University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
- Public
- City
- 11,635 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 88%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $15,630per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 65%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $59,63110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
UAB's Early Medical School Acceptance Program (EMSAP) offers assured admission to the UAB Heersink School of Medicine upon undergraduate completion.
Source: Early Medical School Acceptance Program | Students - Academics
UAB's Birmingham Promise Scholarship covers tuition for up to 15 credit hours per semester, for up to four years, for eligible students.
Source: Birmingham Promise - Cost & Aid
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 88%About 9 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%)
- 1210–1450Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 23–30Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: 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
- $15,630full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $27,987sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $9,812Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $23,684Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 65%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 80%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $59,63110 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,250federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 11,635Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 39%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 34%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Also worth a look
- Troy University Troy, AL — admits 96%
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA — admits 87%
- University of North Alabama Florence, AL — admits 87%
- Fort Hays State University Hays, KS — admits 90%
- University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE — admits 87%
- East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN — admits 86%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for University of Alabama at Birmingham, 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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