Talladega College
Private College in Talladega, AL. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $32,229.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,229 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $28,500 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 0.88 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Admissions
Talladega College admits 85% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool is large — 10,307 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. A 3% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
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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Completion is the problem here: 31% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 54% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one 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 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 782 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $1,267 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $12,835 at the $0–30k band to $22,348 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 94% of students receive it, averaging $13,549. Most students borrow — 64% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 204 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 | $12,835 |
| $30–48k | $14,385 |
| $48–75k | $14,680 |
| $75–110k | $18,723 |
| $110k+ | $22,348 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 497 of these 782 students, totalling $3,712,215 — an average of $7,469 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Talladega County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)