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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL · Public · 11,635 students · mostly bachelor degrees
44th-cheapest of 65 Alabama colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$18,749
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$28,145
Graduation rate
64%
Admission rate
88%
Median graduate earnings
$54,501
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,300
Average SAT
1258
Median ACT
27
Pell grant recipients
34%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
182 programsDentistry · First Professional Degree79 grads/yr$162,018Optometry · First Professional Degree40 grads/yr$145,890Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree10 grads/yr$141,379Environmental Health · Graduate/Professional Certificate75 grads/yr$140,663Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree95 grads/yr$136,395Systems Science and Theory · Master's Degree8 grads/yr$124,712Engineering, General · Master's Degree166 grads/yr$118,501Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$117,049Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree588 grads/yr$115,581Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Master's Degree71 grads/yr$114,503Medicine · First Professional Degree168 grads/yr$112,084Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree384 grads/yr$108,063Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree87 grads/yr$104,654Management Information Systems, General · Master's Degree47 grads/yr$103,679Environmental Health · Master's Degree277 grads/yr$91,073Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$90,415Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$90,089Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$89,589Psychology, General · Doctoral Degree12 grads/yr$85,091Accounting · Master's Degree69 grads/yr$84,420Materials Engineering · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$83,985Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree4 grads/yr$80,699Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree59 grads/yr$79,843Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$79,074Education, General · Graduate/Professional Certificate9 grads/yr$78,653
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.