by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Alabama at Birmingham was awarded 425 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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UAB landed the #260 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UAB held the #367 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UAB also holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in Alabama ranking.
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With an acceptance rate of 89%, University of Alabama at Birmingham is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
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 593 and 680. Math scores were between 580 and 708.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At University of Alabama at Birmingham, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Alabama at Birmingham is 76%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Alabama at Birmingham enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UAB for first-time, full-time students is 40%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,878 undergraduates at UAB with 10,402 being full-time and 3,476 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,443 | $14,800 | $17,857 | $19,141 | $19,717 |
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 UAB, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. 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.
The student loan default rate at UAB is 4.8%. 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 UAB are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Administration Bldg Suite 1070, Birmingham, AL 35294-0110 |
| Phone: | 205-934-4011 |
| Website: | https://www.uab.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/uab.edu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 367 | $54,481 |
| General Biology | 239 | $25,827 |
| General Psychology | 217 | $28,215 |
| Business Administration & Management | 170 | $45,512 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 142 | $30,620 |
| Accounting | 132 | $48,623 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 120 | $35,408 |
| Public Health | 112 | $30,100 |
| Marketing | 99 | $36,117 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 99 | $28,940 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 14,662 students took at least one online class at University of Alabama at Birmingham. This is a decrease from the 14,776 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 14,662 | 6,460 |
| 2019-2020 | 14,776 | 6,346 |
| 2018-2019 | 13,001 | 5,736 |
| 2017-2018 | 12,538 | 5,603 |
| 2016-2017 | 11,409 | 4,917 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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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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