-39%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Talladega College fell 39% between 2021 and 2024 (1.1k → 701).
Alabama · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Talladega College
Talladega, Alabama. 782 undergraduate students. 22 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Talladega 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.
-29%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 29% at Talladega College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (782 vs 1.1k).
+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Talladega College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($13.9k → $15.7k).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Talladega College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($13.9k → $15.7k).
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.
$32,229+43% · 6→10y
Alabama median $39,017$22,613
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry65.0%-7% · '00→'24
Alabama median 43.4%$15,000+217% · '97→'20
At program completion782+12% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS81.4%+18% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time99.3%+103% · '02→'24
latest cohort$15,650+157% · '00→'24
out-of-state $15,650SECTION 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
6.2%Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $32,229 (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.
-42%
Talladega College · completion · 100% fell
35.3% → 20.4%
+18%
Talladega College · retention rose
46.0% → 54.4%
+157%
Talladega College · in-state tuition rose
$6,084 → $15,650
+157%
Talladega College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,084 → $15,650
+217%
Talladega College · median debt rose
$9,000 → $28,500
-100%
Talladega College · cohort default rate fell
27.6% → 0.0%
-23%
Talladega College · pell share fell
86.0% → 66.6%
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
5 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
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
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
“Talladega College graduates earn $X” — not “Talladega College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Talladega 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.