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After Lawson State Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Birmingham, Alabama · Public · 3,153 undergrads · HBCU

The typical student earns $31,701 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$31.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
24%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
25%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
25%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
743
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
17%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,733
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,498
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,701
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
36%

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