Private nonprofit · College
Stillman College
Tuscaloosa, Alabama · Midsize city
- 62.3%
- Admit rate
- $15,258
- Avg net price
- 25%
- Graduation rate
- $35,421
- Median earnings
Stillman College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (midsize city setting), enrolling 706 undergraduates. It is a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). It has a Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
About Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa is a city in and the county seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Reportedly the name Tuscaloosa is a compound Choctaw Indian word; "tusko" meaning "warrior" and "loosa" meaning "black". The Black Warrior River flows through the north portion of the city. The Tuscaloosa Public Library is a joint city-county agency with nearly 200,000 items and approximately 47,000 registered patrons (28% of the county's population). (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 50 miles to Birmingham, AL
- To the ocean
- 172 miles
- Nearest airport
- 54 miles to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth (BHM) · major hub
How Stillman College compares
More selective than 74% · #8 most selective of 24 in Alabama
Higher than 8% · #24 of 29 in Alabama
Higher than 8%
Higher than 8% · #26 of 30 in Alabama
Cheaper than 72% · #7 cheapest of 27 in Alabama
Lower than 5%
Lower than 50%
Larger than 28%
Percentiles compare Stillman College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Alabama.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women32546%
- Men38154%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White5.8%
- Black89%
- Other or multiracial5.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 706
- Student–faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 76%
- First-generation students
- 41%
- Students over 25
- 23%
- Median family income
- $19,890
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $55,476
- Endowment
- $19,795,214
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 62.3%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $12,126
- Room & board
- $9,640
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
- Total cost of attendance
- $26,107
- Average net price
- $15,258
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 25%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 13%
- First-year retention
- 53%
- Transferred to another college
- 1%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,790
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $35,421
- Median debt at graduation
- $29,067
- Students with federal loans
- 67%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 16%
About 12% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 360
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 51%
- Housing charge (year)
- $5,984
- Meal plan (year)
- $4,070
- Application fee
- $20
- Athletics
- NAIA Division I
- Varsity athletes
- 161 (91 men · 70 women)
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Varsity sports (7)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- D
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 11.9 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 10
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 16
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (731 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$20,841/year × about 4.7 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 53% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $6,906. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 128 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $35,421
- Typical debt at graduation
- $29,067
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 82%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 36%
Typical debt would take roughly 8.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $836 (2%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 35°F
- Annual rain
- 57.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Northport 2 S, AL US station (0.9 mi from campus).
What Stillman College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.










