University of West Alabama
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 12.1-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 58 Title IV programs, 12 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 46 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing12 · 20.7%
- No Data46 · 79.3%
- 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.
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 · 3
Action history · 15
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2024Grant 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, 2,394 students received $13.3M in Pell grants, alongside $67.8M 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 2,185 borrowers who entered repayment, 57 (2.6%) defaulted within three years — above 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 West 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 · 9
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 campus5
Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was 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 West Alabama vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of West 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of West Alabama | 35% | — | 6,820 | $12,684 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 55% | 77.7% | 9,955 | $14,279 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 55% | 87.3% | 10,204 | $12,170 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 24% | 58.0% | 7,295 | $17,621 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 33% | 91.6% | 5,217 | $13,224 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 49% | 96.0% | 13,658 | $16,527 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 42% | 87.3% | 8,625 | $13,752 |
Institutions like University of West Alabama
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of West Alabama's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama
Jacksonville State University
Grad rate55%Admit rate77.7%Enrollment9,955Net price$14,279View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama
University of North Alabama
Grad rate55%Admit rate87.3%Enrollment10,204Net price$12,170View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama
Alabama A & M University
Grad rate24%Admit rate58.0%Enrollment7,295Net price$17,621View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama
Auburn University at Montgomery
Grad rate33%Admit rate91.6%Enrollment5,217Net price$13,224View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama
Troy University
Grad rate49%Admit rate96.0%Enrollment13,658Net price$16,527View data
University of West Alabama Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The primary purpose of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning is to conduct a comprehensive program of data collecting, analysis, and reporting and university-wide assessment to support strategic planning and institutional effectiveness.
Visit IR office page- Bliss AdkisonDean of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning
- Dr. Hope MorrisAssessment and Data Coordinator
- Austen CosbyData Analyst
- Dee Ann AndrewsSecretary
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