Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden, Alabama
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 3,548 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 61 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Mason/MasonryCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,915
- CarpentersCertificate · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $43,482 a year after finishingNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 50 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 98 finishedGraduates here earned $23,374 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 29 finishedGraduates here earned $15,398 a year after finishingNationally: $23,214
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 122 finishedGraduates here earned $36,277 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 50 finishedGraduates here earned $48,817 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 76 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 134 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 68 finishedGraduates here earned $57,585 a year after finishingNationally: $63,265
Massage therapy
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $30,628 a year after finishingNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 100 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 105 finishedGraduates here earned $73,027 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 100 finishedGraduates here earned $31,784 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $43,386 a year after finishingNationally: $48,947
Other programs (5)
- Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 20 finishedNationally: $57,892
- Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $54,362
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 231 finishedGraduates here earned $27,648 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $38,048
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $2,125per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,254sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,608Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 2%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 31%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $33,0546 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $37,48510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 36%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 19%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Gadsden State Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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