unitid 100663 · Birmingham, AL · public 4-year · city (midsize)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- enrollment 2023
- 25,357
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
88%
63rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
11,635
76th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
34%
undergrads on Pell grants
56th pctl among public 4-years
completion
64%
finish within 150% time
82nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,145
81st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$18,749
after aid, aided students
87th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,501
after entry, Title IV students
61st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,300
75th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $16,172 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k35%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+18%
- Median family income
- $34,489
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,098
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 588 | $116,130 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 384 | $105,063 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 363 | $84,228 | $21,911 |
| Public Health. | 277 | $83,804 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 251 | $44,287 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General. | 236 | $55,561 | $25,000 |
| Medicine. | 168 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 167 | — | — |
| Engineering, General. | 166 | $128,054 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 134 | $62,800 | $26,625 |
| Biology, General. | 133 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 127 | $47,189 | $24,573 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.