-58%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Northeast Alabama Community College fell 58% between 2009 and 2010 (37.4% → 15.9%).
Alabama · Public · Predominantly certificates
Northeast Alabama Community College
Rainsville, Alabama. 1,547 undergraduate students. 35 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Northeast 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Northeast Alabama Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.8% → 0.0%).
+19%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Northeast Alabama Community College rose 19% between 2017 and 2020 ($5.1k → $6.1k).
-15%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Northeast Alabama Community College fell 15% between 2007 and 2010 (32.9% → 27.9%).
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.
$34,913+10% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$31,750
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry31.8%-5% · '97→'10
Alabama median 43.4%$4,400+132% · '04→'20
At program completion1,547+13% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS71.9%+202% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,980+357% · '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
1.7%Median federal debt $4,400 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,913 (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.
-58%
Northeast Alabama Community College · completion · 100% fell
37.4% → 15.9%
+202%
Northeast Alabama Community College · retention rose
23.0% → 69.5%
+357%
Northeast Alabama Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,104 → $5,040
+313%
Northeast Alabama Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,160 → $8,910
+132%
Northeast Alabama Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $6,100
-100%
Northeast Alabama Community College · cohort default rate fell
25.0% → 0.0%
-34%
Northeast Alabama Community College · pell share fell
51.8% → 34.2%
+26%
Northeast Alabama Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$27,800 → $34,913
+24%
Northeast Alabama Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,500 → $32,882
+38%
Northeast Alabama Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$23,000 → $31,750
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.
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
“Northeast Alabama Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Northeast Alabama Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Northeast 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.