Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 208 Title IV programs, 65 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 142 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing65 · 31.2%
- No Data142 · 68.3%
- Failing1 · 0.5%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 16
Action history · 28
- Dec 2025Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCommission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
- Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 7,812 students received $46.5M in Pell grants, alongside $211.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 6,082 borrowers who entered repayment, 74 (1.2%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at University of Alabama
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus84
- Public property2
Includes 54 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race2
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Beta Theta Pi2 firesOtherDamage $0-$99
- Beta Theta Pi2 firesCookingDamage $100-$999
- Kappa Alpha1 fireOtherDamage $0-$99
- Mary Burke West1 fireElectricalDamage $100-$999
- Riverside North1 fireSmoking materialsDamage $0-$99
- Riverside West2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Riverside West2 firesCookingDamage $1,000-$9,999
Data quality: 7 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
University of Alabama vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of Alabama selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe University of Alabama | 73% | — | 40,846 | $22,420 | R1 Research |
| 82% | 45.9% | 34,145 | $24,323 | R1 Research | |
| 64% | 88.2% | 20,905 | $18,749 | R1 Research | |
| 66% | 73.3% | 41,705 | $19,151 | R1 Research | |
| 90% | 37.7% | 43,146 | $13,936 | R1 Research | |
| 86% | 24.2% | 43,889 | $11,297 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 77% | 45.9% | 41,276 | $18,950 |
Institutions like University of Alabama
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of Alabama's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchAlabama
Auburn University
Grad rate82%Admit rate45.9%Enrollment34,145Net price$24,323View data - R1 ResearchAlabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Grad rate64%Admit rate88.2%Enrollment20,905Net price$18,749View data - R1 ResearchLouisiana
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Grad rate66%Admit rate73.3%Enrollment41,705Net price$19,151View data - R1 ResearchGeorgia
University of Georgia
Grad rate90%Admit rate37.7%Enrollment43,146Net price$13,936View data - R1 ResearchFlorida
Florida State University
Grad rate86%Admit rate24.2%Enrollment43,889Net price$11,297View data
University of Alabama Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
OIRA provides trusted data, insights, and assessment support to leadership, faculty & staff, and the public.
Visit IR office page- Mel Jenkins-SimpsonAssociate Vice President, Institutional Research
- Julianna ProctorAssociate Director, Institutional Research
- Jacob D. PleitzAssistant Director, Institutional Research
- Jon C. AckerAssessment Specialist
- Alicia WeaverInstitutional Research Analyst III
- Longfei "Eric" WangInstitutional Research Analyst III
- Anran XingInstitutional Research Analyst II
- Christine KraftInstitutional Research Analyst II PT
- Michelle TinInstitutional Research Analyst I
- Emily RothenbacherInstitutional Research Analyst I
- Leticia "Tish" WorthingtonInstitutional Research Associate
Common Data Set
University of Alabama's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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