Bishop State
Community College
Public Community College in Mobile, AL. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $29,916.
Ten-year median earnings of $29,916 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 36% graduate within six years. On economic mobility, 2.3% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 36% graduate within six years. Just 55% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. With 30% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. Retention drops to 31% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,100 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,695 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,157 versus $10,865), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 79% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,958 — common but not automatic.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 516 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $5,157 |
| $30–48k | $5,788 |
| $48–75k | $5,621 |
| $75–110k | $9,229 |
| $110k+ | $10,865 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mobile County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)