by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Alabama A & M University was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is radio & television broadcasting technology/technician.
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AAMU landed the #2,046 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when AAMU held the #2,073 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
AAMU also holds the #39 spot on the Best Colleges in Alabama ranking.
Alabama A & M University has an acceptance rate of 68%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for AAMU.
About 69% of students accepted to AAMU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 430 and 523. Math scores were between 400 and 510.
The student to faculty ratio at Alabama A & M University is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Alabama A & M University is 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Alabama A & M University this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at AAMU is 11%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Alabama A & M University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,093 undergraduates at AAMU with 4,663 being full-time and 430 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,205 | $14,526 | $16,532 | $20,139 | $17,539 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of AAMU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 AAMU, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,150 a year. That adds up to $24,600 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for AAMU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4900 Meridian Street, Normal, AL 35762 |
| Phone: | 256-372-5000 |
| Website: | www.aamu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 94 | $29,098 |
| Social Work | 86 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 83 | $40,183 |
| Computer Information Systems | 57 | $63,900 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 46 | $31,682 |
| General Psychology | 38 | $26,504 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 30 | $71,954 |
| Other Engineering | 27 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 27 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 20 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,698 students took at least one online class at Alabama A & M University. This is an increase from the 2,939 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,698 | 429 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,939 | 426 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,759 | 1,869 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,209 | 120 |
Learn more about online learning at Alabama A & M University.
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Footnotes
*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.
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