-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Coastal Alabama Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.9% → 0.0%).
Alabama · Public · Predominantly associate's
Coastal Alabama Community College
Bay Minette, Alabama. 4,714 undergraduate students. 41 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Coastal Alabama 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.
+25%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Coastal Alabama Community College rose 25% between 2007 and 2010 (13.1% → 16.4%).
+12%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Coastal Alabama Community College rose 12% between 2009 and 2010 (12.9% → 14.5%).
+8%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Coastal Alabama Community College are 8% above the public associate's-predominant peer median ($34.9k vs $32.2k).
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.
$34,894+13% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$30,808
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry26.4%+2% · '97→'10
Alabama median 43.4%$5,500+320% · '01→'20
At program completion4,714+69% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.7%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,980+233% · '00→'24
out-of-state $8,790SECTION 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
2.1%Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,894 (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.
+69%
Coastal Alabama Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
2,833 → 4,798
+233%
Coastal Alabama Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,512 → $5,040
+223%
Coastal Alabama Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,760 → $8,910
+320%
Coastal Alabama Community College · median debt rose
$2,622 → $11,000
-100%
Coastal Alabama Community College · cohort default rate fell
20.0% → 0.0%
+91%
Coastal Alabama Community College · pell share rose
18.7% → 35.7%
+25%
Coastal Alabama Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,900 → $33,539
+36%
Coastal Alabama Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,600 → $30,808
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.
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$77,374Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$69,781Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$47,139Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$39,646Precision Metal Working.$33,329Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$27,956Hospitality Administration/Management.$23,494
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
7 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
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
“Coastal Alabama Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Coastal Alabama Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Coastal Alabama 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.