+67%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Birmingham-Southern College rose 67% between 2007 and 2010 ($9.0k → $15.0k).
Alabama · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, Alabama. 713 undergraduate students. 31 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Birmingham-Southern College
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.
-46%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 46% at Birmingham-Southern College vs the 2004–2008 baseline (713 vs 1.3k).
+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Birmingham-Southern College rose 15% between 2007 and 2010 ($24.3k → $27.9k).
+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Birmingham-Southern College rose 15% between 2007 and 2010 ($24.3k → $27.9k).
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.
$59,481+32% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$45,229
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry64.2%-5% · '98→'10
Alabama median 43.4%$16,000+75% · '97→'10
At program completion713+8% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS63.1%-5% · '04→'10
first-time, full-time51.9%-28% · '01→'10
latest cohort$22,750+75% · '00→'10
out-of-state $22,750SECTION 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
3.6%Median federal debt $16,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $59,481 (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.
+75%
Birmingham-Southern College · in-state tuition rose
$15,930 → $27,890
+75%
Birmingham-Southern College · out-of-state tuition rose
$15,930 → $27,890
+75%
Birmingham-Southern College · median debt rose
$8,567 → $15,000
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
3 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
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
“Birmingham-Southern College graduates earn $X” — not “Birmingham-Southern College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Birmingham-Southern College 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.