Stillman College
Private College in Tuscaloosa, AL. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $35,421.
Students who entered Stillman College reach a median of $35,421 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 25% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $29,067 at graduation.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.82 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Admissions
62% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 3,094 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 8% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 25% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 53% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Part-time retention runs ahead at 68% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 764 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $15,152 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,804 at $0–30k, $19,343 at $110k+. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $11,147 on average. 68% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 172 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 | $14,804 |
| $30–48k | $13,955 |
| $48–75k | $20,841 |
| $75–110k | $15,872 |
| $110k+ | $19,343 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 520 of these 764 students, totalling $3,453,780 — an average of $6,642 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tuscaloosa 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)