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After Gadsden State Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Gadsden, Alabama · Public · 4,728 undergrads · HBCU

The typical student earns $32,937 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$32.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
28%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
32%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
13%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,204
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
11%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,795
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,231
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,937
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
38%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers