Jefferson State Community College

Birmingham, Alabama

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 5,470 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.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 41 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 38 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $42,703 a year after finishingNationally: $43,763

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 50 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 58 finishedGraduates here earned $50,630 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 106 finishedGraduates here earned $50,607 a year after finishingNationally: $50,439
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $49,945 a year after finishingNationally: $54,761
  • Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $51,213
  • Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,261

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 18 finishedGraduates here earned $47,260 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 151 finishedGraduates here earned $70,596 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (8)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 42 finishedGraduates here earned $39,969 a year afterNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $39,276 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceCertificate · 105 finishedNationally: $41,782
  • Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssociate degree · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $50,016 a year afterNationally: $45,311
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 18 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 511 finishedGraduates here earned $33,793 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $37,430 a year afterNationally: $37,661
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$4,060$30–48k$3,608$48–75k$5,052$75–110k$8,640Over $110k$11,524Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$5,500per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$12,921sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,520Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
18%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
24%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$39,4286 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$43,67410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$11,250federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Jefferson 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 5, 2026.

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