Athens State University
⌖ Athens, AL · 17 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Uncertain payoff
Payoff needs your actual price
ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.
There is not enough reported information to classify the payoff reliably.
—Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$50,817Observed earnings · year 5
—Maximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- Town
- Admissions
- Not reported
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$18,051Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$191/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$50,817Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
2,446Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$43,433Year 1
$52,623Year 4
$50,817Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$102,6392Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$91,3143Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Master's Degree$68,2014Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$67,3495Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$63,5166Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other · Bachelor's Degree$63,3427Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree$56,5118Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Bachelor's Degree$55,507Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $102,639 reported+11%vs same-degree national median$31,060federal debt2Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's Degree · $68,201 reported+7%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree · $55,507 reported+5%vs same-degree national median$27,839federal debt4Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $56,511 reported-1%vs same-degree national median$21,187federal debt5Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · $67,349 reported-1%vs same-degree national median$28,250federal debt6English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $47,773 reported-2%vs same-degree national median$26,833federal debt
Comparable colleges in AL
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Muscle Shoals, AL
Northwest Shoals Community College
- Annual net price
- $2,838
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $54,130
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -52%
Bevill State Community College
- Annual net price
- $5,937
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,583
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -78%
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan
- Annual net price
- $1,170
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,842
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -112%
Jefferson State Community College
- Annual net price
- $9,086
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $51,020
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -72%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $102,639 | $31,060 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | $91,314 | Not available | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Master's Degree | $68,201 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $67,349 | $28,250 | 2 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $63,516 | $30,500 | 0 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $63,342 | $28,098 | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $56,511 | $21,187 | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $55,507 | $27,839 | Not reported |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $52,775 | $31,130 | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | $49,331 | $25,116 | Not reported |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $47,773 | $26,833 | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $47,683 | Not available | Not reported |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | $47,550 | $29,215 | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | $44,214 | $23,581 | 0 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $40,502 | Not available | Not reported |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $34,242 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Education, Other | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $26,250 | Not reported |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.