The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
The University of Alabama is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a midsize city, with 33,227 undergraduates. Its signature fields are communication, followed by family and consumer sciences: together they make up 15% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times their share across the colleges we cover. 73% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $59,221 ten years after starting.
The University of Alabama admitted 44,124 of 61,994 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (71.2%).
- Acceptance rate
- 71.2%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $12,180
- $34,172 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $22,420
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1100–1360
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What The University of Alabama is known for
Measured by the 7,135 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Communication
9.0%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 4.5% share across the colleges we cover.
Family and consumer sciences
6.4%
of its bachelor's degrees: about seven times the 0.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Finance and Financial Management Services5728.0% of degrees$85,020About the $83,343 national median
- Marketing5698.0% of degrees$77,451+12% vs $69,303 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing3745.2% of degrees$85,532About the $88,910 national median
- Psychology3565.0% of degrees$49,900About the $50,706 national median
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication3154.4% of degrees$68,227+7% vs $63,560 nationally
- Business/Commerce2813.9% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Midsize city
Tuscaloosa, AL
Undergraduates
33,227
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
19 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at The University of Alabama
Three things The University of Alabama published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The University of Alabama files test scores under “very important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 19% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
19% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 53% sent an ACT. The University of Alabama files test scores under “very important”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The University of Alabama asks for no supplemental essay.
Of the 1 prompt we track for this application, none is one you would have to write.
Source: the prompts we track for this application
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
71.2%
44,124 admitted of 61,994 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1100–1360
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
22–31
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.85
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
19%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
53%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at The University of Alabama?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What The University of Alabama costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $12,180 ($34,172 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $33,382. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $22,420 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$12,180
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$34,172
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$33,382
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$22,420
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $33,382 full cost.
- Under $30k$19,169Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$19,884Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$22,258Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$25,658Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$26,729Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
73%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
90%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$59,221
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$22,750
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 59% to 76%.
What The University of Alabama says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 is optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionDecember 5, 2026
Verified July 12, 2026
- Rolling AdmissionMay 31, 2027
Verified July 12, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Alabama
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Samford University82.2%
- Spring Hill College59.1%
- University of South Alabama94.5%
- Auburn University46.9%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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