unitid 101587 · Livingston, AL · public 4-year · rural (remote)
University of West Alabama
- enrollment 2023
- 8,933
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
43%
7th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,974
35th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
58%
undergrads on Pell grants
93rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
35%
finish within 150% time
28th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,758
52nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,684
after aid, aided students
49th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$44,232
after entry, Title IV students
31st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$24,944
88th 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 $12,179 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
- 0-30k48%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $25,553
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,990
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.8× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 458 | $56,658 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 126 | $76,111 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 96 | — | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 94 | $58,729 | — |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 77 | $64,379 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 72 | $50,652 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 68 | — | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 68 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 63 | $57,611 | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 62 | $36,443 | $39,700 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design. | 42 | $56,907 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 38 | $66,588 | $25,875 |
— 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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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.