SCHOOLS / THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

The University of Alabama

TUSCALOOSA, ALIPEDS 100751CARNEGIE CLASS 15
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th1,100
Median1,210
75th1,360
§ 19% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th22
Median26
75th31
§ 53% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 71%SAT SUBMIT 19%ACT SUBMIT 53%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants61,994reported count
Admits44,12471%
Class seats8,12718% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants61,99444,12471%8,127School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 18%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Application cost

Application fee: $40.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Core merit fields reported
No-need grant recipients3,20640% of first-year full-time students
Avg no-need grant$16,895H2A first-year full-time students with no financial need
Avg net price$22,420Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio19EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
43531ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate77%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
56795ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
7973ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
8032ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate18%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile24ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile27ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile31ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate43%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile590ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile640ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile690ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile580ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile630ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile710ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate15%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded6605DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded235DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded1992DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$800COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$11,380COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$800COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$33,372COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$33,924DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$55,916DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment31038DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment6457DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment3351DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment40846DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment34389DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate88%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$5,987SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$11,529SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$5,795SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate20%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate37%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate20%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityTuscaloosaHD2024.CITY
ControlPublicHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameThe University of AlabamaHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category20,000 and aboveHD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPublic, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleCity: MidsizeHD2024.LOCALE
StateAlabamaHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years57%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years70%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years73%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate89%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time73%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate50%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate17%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$59,221
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
73%
6-year completion
Average net price
$22,420
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$22,750
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$39,848$40k
MEDIAN
$59,221$59k
P75
$87,405$87k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$19,169
$30,001 – $48,000
$19,884
$48,001 – $75,000
← MODAL BRACKET$22,258
$75,001 – $110,000
$25,658
$110,001 and up
$26,729
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
57%
6-yr grad
73%
8-yr grad
74%
Retention
89%
Pell grad
63%
Transfer
17%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.