Bismarck State College
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Bismarck, North Dakota · Public · SOC 49-3031
- Net price, per year
- $10,270
- Published tuition
- $5,247 in-state · $7,331 out
- Median debt at completion
- $11,533
- Earnings, 10 years after starting
- $54,277
- Credential
- Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma
Average paid after grant aid, across all first-time students at this institution.
Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.
Federal loans, institution-wide, among students who completed.
Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this programme.
Four years from now
This is a one-year program. Over four years you would pay $10,270 in net price, and students who complete leave with a median of $11,533 in federal loans.
We do not show what you would earn afterwards, because nobody publishes year-one earnings for a specific program. Guessing it would be the kind of number this site exists to avoid. The North Dakota median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.
What diesel techs earn in North Dakota
$66,110median, per year
Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $61,770.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · SOC 49-3031 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26