Athens State University

Athens, AL · Public · 2,446 undergrads (small, town) · website ↗

$30 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	—
$30,000 – $48,000	—
$48,000 – $75,000	—
$75,000 – $110,000	—
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	—

Sticker tuition and fees: — in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Athens State University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: —
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 43%
Graduation rate (6yr): —
Freshman retention: —
Median earnings @ 10yr: $50,273
Median debt at graduation: $18,051
International undergrads: 9 (0.4%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: —
Application fee: $30
Students per faculty member: 14 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 51%

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

Not reported.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business30%

Education28%

Health & Nursing8%

Psychology4%

Criminal Justice4%

Biology & Life Sciences2%

Computer Science2%

English & Literature2%

Visual & Performing Arts1%

History1%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (15)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	148	$41,681	$44,214national $47,382	$16,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	140	$54,837	$67,349national $68,257	$18,532
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	77	$47,678	$55,507national $53,072	$18,415
Accounting and Related Services	55	$49,058	$63,516national $76,194	$20,750
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	49	$45,576	$49,331national $51,389	$16,723
Education, Other	27	—	—national $49,113	$15,000
Psychology, General	23	—	$34,242national $50,706	$13,788
Computer and Information Sciences, General	20	$77,794	$102,639national $92,374	—
Fine and Studio Arts	18	$33,312	$40,502national $41,367	—
Human Resources Management and Services	17	$55,842	$52,775national $68,069	$19,250
Special Education and Teaching	14	$44,119	$47,550national $50,499	$17,750
Biology, General	14	$45,833	$56,511national $57,214	—
English Language and Literature, General	12	$41,634	$47,773national $48,590	$14,500
Criminal Justice and Corrections	10	—	$47,683national $55,378	—
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	—	$79,426	$63,342national $69,830	—

Master's degrees (3)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	60	$79,793	$91,314national $103,485	$30,559
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	30	$57,255	$68,201national $63,707	$30,286
Human Resources Management and Services	26	—	—national $83,558	$41,000

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 53 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 300 N Beaty St, Athens, AL 35611
Phone: (256) 233-8100
Institutional accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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