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Alabama

Strategic Measures

What is the state's performance in regard to its four-year public colleges, based on seven strategic performance measures?

Goal Strategic Measure Outcome National Rank Among
All States		 Trend
Completion & Progression Graduation rate 47.5 % # 39
First-year retention rate 76.6 % # 32
Efficiency Cost per student (FTE) $15,481 # 22
Productivity Cost per degree $65,644 # 25
Cost of attrition * $71.0m N/A
Gainful Employment Student loan default rate 7.4 % # 8
Ratio of student loan payments to earnings per recent graduates ** No Data No Data No Data

* Amount spent by the colleges to educate first-year undergraduate students (first-time, full-time) who did not begin a second year.
** Median starting pay data presently available for 946 of the 1,575 colleges featured on this website.