University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
- Public
- City
- 8,879 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 71%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $16,801per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 54%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $53,06910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
South Alabama's Early Acceptance Program offers qualifying high school seniors conditional admission to the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 71%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%)
- 970–1190Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 20–26Composite, 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
- $16,801full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $25,443sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $10,476Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $19,452Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 54%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 76%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $53,06910 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 8,879Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 45%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 33%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Troy University Troy, AL — admits 96%
- University of North Alabama Florence, AL — admits 87%
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL — admits 88%
- Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX — admits 94%
Also worth a look
- Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL — admits 78%
- Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN — admits 76%
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI — admits 76%
- Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ — admits 71%
- Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT — admits 73%
- 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 University of South Alabama, 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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