The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL · Public · 33,227 undergrads (large, city) · website ↗

Test-optional
$40 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	$19,169
$30,000 – $48,000	$19,884
$48,000 – $75,000	$22,258
$75,000 – $110,000	$25,658
Over $110,000	$26,729
All incomes (average)	$22,420

Sticker tuition and fees: $12,180 in-state, $34,172 out-of-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 The University of Alabama's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$15,116
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$15,956
Books and supplies	$700
Other expenses, on campus	$6,228
Other expenses, off campus	$7,012

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (7,981 of them) in 2022–23; 84% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	72%	$16,394
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	20%	$5,422
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	66%	$16,096
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	37%	$5,310

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1285
Median ACT: 26
Students with Pell grants: 18%
Graduation rate (6yr): 73%
Freshman retention: 90%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $59,221
Median debt at graduation: $22,750
International undergrads: 309 (0.9%)

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: Test-optional
Application fee: $40
Students per faculty member: 19 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 79%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 590–690
SAT Math: 580–710
ACT composite: 24–31

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Considered if submitted
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Not considered
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Not considered
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Considered if submitted
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 58,418
Admitted: 44,295
Enrolled: 8,279

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

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%

Communications & Media10%

Social Sciences10%

Health & Nursing9%

Engineering8%

Kinesiology & Sports Science5%

Psychology5%

Biology & Life Sciences4%

Education2%

Visual & Performing Arts2%

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 (55)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Finance and Financial Management Services	549	$62,101	$85,020national $83,343	$19,753
Marketing	515	$56,341	$77,451national $69,303	$21,500
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	360	$80,382	$85,532national $88,910	$20,500
Psychology, General	353	$33,573	$49,900national $50,706	$21,500
Criminology	301	$40,079	—national $55,556	$20,500
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	299	$46,569	$68,227national $63,560	$23,201
Business/Commerce, General	275	$50,440	—national $68,407	$21,500
Accounting and Related Services	263	$65,290	$87,621national $76,194	$21,875
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	260	—	—national $54,562	$20,814
Mechanical Engineering	231	$81,064	$95,079national $92,135	$21,000
Biology, General	223	$38,330	$59,637national $57,214	$24,250
Political Science and Government	220	$43,972	$61,617national $63,293	$21,250
Business Administration, Management and Operations	210	$55,404	$69,715national $68,257	$22,485
Economics	187	$64,124	—national $82,686	$23,000
Communication and Media Studies	168	$49,758	$61,548national $56,359	$19,625
Public Health	154	$38,855	$51,588national $58,808	$23,250
Management Information Systems and Services	134	$80,026	$105,393national $83,290	$23,250
Chemical Engineering	123	$81,197	$100,857national $98,158	$20,500
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	121	$41,257	$45,751national $48,568	$25,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	112	$45,632	$49,007national $47,382	$21,500
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	111	$43,931	$57,205national $48,460	$23,250
Computer and Information Sciences, General	108	$84,817	$115,980national $92,374	$19,500
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	104	$40,593	$57,002national $54,945	$25,000
History	102	$39,677	$50,213national $50,680	$20,064
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	101	$64,525	$79,811national $86,176	$23,250
Civil Engineering	98	$74,598	$87,685national $86,517	$22,625
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	93	$36,978	$55,894national $50,497	$23,250
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	92	$79,759	$91,999national $98,207	$21,750
English Language and Literature, General	91	$35,138	$44,278national $48,590	$21,375
Journalism	90	$43,149	$55,043national $56,278	$23,250
Mathematics	88	$54,703	$77,899national $69,562	$21,700
Hospitality Administration/Management	83	$50,760	$53,180national $56,726	$25,000
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	70	$52,329	$56,945national $50,532	$21,500
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	70	$29,217	$56,071national $58,928	$19,000
Social Work	66	$35,828	$49,561national $51,790	$23,250
Design and Applied Arts	61	$50,972	$60,546national $51,490	$25,000
Chemistry	49	—	—national $65,120	$24,250
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	48	$84,501	$98,943national $100,647	$22,027
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies	47	$52,834	$65,674national $53,262	$20,634
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	46	$35,325	$52,619national $55,012	$18,875
Music	42	$31,012	$31,666national $42,892	$19,700
Dance	37	$27,783	$51,744national $39,980	$26,000
Apparel and Textiles	35	$54,061	$54,254national $57,640	$23,250
Special Education and Teaching	33	$44,987	$50,763national $50,499	$20,750
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	31	—	—national $55,000	$22,500
International Relations and National Security Studies	31	$44,620	$55,419national $66,596	$26,000
Fine and Studio Arts	31	$31,889	$41,100national $41,367	$26,169
Anthropology	28	—	$35,701national $46,676	$19,125
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	27	—	$53,616national $70,786	$20,500
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	15	$32,350	—national $39,775	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	14	$34,945	$53,940national $51,389	$26,000
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	13	$30,488	—national $48,842	—
Criminal Justice and Corrections	0	$40,453	$57,796national $55,378	—
Geography and Cartography	0	—	$49,269national $57,853	—
Business/Managerial Economics	0	$61,322	$86,114national $77,981	—

Master's degrees (29)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	226	$87,904	$112,515national $103,485	$27,500
Social Work	153	$48,546	$54,926national $65,123	$33,404
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	123	$64,186	$64,913national $66,523	$20,500
Library Science and Administration	120	$45,348	$52,520national $56,301	$26,062
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	103	$101,339	$116,062national $120,193	$41,000
Hospitality Administration/Management	82	$55,289	—national $74,856	$20,500
Accounting and Related Services	73	$69,455	—national $95,833	$20,500
Marketing	66	$68,028	$76,736national $79,106	$34,222
Communication and Media Studies	61	$55,508	—national $71,953	$20,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	51	$55,009	$56,415national $59,916	$30,380
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	38	$66,448	—national $80,125	$41,000
Educational/Instructional Media Design	38	—	—national $70,644	$22,111
Special Education and Teaching	36	—	—national $64,397	$26,274
Journalism	33	$48,872	—national $69,034	$20,500
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies	29	$61,793	—national $63,808	—
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	28	$53,363	—national $65,184	$37,979
Public Administration	24	$40,120	—national $81,408	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	23	$54,458	$77,066national $71,685	$28,179
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	21	$112,733	$120,262national $101,000	—
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	21	$64,410	$68,683national $67,030	$41,000
Criminology	20	$51,051	—national $67,647	—
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	18	$58,397	$64,929national $60,397	—
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	15	$33,629	—national $58,524	—
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	15	—	$57,026national $49,978	—
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	15	$83,105	$112,179national $124,807	—
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	14	$50,779	—national $62,033	$38,250
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	11	$64,321	$67,892national $81,651	—
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	9	—	$51,194national $55,035	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	0	—	$61,487national $63,707	—

First professional degrees (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Law	153	$78,273	$110,931national $107,773	$61,500

Doctoral degrees (4)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Educational Administration and Supervision	34	$84,923	$99,953national $100,573	$52,093
Psychology, General	18	$78,394	—national $98,707	—
Social Work	4	—	—national $98,285	$41,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	3	$160,145	$145,164national $138,131	$30,655

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 187 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 739 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0100
Phone: (205) 348-6010
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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