The University of Alabama Overview

The University of Alabama is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The location of UA is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is The University of Alabama Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at UA.
• In a recent academic period78% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UA with a bachelor's degree make about $59,221 a year. That's 45% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is The University of Alabama?

Contact details for UA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	739 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0100
Phone:	205-348-6010
Website:	www.ua.edu

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How Do I Get Into UA?

You can apply to UA online at: apply.ua.edu/

Admission Requirements for UA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UA?

The acceptance rate at The University of Alabama is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to UA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 690. Math scores were between 560 and 720.

UA received ACT scores from 45% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 34. Math scores were between 22 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 31.

Can I Afford The University of Alabama?

The overall average net price of UA is $38,877. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UA, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $10,694 a year. That adds up to $42,776 over four years for those students.

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The University of Alabama Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 31,670 undergraduate students at UA, with 27,750 being full-time and 3,920 being part-time.

There are also 6,170 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 27,750 full-time undergraduates at UA, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of Alabama students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	358
Black or African American	2,711
Hispanic or Latino	1,366
White	21,517
International Students	541
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,257

Geographic Diversity

Alabama students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Alabama. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 82 countries are represented at UA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

The University of Alabama Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Marketing	0	569	0	105	2	676
Finance & Financial Management	0	572	0	28	2	602
Nursing	0	374	19	87	34	514
Business Administration & Management	0	199	0	261	1	461
General Psychology	0	356	0	12	22	390
Public Relations & Advertising	0	315	0	47	0	362
Accounting	0	226	0	77	3	306
General Business/Commerce	0	281	0	0	0	281
Mechanical Engineering	0	224	0	42	12	278
Criminology	0	253	0	12	0	265
General Biology	0	230	0	25	9	264
Social Work	0	71	0	145	37	253
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	0	131	0	105	4	240
Health & Physical Education	0	186	0	35	7	228
Public Health	0	152	0	73	0	225
Political Science & Government	0	200	0	8	1	209
Communication & Media Studies	0	121	0	65	12	198
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	121	14	56	4	195
Economics	0	160	0	13	4	177
Hospitality Management	0	99	0	74	0	173
Journalism	0	105	0	46	0	151
General Family & Consumer Sciences	0	117	0	27	0	144
Human Development & Family Studies	0	117	0	22	0	139
Civil Engineering	0	109	0	16	11	136
Management Information Systems	0	102	0	33	0	135
History	0	114	0	16	4	134
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	99	0	29	3	131
Law	0	0	0	0	126	126
Chemical Engineering	0	101	0	16	3	120
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	69	0	40	7	116
Computer Information Systems	0	93	0	16	6	115
Communication Sciences	0	85	0	28	0	113
Library & Information Science	0	0	3	102	0	105
General English Literature	0	84	0	17	3	104
Mathematics	0	87	0	12	5	104
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	99	0	0	0	99
Family & Consumer Economics	0	43	13	36	0	92
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	92	0	0	0	92
Educational Administration	0	0	20	36	35	91
Special Education	0	37	4	37	1	79
Chemistry	0	50	0	8	18	76
Electrical Engineering	0	56	0	9	10	75
Music	0	46	0	10	11	67
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	18	41	6	65
Romance Languages	0	51	0	11	2	64
Textile & Apparel Studies	0	48	0	0	0	48
Taxation	0	0	0	45	0	45
Drama & Theater Arts	0	32	0	12	0	44
International Relations & National Security	0	43	0	0	0	43
Design & Applied Arts	0	43	0	0	0	43
Fine & Studio Arts	0	30	0	13	0	43
Legal Research	0	0	12	29	1	42
Dance	0	29	0	4	0	33
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	31	0	0	0	31
Anthropology	0	26	0	4	1	31
Computer Engineering	0	27	0	0	0	27
Physics	0	17	0	2	8	27
Public Administration	0	0	0	27	0	27
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	13	0	11	2	26
Natural Resources Conservation	0	25	0	0	0	25
Geography and Environmental Studies	0	17	0	5	1	23
Instructional Media Design	0	0	1	21	0	22
Allied Health Professions	0	22	0	0	0	22
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	17	0	0	0	17
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	17	0	0	0	17
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	17	0	17
Religious Studies	0	11	0	6	0	17
Environmental Engineering	0	13	0	3	0	16
Metallurgical Engineering	0	8	0	8	0	16
Ethnic Studies	0	8	0	8	0	16
Architectural Engineering	0	15	0	0	0	15
Writing Studies	0	0	0	13	0	13
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	13	0	13
Philosophy	0	13	0	0	0	13
Geography & Cartography	0	8	0	3	2	13
Educational Assessment	0	2	9	0	1	12
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	10	0	1	0	11
Materials Sciences	0	0	0	0	11	11
Museum Studies	0	0	10	0	0	10
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	9	0	9
Construction Engineering	0	8	0	0	0	8
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	8	0	8
Data Analytics	0	0	0	8	0	8
Area Studies	0	3	0	4	0	7
Student Counseling	0	0	0	4	2	6
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	5	0	0	0	0	5
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	4	0	4
Information Technology	0	3	0	0	0	3
Applied Statistics	0	0	0	2	1	3
Materials Engineering	0	0	0	0	1	1
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manufacturing Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Legal Professions (Other)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	7,135	123	2,162	436	9,861

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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