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University of Alabama at Birmingham Overview

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

What Is University of Alabama at Birmingham Known For?

2,924 Undergraduate Awards
$30,291 Avg Cost After Aid
87% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at UAB is the doctor's degree.
  • In 2021-2022, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UAB makes roughly $50,907 a year. This is 25% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is University of Alabama at Birmingham?

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Contact details for UAB are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Administration Bldg Suite 1070, Birmingham, AL 35294-0110
Phone: 205-934-4011
Website: www.uab.edu

How Do I Get Into UAB?

You can apply to UAB online at: https://www.uab.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for UAB

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into UAB?

87% Acceptance Rate
67% Of Accepted Are Women
7% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 87%, UAB is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

About 7% of students accepted to UAB submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 690. Math scores were between 590 and 720.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Alabama at Birmingham  ( 610 to 690 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Alabama at Birmingham  ( 590 to 720 )
200
800
UAB received ACT scores from 49% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 33. Math scores were between 20 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 30.

ACT English Scores for University of Alabama at Birmingham  ( 22 to 33 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Alabama at Birmingham  ( 23 to 30 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Alabama at Birmingham?

$30,291 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UAB is $30,291. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UAB, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,718 a year. That adds up to $26,872 over four years for those students.

University of Alabama at Birmingham Undergraduate Student Diversity

10,401 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 13,547 undergraduate students at UAB, with 10,401 being full-time and 3,146 being part-time.

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There are also 8,742 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,401 full-time undergraduates at UAB, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 917
Black or African American 2,487
Hispanic or Latino 709
White 5,367
International Students 297
Other Races/Ethnicities 624

Geographic Diversity

Alabama students aren't the only ones who study at University of Alabama at Birmingham. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 86 countries are represented at UAB. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of Alabama at Birmingham

5,984 Took All Classes Online
14,671 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 14,671 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 10th 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 UAB majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement 21%
General Management Information Systems 17%
General Special Education 32%
Health Professions 5%
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 75%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 31%
Nursing Practice 26%
Occupational Therapy 16%
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 10%
Reading Teacher Education 25%
Social Sciences 1%
Systems Science & Theory 21%

University of Alabama at Birmingham Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 0 0 362 0 625 131 1,118
Public Health 0 0 107 21 288 8 424
Business Administration & Management 0 2 134 13 266 0 415
General Biology 0 0 248 2 152 7 409
General Psychology 0 0 230 0 10 15 255
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 137 1 94 11 243
Accounting 0 24 113 0 78 0 215
Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 189 189
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 33 60 77 170
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 122 8 30 0 160
Management Information Systems 9 0 66 23 42 0 140
General Engineering 0 0 0 0 139 0 139
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 72 0 41 6 119
Computer Information Systems 0 0 70 0 33 2 105
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 0 83 0 13 0 96
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 95 0 0 0 95
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 77 0 11 0 88
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 78 0 0 9 87
Marketing 0 0 86 0 0 0 86
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0 77 0 77
Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 77 77
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 11 62 0 73
Sociology 0 0 22 0 41 5 68
Systems Theory 0 0 0 53 13 0 66
General English Literature 0 0 53 0 10 0 63
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 51 0 3 4 58
Chemistry 0 0 52 0 3 3 58
Mental & Social Health Services 16 0 0 2 39 0 57
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 25 29 0 54
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 51 0 0 0 51
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 47 0 4 0 51
Civil Engineering 0 0 44 0 4 2 50
Social Work 0 0 50 0 0 0 50
Information Science 0 0 0 0 46 0 46
Student Counseling 0 0 0 11 33 0 44
History 0 0 34 0 10 0 44
Optometry 0 0 0 0 0 41 41
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 38 0 1 0 39
Biotechnology 0 0 0 8 27 0 35
Public Administration 0 0 0 11 24 0 35
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 16 5 10 0 31
Information Technology 0 0 0 0 30 0 30
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 29 0 29
Security Science and Technology 0 0 19 0 10 0 29
Political Science & Government 0 0 29 0 0 0 29
Special Education 0 0 0 1 27 0 28
Genetics 0 0 21 0 0 6 27
Human Resource Management 0 0 27 0 0 0 27
Anthropology 0 0 19 0 8 0 27
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 20 6 0 26
Physics 0 0 13 0 5 7 25
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 12 0 0 12 24
General Sales & Marketing 0 24 0 0 0 0 24
Philosophy 0 0 23 0 0 0 23
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 23 0 0 0 23
Materials Engineering 0 0 15 0 5 1 21
Mathematics 0 0 19 0 2 0 21
Educational Administration 0 0 0 10 6 3 19
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 18 0 0 0 18
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 0 0 0 16 0 16
Electrical Engineering 0 0 15 0 0 0 15
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 0 0 0 0 14 0 14
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0 14 0 14
Other Social Sciences 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 0 13 0 13
Music 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0 3 6 9
General Education 0 0 0 5 3 0 8
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 1 0 3 3 7
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 2 0 0 5 7
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 7 0 0 0 7
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Romance Languages 0 4 0 0 0 0 4
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Ethnic Studies 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Statistics 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Nutrition Science 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Materials Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
General Science Technologies/Technicians 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dental Support Services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 25 55 2,844 271 2,512 670 6,377

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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