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Wallace Community College-Dothan
Public Community College in Dothan, AL. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $31,399.
Ten-year median earnings of $31,399 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 35% graduate within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 16% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 43% 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 3,053 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $476 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 ($1,199 versus $-5,124), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 79% get grants averaging $6,281, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price.
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 · 461 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 | $1,199 |
| $30–48k | $852 |
| $48–75k | $1,432 |
| $75–110k | $2,367 |
| $110k+ | $-5,124 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dale 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)