Stillman College

Overview

Rankings

• #4 Best Psychology Colleges in Alabama
• #5 Best HBCUs for Psychology
• #6 Best Criminal Justice Colleges in Alabama
• #8 Best Communications Colleges in Alabama
• #11 Best HBCUs for Education
• #13 Best Education Colleges in Alabama
• #13 Best Biology Colleges in Alabama
• #17 Best Bachelor's Programs in Alabama

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Stillman College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

As a private institution in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Stillman College offers a realistic path to admission, with roughly 62% of applicants receiving an offer. The graduation rate is roughly 32%.

Acceptance Rate

62%

Retention Rate

53%

Full-Time Faculty

58%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$6,164

Student–Faculty Ratio

15:1

Diversity Index

0.21

First-Gen Students

41%

Applicants

1,791

Admitted

1,156

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Stillman College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Stillman College is $12,126, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $15,258. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $14,804 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $29,067 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$12,126

Out-of-State

$12,126

Avg Net Price

$15,258

Median Debt

$29,067

Pell Grant Rate

76%

Federal Loan Rate

67%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Stillman College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Stillman College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Stillman College report median earnings of $35,421, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$29,790

8 Years

$32,891

10 Years

$35,421

Debt-to-Earnings

0.82x

Earning > $25K

37%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Stillman College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Stillman College is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 1.41%, well above the typical college. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 29.6% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 4.7% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $37,200, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

1.41%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

4.7%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

29.6%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$50,542

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Stillman College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs above average at Stillman College. Its economic connectedness score is 1.02, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.07), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 4% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.02

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

-0.07

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

3.7%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Federal Grants

$8,142,564

Investment Income

$-2,402,832

Top Programs

The fields Stillman College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Business & Marketing 24% $43,825 early-career
• Education 18%
• Psychology 16%
• Criminal Justice 12%
• Biology & Biomedical 9% $24,144 early-career
• Humanities 8%
• Visual & Performing Arts 4%
• Communications 3%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.