-18%
Public certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College are 18% below the public certificate-predominant peer median ($28.3k vs $34.5k).
Alabama · Public · Predominantly certificates
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College
Huntsville, Alabama. 719 undergraduate students. 28 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at J. F. Drake State Community and Technical 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.
-37%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College fell 37% between 2009 and 2010 (17.7% → 11.2%).
-32%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College fell 32% between 2007 and 2010 (30.6% → 20.9%).
-13pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 13 pp at J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College vs the 2004–2008 baseline (11.1% vs 23.8%).
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.
$28,281+4% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$27,211
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry11.1%+641% · '98→'10
Alabama median 43.4%—
At program completion719+189% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS52.9%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,130+316% · '00→'24
out-of-state $8,940SECTION 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 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.
+362%
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College · completion · 150% rose
2.8% → 20.9%
-37%
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College · completion · 100% fell
17.7% → 11.2%
+189%
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
261 → 755
+316%
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,248 → $5,190
+278%
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,400 → $9,060
-49%
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College · pell share fell
86.2% → 44.3%
+35%
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$20,200 → $27,211
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
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
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
“J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending J. F. Drake State Community and Technical 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.