Alabama · Public · Predominantly certificates

Bishop State Community College

Mobile, Alabama. 2,100 undergraduate students. 32 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Bishop State Community 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.

PEER OUTLIER · WARNING-13%

Public certificate-predominant peer

10-year earnings at Bishop State Community College are 13% below the public certificate-predominant peer median ($29.9k vs $34.5k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+81%

150%-time completion

150%-time completion at Bishop State Community College rose 81% between 2007 and 2010 (9.3% → 16.7%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+41%

100%-time completion

100%-time completion at Bishop State Community College rose 41% between 2009 and 2010 (9.8% → 13.7%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+29%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment at Bishop State Community College rose 29% between 2021 and 2024 (1.9k → 2.4k).

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.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$29,916+19% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$25,100
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
23.2%-22% · '99→'10
Alabama median 43.4%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
2,100-30% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
61.2%+25% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$5,280+271% · '00→'24
out-of-state $9,090
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
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.

UNDERGRAD · 199620242,437
4,5161,62819962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1999201016.7%
26%9%19992010
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
COMPLETION · 150% · 19992010-22%

Bishop State Community College · completion · 150% fell

21.3% → 16.7%

COMPLETION · 100% · 20092010+41%

Bishop State Community College · completion · 100% rose

9.8% → 13.7%

RETENTION · 20042024+25%

Bishop State Community College · retention rose

44.0% → 55.0%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962024-30%

Bishop State Community College · undergrad enrollment fell

3,483 → 2,437

IN-STATE TUITION · 20002024+271%

Bishop State Community College · in-state tuition rose

$1,440 → $5,340

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20002024+243%

Bishop State Community College · out-of-state tuition rose

$2,688 → $9,210

PELL SHARE · 20082024-31%

Bishop State Community College · pell share fell

57.1% → 39.4%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+22%

Bishop State Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose

$22,800 → $27,738

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+25%

Bishop State Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose

$20,100 → $25,100

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Bishop State Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Bishop State Community College makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Bishop State Community 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.

Methodology →