Stillman College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Stillman College

Stillman College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 706 students of which 904 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Stillman College is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 62.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,258, with published in-state tuition of $12,126 and a Pell grant recipient share of 76.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $29,067, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 32.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 52.8%. Graduates earn a median of $35,421 ten years after enrolling, compared with $29,790 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 75200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 37.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.