Strayer University-Alabama
For-profit College in Birmingham, AL. Median 10-year earnings $40,092.
Students who entered Strayer University-Alabama reach a median of $40,092 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 0% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $40,621 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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 1.01 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 0% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. The 100% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 47:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 1,473 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,473 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $6,278 on average. Most students borrow — 91% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Federal student loans went to 1,340 of these 1,473 students, totalling $13,246,816 — an average of $9,886 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jefferson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026