-14%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Alabama A & M University fell 14% between 2021 and 2024 (28.1% → 24.0%).
Alabama · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Alabama A&M
Normal, Alabama. 5,726 undergraduate students. 65 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Alabama A&M
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Alabama A & M University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.5% → 0.0%).
+46%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Alabama A & M University are 46% above 6-year earnings ($27.9k → $40.6k).
+21%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Alabama A & M University rose 21% between 2021 and 2024 (58.0% → 69.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Alabama
Each tile compares this institution to the Alabama median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$40,628+46% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$27,851
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry28.7%-30% · '97→'24
Alabama median 43.4%$16,600+396% · '97→'20
At program completion5,726+59% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.9%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time66.2%-23% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,024+115% · '00→'24
out-of-state $18,634SECTION 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
5.4%Median federal debt $16,600 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,628 (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.
-30%
Alabama A&M · completion · 150% fell
34.5% → 24.0%
-22%
Alabama A&M · completion · 100% fell
15.0% → 11.7%
+59%
Alabama A&M · undergrad enrollment rose
3,852 → 6,124
+115%
Alabama A&M · in-state tuition rose
$4,664 → $10,024
+258%
Alabama A&M · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,200 → $18,634
+396%
Alabama A&M · median debt rose
$6,250 → $31,000
-100%
Alabama A&M · cohort default rate fell
14.3% → 0.0%
+85%
Alabama A&M · pell share rose
34.1% → 63.0%
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, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$90,409Computer and Information Sciences, General.$85,218Mechanical Engineering.$82,929Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$69,062Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$65,596Finance and Financial Management Services.$56,731Business Administration, Management and Operations.$54,650Business Administration, Management and Operations.$54,601Biology, General.$53,655Social Work.$51,819Social Work.$51,323Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$48,047Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$46,627Criminal Justice and Corrections.$45,437Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$44,468Psychology, General.$41,798Biology, General.$40,721
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Alabama
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Alabama A&M graduates earn $X” — not “Alabama A&M makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Alabama A&M 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.