Colleges in Alabama
Solyo has full profiles for 7 colleges in Alabama: 5 public, 2 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $22,420 a year after grant aid, $855 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 78% of applicants. They sit across 5 cities, concentrated in Birmingham, Auburn, Jacksonville.
What Alabama costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Alabama public university is $12,180 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at Auburn University, where an out-of-state family pays $22,032 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $14,279 at Jacksonville State University to $32,622 at Samford University. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Alabama.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Alabama schools are
Auburn University admits 46% of applicants and Troy University admits 96%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Alabama is 1345 at Auburn University.
Every Alabama college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama · Public46% acceptance · $24,323 net price · 1345 avg SAT
- Birmingham Southern CollegeBirmingham, Alabama · Private nonprofit52% acceptance · $23,351 net price · 1197 avg SAT
- University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama · Public77% acceptance · $22,420 net price · 1285 avg SAT
- Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama · Public78% acceptance · $14,279 net price · 1059 avg SAT
- Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama · Private nonprofit82% acceptance · $32,622 net price · 1201 avg SAT
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama · Public88% acceptance · $18,749 net price · 1258 avg SAT
- Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama · Public96% acceptance · $16,527 net price · 1088 avg SAT
Other South states
On median net price Alabama is the 14th most affordable of the 17 South states in this directory, and the 5th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- Texas (17)
- Florida (12)
- Georgia (12)
- Virginia (12)
- North Carolina (11)
- Maryland (8)
- Tennessee (8)
- South Carolina (7)
- Kentucky (5)
- Louisiana (3)
- Oklahoma (3)
- District of Columbia (2)
- Mississippi (2)
- Delaware (1)
- West Virginia (1)
- Arkansas (1)
Where to go next
- College search filter Alabama and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- All 14 HBCUs in Alabama admission rates, net price and graduate earnings
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.