-24%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Alabama State University are 24% below the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($34.5k vs $45.4k).
Alabama · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Alabama State
Montgomery, Alabama. 3,322 undergraduate students. 57 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Alabama State
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 State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.2% → 0.0%).
+45%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Alabama State University rose 45% between 2021 and 2024 (10.1% → 14.7%).
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.
$34,502+26% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$27,453
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.2%+70% · '97→'24
Alabama median 43.4%$17,500+1081% · '97→'20
At program completion3,322-26% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.5%+25% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time95.6%+41% · '02→'24
latest cohort$11,248+346% · '00→'24
out-of-state $19,576SECTION 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
6.8%Median federal debt $17,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,502 (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.
+70%
Alabama State · completion · 150% rose
17.8% → 30.3%
+307%
Alabama State · completion · 100% rose
3.6% → 14.7%
+25%
Alabama State · retention rose
56.0% → 69.8%
-26%
Alabama State · undergrad enrollment fell
4,679 → 3,477
+346%
Alabama State · in-state tuition rose
$2,520 → $11,248
+288%
Alabama State · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,040 → $19,576
+1081%
Alabama State · median debt rose
$2,625 → $31,000
-100%
Alabama State · cohort default rate fell
21.0% → 0.0%
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.
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$94,256Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$72,464Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$66,045Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$49,194Biology, General.$46,828Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$46,679Information Science/Studies.$45,185Social Work.$42,241Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$41,952Criminal Justice and Corrections.$40,621Psychology, General.$39,530Communication and Media Studies.$37,881
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
12 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
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
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 State graduates earn $X” — not “Alabama State makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Alabama State 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.