by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
The University of Alabama was awarded 444 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is marketing.
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UA is ranked #139 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UA held the #157 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UA is also ranked #2 out of 40 schools in Alabama.
The University of Alabama has an acceptance rate of 79%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
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 540 and 680. Math scores were between 530 and 690.
At The University of Alabama, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The University of Alabama is 77%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The University of Alabama has a freshmen retention rate of 89%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UA the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 50%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 31,670 undergraduates at UA with 27,750 being full-time and 3,920 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,523 | $19,434 | $21,649 | $23,957 | $23,605 |
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 UA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 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 student loan default rate at UA is 4.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/UniversityofAlabama |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/UofAlabama |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | 605 | $45,924 |
| Nursing | 491 | $58,043 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 491 | $38,904 |
| Business Administration & Management | 404 | $42,470 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 343 | $65,760 |
| Accounting | 315 | $52,220 |
| General Psychology | 306 | $27,760 |
| Criminology | 260 | NA |
| General Biology | 256 | $25,063 |
| Political Science & Government | 212 | $33,300 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 15,425 students took at least one online class at The University of Alabama. This is a decrease from the 34,134 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 15,425 | 6,086 |
| 2019-2020 | 34,134 | 7,517 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,041 | 4,515 |
| 2017-2018 | 14,934 | 3,786 |
| 2016-2017 | 11,697 | 4,100 |
Learn more about online learning at The University of Alabama.
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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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