Dakota College at Bottineau
Dakota College at Bottineau offers career and technical education programs designed to prepare students for the workforce in two years or less. The nursing program, a collaborative effort with other state colleges, provides practical nursing certificates and associate degrees, with courses delivered through a combination of in-person labs and clinicals, and interactive video. Additionally, the college provides hands-on training in specialized areas like small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) technology, with bootcamps equipping professionals with practical drone skills for agriculture and natural resources.
Programs Analyzed
Avg Grad Earnings
Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score
Tuition (In-State)
All Programs at Dakota College at Bottineau
2 trade programs at Dakota College at Bottineau, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Practical Nursing
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84 | $60,969/yr | $10,500 |
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Nursing
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82 | $71,421/yr | $18,442 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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Apprenticeship Pathways in North Dakota
Earn-while-you-learn alternatives in North Dakota. Registered apprenticeships skip tuition and pay you during training, though training periods are typically longer.
Trade Schools Near Bottineau
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 2 trade and vocational programs at Dakota College at Bottineau using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.