Lawson State Community College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 68 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 64 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 4.4%
- No Data64 · 94.1%
- Failing1 · 1.5%
Severity spectrum
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.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,683 students received $12.9M in Pell grants.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 0 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 13.2% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Lawsonstate
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 3
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Lawsonstate vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Lawsonstate selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLawson State Community College | 27% | — | 3,453 | $6,275 | Community College |
| — | — | 5,063 | $6,142 | Community College | |
| — | — | 7,553 | $13,644 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,705 | $4,244 | Community College | |
| — | — | 3,659 | $9,461 | Community College | |
| — | — | 4,115 | $4,157 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 27% | — | 3,887 | $6,209 |
Institutions like Lawsonstate
Explore the federal data for institutions in Lawsonstate's comparison group.
- Community CollegeAlabama
Southern Union State Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,063Net price$6,142View data - Community CollegeAlabama
Coastal Alabama Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7,553Net price$13,644View data - Community CollegeAlabama
Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,705Net price$4,244View data - Community CollegeNorth Carolina
Coastal Carolina Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,659Net price$9,461View data - Community CollegeNorth Carolina
Sandhills Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment4,115Net price$4,157View data
Lawsonstate Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Victoria Bowen-BomanDirector of Institutional Planning & Assessment/SACSCOC Liaison
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