Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, Alabama
- Public
- Suburb
- 7,036 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 78%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $17,111per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 51%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $51,00410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
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Getting in
- Admit rate
- 78%About 8 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1000–1290Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 17–24Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Jacksonville State University's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
37% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 3.45. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 73%8,256 admitted of 11,273 first-year applicants
- Top 10% of their class
- 17%38% were in the top quarter.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- GPA
Considered
- Test scores
Not considered
- How challenging your classes were
- Class rank
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Interview
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Religious affiliation
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Showing interest in the school
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Jacksonville State University Common Data Set 2025–26; College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $17,111full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $28,418sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $13,224Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $23,814Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 51%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 65%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $51,00410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,767federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,036Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 44%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 36%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Also worth a look
- University of South Alabama Mobile, AL — admits 71%
- University of North Alabama Florence, AL — admits 87%
- Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO — admits 74%
- Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN — admits 76%
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI — admits 76%
- Alabama A & M University Normal, AL — admits 58%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Jacksonville State University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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