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George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville

Hanceville, Alabama·Public, 2-year·Southeast·wallacestate.edu
6-yr Graduation
51%
Total enrollment
6,424
peer median 5,613
Avg net price
$14,042
+$9.3k vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
51%
Full-time retention
66%

Pell equity

1.0pp gap
Pell recipients
45%
Non-Pell
44%

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 56 Title IV programs, 10 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 46 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
56
Passing
10
17.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

56programs
  • Passing10 · 17.9%
  • No Data46 · 82.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
9
No data
46

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

10
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+23.4%
$38,151 vs $30,927
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+25.3%
$38,738 vs $30,927
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+36.8%
$42,314 vs $30,927
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+43.5%
$44,370 vs $30,927
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+57.0%
$48,543 vs $30,927
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+58.4%
$49,001 vs $30,927
Mechanics and Repairers General
Associate Degree · Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians
+60.2%
$49,531 vs $30,927
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+82.4%
$56,400 vs $30,927

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
31%
$15,342 debt · $49,001 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
25%
$10,500 debt · $42,314 earn
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
23%
$8,750 debt · $38,738 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
22%
$12,649 debt · $56,400 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
20%
$9,012 debt · $44,370 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
19%
$12,500 debt · $65,658 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
16%
$6,245 debt · $38,145 earn
Engineering Technologies/Technicians General
Associate Degree · Engineering Technologies/Technicians
12%
$7,039 debt · $57,028 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1978Next review Dec 2030

Programmatic accreditations · 7

Action history · 27

  1. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
  2. Aug 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
  3. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  4. Aug 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  5. Jun 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$12,407
$30–48k$13,233
$48–75k$15,606
$75–110k$17,996
$110k+$18,676

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$14,042
+$9,302vs Community College median $4,741
Federal loans
18.6%
In-state tuition
$4,980
Out-of-state
$8,790

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 2,913 students received $14.6M in Pell grants, alongside $7.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,913
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$14.6M
$14,572,120 total
Direct Loans
$7.7M
2,123 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
20
3k
21
2k
22
3k
23
3k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.4M
1,092 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.2M
1,023 loan awards
Parent PLUS$92K
8 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 1,190 borrowers who entered repayment, 32 (2.6%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.6%
+0.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,190
Defaulted
32
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
14.2%
2017
11.2%
2018
8.7%
2019
2.6%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Wallacestate

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs47
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

988 total completions
01Health Professions
45345.9%
02Liberal Arts
28428.7%
03Mechanic
858.6%
04Business
393.9%
05Personal/Culinary
343.4%
06Engineering Tech
303.0%
07Security/Protective
222.2%
08Computer Sciences
181.8%
09Legal Professions
131.3%
10Visual/Performing Arts
101.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
6,424
12-mo unduplicated
8,238
Undergraduate
8,238
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
36%2,942
Women
64%5,296

Race / ethnicity composition

White
76.3%
Hispanic
9.5%
Black
8.7%
Two or more
3.6%
Asian
0.8%
Non-resident
0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Unknown
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
129
76 M · 53 W
Women athletes
41.1%
Athletic aid
$841K
Total student aid
Budget
$2.2M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$443K
$398K
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$44K
$42K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 7

Baseball
36 M ·
$296K
Cross Country
19 M · 14 W
$191K
Basketball
12 M · 13 W
$514K
Softball
· 21 W
$231K
Tennis
10 M · 8 W
$212K
Golf
9 M · 5 W
$216K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.17
1 offenses · 5,965 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.381 yr ago0.17Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
3
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
3
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs11
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
18.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
129

Wallacestate vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Wallacestate selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectGeorge C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville
51%6,424$14,042Community College
Gadsden State Community College
5,071$3,568Community College
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan
4,044$2,697Community College
H Councill Trenholm State Community College
2,046$5,568Community College
South Louisiana Community College
6,238$9,684Community College
Somerset Community College
6,155$3,913Community College
Peer group median51%5,613$4,741

Frequently asked questions about George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Wallacestate.

What is the graduation rate at George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville?

George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville reports a 6-year graduation rate of 51% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville?

George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville reports a total enrollment of 6,424 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville?

The average net price at George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville is $14,042 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville located?

George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville is located in Hanceville, Alabama 35077-2000.

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