unitid 102094 · Mobile, AL · public 4-year · city (midsize)
University of South Alabama
- enrollment 2023
- 15,488
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
71%
28th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,879
69th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
38%
undergrads on Pell grants
66th pctl among public 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
64th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,476
67th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,648
after aid, aided students
82nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$49,379
after entry, Title IV students
48th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$24,929
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 $12,657 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%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+17%
- Median family income
- $36,199
- First-generation students
- 33%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,116
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× 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. | 806 | $120,778 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 347 | $70,878 | $26,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 166 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 134 | $59,484 | $27,000 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 112 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 102 | $141,035 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 100 | $44,930 | $25,949 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs. | 99 | $50,197 | $28,995 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 90 | $47,395 | $26,000 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General. | 76 | $44,628 | $29,625 |
| Medicine. | 74 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 65 | $53,595 | — |
— 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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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.