Gadsden State
Community College
Public Community College in Gadsden, AL. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $32,937.
Students who entered Gadsden State Community College reach a median of $32,937 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 38% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
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: 38% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The part-time picture is harder: 37% return, against 62% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,619 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $3,384 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $3,438 at $0–30k against $8,944 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 77% of students at an average of $5,637.
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 · 916 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 | $3,438 |
| $30–48k | $2,617 |
| $48–75k | $5,330 |
| $75–110k | $6,081 |
| $110k+ | $8,944 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Etowah 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)