George C
Wallace State Community College-Hanceville
Public Community College in Hanceville, AL. Six-year graduation rate 51%. Median 10-year earnings $39,842.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,842, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 51%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 51% finish inside six years. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 12% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 47% 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 4,413 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,710 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,719 at $0–30k, $17,859 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 57% of students at an average of $5,305. Federal borrowing reaches 25% of students.
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 · 937 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 | $11,719 |
| $30–48k | $12,000 |
| $48–75k | $14,002 |
| $75–110k | $17,109 |
| $110k+ | $17,859 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,106 of these 4,413 students, totalling $6,781,229 — an average of $6,131 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cullman 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)