unitid 101736 · Muscle Shoals, AL · public 2-year · city (small)
Northwest Shoals Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 5,472
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
1,969
48th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
27%
undergrads on Pell grants
37th pctl among public 2-years
completion
39%
finish within 150% time
54th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$11,340
10th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$2,838
after aid, aided students
8th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$33,828
after entry, Title IV students
18th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$10,000
45th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $1,356 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k53%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $21,195
- First-generation students
- 51%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,131
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 240 | — | — |
| Precision Metal Working. | 213 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 128 | — | $10,000 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 86 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 66 | $59,696 | $13,124 |
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers. | 59 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 51 | — | — |
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians. | 47 | — | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 43 | — | $9,625 |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians. | 43 | — | — |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services. | 27 | — | — |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services. | 25 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.