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After Shelton State Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Tuscaloosa, Alabama · Public · 4,536 undergrads · HBCU

The typical student earns $35,014 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$35k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
22%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
29%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
12%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
982
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
21%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,581
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,221
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,014
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
41%

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