-25%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Lawson State Community College fell 25% between 2007 and 2010 (23.1% → 17.4%).
Alabama · Public · Predominantly associate's
Lawson State Community College
Birmingham, Alabama. 2,720 undergraduate students. 46 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Lawson 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.
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.
$31,701+14% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$27,733
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry26.4%+28% · '97→'10
Alabama median 43.4%—
At program completion2,720+92% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS61.4%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,980+297% · '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 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.
+28%
Lawson State Community College · completion · 150% rose
13.6% → 17.4%
+92%
Lawson State Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,510 → 2,900
+297%
Lawson State Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,268 → $5,040
+268%
Lawson State Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,420 → $8,910
-24%
Lawson State Community College · pell share fell
79.2% → 59.9%
+23%
Lawson State Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$25,700 → $31,701
+30%
Lawson State Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$22,700 → $29,498
+29%
Lawson State Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$21,500 → $27,733
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
4 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
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
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
“Lawson State Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Lawson State Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Lawson 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.