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Alabama bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 28 schools in Alabama (27 with published 4-year medians) and 420 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are sorted by median earnings. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
27
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
420
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$52,904
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$32,860
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 420 programs.

$40k$60k$80k$100k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 2 B 7 C 6 D/F 0 13 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

Click a column header to change the sort.

SchoolEnrollmentMedian Earnings ↓Earnings Range# ProgramsAdj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
University of Alabama in Huntsville 6,591 $78,858 $42,922–$105,920 19 C+ B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Columbia Southern University 12,176 $72,028 $49,618–$95,774 12 — A− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Samford University 4,206 $71,678 $47,117–$119,888 10 A− B+ $60k$80k$100k$120k
Tuskegee University 2,630 $70,482 $39,949–$95,915 10 B B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Herzing University-Birmingham 442 $67,990 $51,098–$78,404 6 — C+ $50k$60k$70k$80k
Strayer University-Alabama 1,196 $66,108 $53,916–$87,413 5 — B− $60k$70k$80k$90k
Auburn University 26,816 $63,894 $31,025–$110,927 56 C+ B $40k$60k$80k$100k
Oakwood University 1,153 $58,952 $55,834–$62,069 2 — — $58k$60k$62k
The University of Alabama 33,227 $57,002 $31,666–$115,980 47 B− B $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Birmingham-Southern College — $55,126 $44,315–$65,938 2 — — $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
Huntingdon College 879 $55,118 $46,746–$65,820 4 — — $50k$55k$60k$65k
Spring Hill College 782 $54,517 $41,252–$72,755 6 B− C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k
University of Alabama at Birmingham 11,635 $53,021 $31,991–$104,654 35 C C+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
University of South Alabama 8,879 $52,904 $29,506–$100,166 32 C+ C $40k$60k$80k$100k
Auburn University at Montgomery 2,542 $51,429 $31,804–$78,282 15 C+ C $30k$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Athens State University 2,446 $51,053 $34,242–$102,639 14 — C+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
Faulkner University 1,549 $50,326 $39,459–$61,286 6 B− C $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
Troy University 9,805 $49,195 $37,264–$80,455 21 B C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Alabama A & M University 6,124 $48,912 $42,127–$98,045 13 A C+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
Jacksonville State University 7,036 $48,110 $39,687–$92,358 28 B C+ $40k$60k$80k
University of North Alabama 5,811 $48,020 $33,565–$80,423 29 — C $30k$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
University of West Alabama 2,974 $47,568 $40,455–$58,218 4 — — $40k$45k$50k$55k
South University-Montgomery 299 $46,885 $39,694–$91,363 7 — C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Alabama State University 3,477 $45,173 $29,142–$63,070 13 B− C− $30k$40k$50k$60k
University of Mobile 1,307 $45,152 $39,457–$79,845 7 C− C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
University of Montevallo 2,151 $44,624 $35,858–$57,747 15 — C− $35k$40k$45k$50k$55k
Talladega College 701 $42,393 $39,266–$45,520 2 — — $40k$42k$45k
1 school without published 4-year medians
Miles College

Fairfield · 5500 Myron Massey Blvd · School website ↗

Enrollment (undergrad): 1,155 · Locale: Suburb: Large

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.