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University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL · Public · 8,879 students · mostly bachelor degrees
40th-cheapest of 65 Alabama colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$17,648
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$25,476
Graduation rate
53%
Admission rate
71%
Median graduate earnings
$49,379
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$24,929
Average SAT
1147
Median ACT
23
Pell grant recipients
38%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
123 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree$137,559Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Master's Degree56 grads/yr$124,566Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree806 grads/yr$122,851Medicine · Doctoral Degree$114,506Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree4 grads/yr$101,194Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$100,166Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Doctoral Degree1 grads/yr$94,463Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$93,943Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$89,052Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$81,627Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$80,317Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$78,187Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree347 grads/yr$78,024Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree35 grads/yr$73,218Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Bachelor's Degree59 grads/yr$69,490Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree26 grads/yr$65,988Information Science/Studies · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$64,455Accounting · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$64,410Mathematics and Statistics · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$62,719Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$62,084Geology/Earth Science, General · Bachelor's Degree6 grads/yr$61,632Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Master's Degree8 grads/yr$61,561Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree40 grads/yr$59,602Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$59,513Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree9 grads/yr$58,540
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.