Dakota College
at Bottineau
Public Community College in Bottineau, ND. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $40,576.
Students who entered Dakota College at Bottineau reach a median of $40,576 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 48%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,507.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 48% finish inside six years. Retention of 63% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 417 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,387 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $7,225 at the $0–30k band to $16,037 at $110k+. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,726 — common but not automatic. 42% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 98 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,225 |
| $30–48k | $6,229 |
| $48–75k | $8,476 |
| $75–110k | $11,796 |
| $110k+ | $16,037 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 177 of these 417 students, totalling $1,039,419 — an average of $5,872 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bottineau County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)