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 14.8-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 238 Title IV programs, 70 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 168 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing70 · 29.4%
- No Data168 · 70.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
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.
Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education
Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 39
Action history · 82
- Dec 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2025Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
- Oct 2025Initial AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Aug 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Endodontics
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS)
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, 5,087 students received $31.2M in Pell grants, alongside $161.9M 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 4,887 borrowers who entered repayment, 59 (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 UAB
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 · 11
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 campus140
- Non-campus2
- Public property6
Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- National origin1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 15 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.
UAB vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UAB 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham | 64% | — | 20,905 | $18,749 | R1 Research |
| 82% | 45.9% | 34,145 | $24,323 | R1 Research | |
| 73% | 76.6% | 40,846 | $22,420 | R1 Research | |
| 64% | 68.6% | 8,564 | $18,796 | R1 Research | |
| 51% | 72.0% | 20,276 | $12,397 | R1 Research | |
| 67% | 77.6% | 23,150 | $17,595 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 66% | 72.0% | 22,028 | $18,773 |
Institutions like UAB
Explore the federal data for institutions in UAB's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchAlabama
Auburn University
Grad rate82%Admit rate45.9%Enrollment34,145Net price$24,323View data - R1 ResearchAlabama
The University of Alabama
Grad rate73%Admit rate76.6%Enrollment40,846Net price$22,420View data - R1 ResearchAlabama
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Grad rate64%Admit rate68.6%Enrollment8,564Net price$18,796View data - R1 ResearchTennessee
University of Memphis
Grad rate51%Admit rate72.0%Enrollment20,276Net price$12,397View data - R1 ResearchMississippi
Mississippi State University
Grad rate67%Admit rate77.6%Enrollment23,150Net price$17,595View data
UAB Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The UAB Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics serves institutional administrators, faculty, staff, students, and patients by collecting, organizing, validating, analyzing, modeling, and disseminating institutional and external data to support planning, assessment of effectiveness, decision making, and accreditation.
Visit IR office page- Lisa Castellino-GergichVice Provost, Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics
- Katrina MintzAssociate Vice Provost, Assessment, Accreditation, and Academic Planning
- Sean KerinsProject Director
- Lilian MinaDirector of Assessment
- Hilary CarterAssistant Director, Business Intelligence
- Patrick FaganBusiness Intelligence Specialist
- Kelly JacksonGrants Research Analyst
- Savannah JonesInstitutional Research Analyst II
- Jesse LoweInstitutional Research Analyst II
- Skylar McMahanProject Administrator, Assessment, Accreditation and Academic Planning
- Shweta PatilAdvanced Analytics Engineer
- Shari RobinsonProject Analyst, Assessment, Accreditation and Academic Planning
- Nana WengInstitutional Research Analyst II
- Eugenia YiadomBusiness Intelligence Specialist Sr.
Common Data Set
UAB's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C111,379 applied → 10,034 admitted (88.2%) → 2,014 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 88.2% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rates are similar across genders (Men 85.3%, Women 89.9%).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 23–30 (median 26).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $29,766 (2025-2026).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $29,766 → about $23,040 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($6,726); 40% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H550% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $26,074 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 64%; first-year retention 80%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 9 pts below the overall rate (55% vs 64%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I350% of classes have under 20 students; 12% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~27% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B22% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B111,959 undergraduates and 8,946 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D12,226 transfer applicants → 1,860 admitted (83.6%) → 1,098 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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