Lurleen B
Wallace Community College
Public Community College in Andalusia, AL. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $32,307.
Students who entered Lurleen B Wallace Community College reach a median of $32,307 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 41%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.1% of students move 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
Six-year completion sits at 41%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 64% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 19% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 39% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,122 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,214 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $2,054 at $0–30k, $3,445 at $110k+. 81% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,542 — 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 · 381 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 | $2,054 |
| $30–48k | $2,420 |
| $48–75k | $4,570 |
| $75–110k | $8,263 |
| $110k+ | $3,445 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Covington 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)