University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama
- Public
- City
- 6,591 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 69%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $22,758per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 63%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $72,09810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
The University of Alabama in Huntsville is the anchor tenant of Cummings Research Park, the second-largest corporate research and technology park in the United States.
Source: Research | The University of Alabama in Huntsville - UAH
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 69%About 7 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%)
- 1210–1410Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 24–31Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From University of Alabama in Huntsville'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.
74% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 3.83. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 63%5,006 admitted of 7,956 first-year applicants
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1200–1370First-years who sent scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 23–31First-years who sent scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 26%57% were in the top quarter. Based on the 40% whose school ranks.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Considered
- GPA
- 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: University of Alabama in Huntsville Common Data Set 2025–26. 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
- $22,758full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $32,089sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $12,458Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $27,148Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 63%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 84%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $72,09810 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,550federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 6,591Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 28%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 31%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of North Alabama Florence, AL — admits 87%
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL — admits 88%
- Troy University Troy, AL — admits 96%
- Murray State University Murray, KY — admits 86%
Also worth a look
- Alabama A & M University Normal, AL — admits 58%
- Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL — admits 78%
- University of South Alabama Mobile, AL — admits 71%
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA — admits 71%
- State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY — admits 60%
- Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA — admits 78%
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 in Huntsville, 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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