Department of Postsecondary Education--OFFICIAL SITE -- ALABAMA GED INFORMATION

Number & type of colleges
Community: 21
Technical: 4
Upper-Division: 1
Military Institute: 1

Accessibility
Branch Campuses: 25
Instructional Sites: 82

Students served
Credit Courses: Nearly 135,000
Non-Credit Courses: Nearly 175,000

Enrollment for Fall 2008
Freshman: 59% Sophomore: 31%
Other credit: 10%
From Alabama: 95%

Demographics for Fall 2008
Average Age: 26
Women: 60% Men: 40%
Caucasian: 67.7%
African American: 26.7%
Other ethnic origin: 5.7%

Facilities
800-plus buildings in the system
11.6 million square feet under roof
$2 billion investment in education & training facilities

Average annual tuition & fees
Community and technical colleges: $2,735

System employment
Nearly 11,000 individuals

Annual budget
Slightly over $1 billion for fiscal year 2009-2010

Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute (AIDT)
Job seekers trained since 1971 :
Approximately 350,000
Companies worked with since
1971: more than 4,000

Alabama Technology Network (ATN)
Number of centers: 15
Number of clients: 383

Community College Statistics Across the Nation

Health care: 59% of new nurses and the majority of other new health-care workers are educated at community colleges.

Workforce training: 95% of businesses and organizations that employ community college graduates recommend community college workforce education and training programs.

Homeland security: Close to 80% of firefighters, law enforcement officers, and EMTs are credentialed at community colleges.

Earnings: The average expected lifetime earnings for a graduate with an associate degree are $1.6 million, about $400,000 more than a high school graduate earns.

Source: American Association of Community Colleges