rose
60.0% → 78.8%
-26%
North Dakota State College of Science · undergrad enrollment fell
2,581 → 1,909
+211%
North Dakota State College of Science · in-state tuition rose
$1,920 → $5,974
+50%
North Dakota State College of Science · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,645 → $6,973
+162%
North Dakota State College of Science · median debt rose
$4,576 → $12,000
-100%
North Dakota State College of Science · cohort default rate fell
8.5% → 0.0%
-50%
North Dakota State College of Science · pell share fell
32.4% → 16.3%
+30%
North Dakota State College of Science · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,000 → $50,513
+40%
North Dakota State College of Science · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,600 → $49,782
+44%
North Dakota State College of Science · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,800 → $48,800
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$69,547Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$69,172Agricultural Mechanization.$68,155Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$63,841Precision Metal Working.$61,453Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$59,092Precision Metal Working.$55,739Agricultural Business and Management.$52,517Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$52,137Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$52,083Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$42,173Culinary Arts and Related Services.$39,940Business Administration, Management and Operations.$39,819Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$35,804
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
14 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at North Dakota State College of Science
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
-$39,214
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $8,918
- HS-only baseline · ND
- $38,900
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in North Dakota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“North Dakota State College of Science graduates earn $X” — not “North Dakota State College of Science makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending North Dakota State College of Science caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.