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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?

7,338 Undergraduate Awards
$38,877 Avg Cost After Aid
80% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at UA.
  • For the 2021-2022 academic year, 78% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, UA bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $56,118 a year. That's about 38% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is The University of Alabama?

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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

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?

80% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
17% Submit SAT Scores
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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for The University of Alabama  ( 570 to 690 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for The University of Alabama  ( 560 to 720 )
200
800
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.

ACT English Scores for The University of Alabama  ( 23 to 34 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for The University of Alabama  ( 23 to 31 )
1
36

Can I Afford The University of Alabama?

$38,877 Net Price
39% Take Out Loans
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 $10,195 a year. That adds up to $40,780 over four years for those students.

The University of Alabama Undergraduate Student Diversity

28,124 Full-Time Undergraduates
56% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 31,685 undergraduate students at UA, with 28,124 being full-time and 3,561 being part-time.

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There are also 6,631 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 28,124 full-time undergraduates at UA, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 382
Black or African American 2,818
Hispanic or Latino 1,516
White 21,727
International Students 387
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,294

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.

Online Learning at The University of Alabama

5,820 Took All Classes Online
16,040 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 16,040 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UA has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 21st most popular in Alabama for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UA majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions 1%
Legal Professions 4%

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 0 581 0 181 1 763
Nursing 0 420 31 92 49 592
Finance & Financial Management 0 540 0 36 5 581
Business Administration & Management 0 274 0 251 3 528
Public Relations & Advertising 0 321 0 42 0 363
Mechanical Engineering 0 300 0 35 11 346
General Psychology 0 292 0 13 12 317
Accounting 0 230 0 84 1 315
Criminology 0 260 0 26 0 286
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 177 0 102 2 281
Social Work 0 75 0 190 8 273
General Biology 0 202 0 27 3 232
Health & Physical Education 0 181 0 42 8 231
Political Science & Government 0 203 0 12 6 221
Economics 0 175 0 30 3 208
Public Health 0 144 0 62 0 206
General Business/Commerce 0 196 0 0 0 196
Communication & Media Studies 0 122 0 56 16 194
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 109 6 66 5 186
Chemical Engineering 0 159 0 6 4 169
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 120 0 46 0 166
Human Development & Family Studies 0 146 0 17 0 163
Civil Engineering 0 129 0 18 10 157
Journalism 0 113 0 27 0 140
Hospitality Management 0 90 0 48 0 138
Communication Sciences 0 100 0 31 0 131
Law 0 0 0 0 130 130
Management Information Systems 0 104 0 25 0 129
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 86 0 37 6 129
Computer Information Systems 0 95 0 15 5 115
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 77 0 35 2 114
Mathematics 0 90 0 18 5 113
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 112 0 0 0 112
General English Literature 0 94 0 14 2 110
History 0 92 0 13 2 107
Electrical Engineering 0 79 0 10 9 98
Educational Administration 0 0 24 41 31 96
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 89 0 0 1 90
Family & Consumer Economics 0 40 8 25 0 73
Special Education 0 42 1 25 2 70
Chemistry 0 46 0 13 11 70
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 16 43 7 66
Library & Information Science 0 0 0 65 0 65
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 61 0 0 0 61
Music 0 41 0 6 11 58
Fine & Studio Arts 0 44 1 12 0 57
Romance Languages 0 45 0 8 3 56
Dance 0 39 0 0 0 39
International Relations & National Security 0 34 0 0 0 34
Anthropology 0 21 0 9 2 32
Drama & Theater Arts 0 24 0 7 0 31
Legal Research 0 0 0 30 0 30
Physics 0 13 0 7 10 30
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 14 0 14 1 29
Design & Applied Arts 0 27 0 0 0 27
Instructional Media Design 0 0 3 22 0 25
Natural Resources Conservation 0 24 0 0 0 24
Environmental Engineering 0 19 0 4 0 23
Metallurgical Engineering 0 19 0 4 0 23
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 22 0 0 0 22
Philosophy 0 22 0 0 0 22
Computer Engineering 0 21 0 0 0 21
Allied Health Professions 0 21 0 0 0 21
Public Administration 0 0 0 21 0 21
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 20 0 20
Ethnic Studies 0 5 1 13 0 19
Geography & Cartography 0 12 0 6 1 19
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 17 0 1 0 18
Religious Studies 0 12 0 6 0 18
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 17 0 0 0 17
Writing Studies 0 0 0 14 0 14
Taxation 0 0 0 13 0 13
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 13 0 0 0 13
Construction Engineering 0 13 0 0 0 13
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 13 0 13
Architectural Engineering 0 12 0 0 0 12
Area Studies 0 9 0 3 0 12
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 11 0 11
Educational Assessment 0 0 9 0 1 10
Museum Studies 0 0 10 0 0 10
Applied Statistics 0 0 0 6 3 9
Business/Managerial Economics 0 6 0 0 0 6
Student Counseling 0 0 1 5 0 6
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 6 0 6
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 6 0 0 0 0 6
Materials Engineering 0 0 0 0 2 2
Materials Sciences 0 0 0 0 2 2
Information Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 6 7,332 111 2,180 396 10,025

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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