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Bismarck State College

1500 Edwards Ave., Bismarck, ND 58506 · Public 4-year · (701) 224-5400 · School website

Average net price

$10,270

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

303

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

14.6%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On North Dakota's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Bismarck State College

Bismarck State College reported 303 certificate and associate completions in 10 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in IT support (112). College Scorecard counts 2,839 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	112	Not published	WIOA list
LPN/LVN	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	45	$61,629	WIOA list
Lineworker	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	41	$48,853	WIOA list
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	24	Not published	WIOA list
HVAC	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	18	Not published	WIOA list
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	18	Not published	WIOA list
Carpentry	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	14	Not published	WIOA list
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	14	$44,309	WIOA list
Cybersecurity	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	12	Not published	WIOA list
Surgical tech	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	5	Not published	WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Bismarck State College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $5,247
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $5,247
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $7,331
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,100
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $10,270
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $11,533
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $54,277

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Bismarck State College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

Other IT support programs within 40 miles

United Tribes Technical CollegeBismarck, ND · 4.7 mi

Every IT support program in North Dakota