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After J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Huntsville, Alabama · Public · 1,011 undergrads · HBCU

The typical student earns $28,281 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$28.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
12%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
17%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
11%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
227
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
7.9%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,211
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$25,880
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,281
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
37%

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