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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Montgomery, AL
Population 300,000
Website http://www.alasu.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%)
Sunshine Hours 2,738 (70%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (67%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,403
Men / Women 37% / 63%
From State 43%
From Region 32%
Athletes 12.9%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 86%
International 3%
White 2%
Hispanic 1%
Mixed 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 45.2% 45.2% 2012 Men: 44.7% 44.7% 2013 Men: 41.9% 41.9% 2014 Men: 36.6% 36.6% 2015 Men: 39.1% 39.1% 2016 Men: 37.0% 37.0% 2017 Men: 36.9% 36.9% 2018 Men: 35.5% 35.5% 2019 Men: 37.3% 37.3% 2020 Men: 35.6% 35.6% 2021 Men: 33.7% 33.7% 2022 Men: 38.3% 38.3% 2023 Men: 37.5% 37.5% 2024 Men: 33.8% 33.8%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2011 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2012 Black: 99.1% 99.1% 2013 Black: 97.4% 97.4% 2014 Black: 98.3% 98.3% 2015 Black: 97.4% 97.4% 2016 Black: 90.6% 90.6% 2017 Black: 95.4% 95.4% 2018 Black: 94.2% 94.2% 2019 Black: 91.0% 91.0% 2020 Black: 92.9% 92.9% 2021 Black: 94.0% 94.0% 2022 Black: 94.6% 94.6% 2023 Black: 93.6% 93.6% 2024 Black: 92.4% 92.4% 2011 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2018 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2019 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2011 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2012 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 White: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2018 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2011 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2019 International: 4.5% 4.5% 2020 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 International: 0.8% 0.8%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Black: 92.8% 92.8% 2021 Black: 92.6% 92.6% 2022 Black: 92.7% 92.7% 2023 Black: 92.3% 92.3% 2024 Black: 88.2% 88.2% 2025 Black: 86.3% 86.3% 2020 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2025 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 White: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2025 White: 1.7% 1.7% 2020 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2024 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2025 International: 2.6% 2.6%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business Administration 61 48% / 52% 13% $54,081 54 97%
Computer Information Systems 13 — 69% / 31% 31% $48,421 38 100%
Accounting 15 — 27% / 73% 7% $65,723 76 90%
Business Management 18 — 50% / 50% 6% $48,066 36 100%
Finance 7 — 57% / 43% 14% $60,559 68 —
Marketing 8 — 38% / 62% 12% $49,322 40 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 42 33% / 67% 2% $50,960 45 94%
Recreation Administration 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $43,825 24 —
Early Childhood Education 11 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,582 44 93%
Elementary Education 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $50,582 44 93%
Physical Education 12 — 75% / 25% 8% $53,307 52 95%
Secondary Education 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $50,582 44 93%
Special Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,361 57 —
Music Education 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $53,307 52 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Sciences 28 32% / 68% 0% $45,548 29 97%
Rehabilitation Services 24 — 38% / 62% 0% $45,158 28 97%
Health Information Management 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,893 36 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 154 18% / 82% 0% $43,535 23 93%
Communications 25 — 52% / 48% 0% $39,752 14 88%
English 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,876 21 —
History 2 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Political Science 17 — 12% / 88% 0% $48,606 38 —
Psychology 38 — 11% / 89% 0% $42,259 20 93%
Social Work 17 — 12% / 88% 0% $45,732 29 96%
Criminal Justice 41 — 12% / 88% 0% $43,714 24 94%
Forensic Science 13 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,532 26 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 98 22% / 78% 5% $58,486 64 92%
Biomedical Engineering 13 — 38% / 62% 15% $80,318 90 —
Computer Science 11 — 45% / 55% 27% $87,947 94 —
Chemistry 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,960 39 —
Forensic Chemistry 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,679 38 —
Mathematics 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $57,517 62 —
Biology 62 — 16% / 84% 0% $49,854 42 92%
Marine Biology — — — — $44,607 26 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Visual and Performing Arts 48 40% / 60% 0% $34,645 7 100%
Dance 16 — 19% / 81% 0% $36,531 10 —
Music 15 — 53% / 47% 0% $35,728 9 —
Theatre Arts 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $30,274 4 100%
Visual Arts 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $35,856 9 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
University College 50 64% / 36% 6% $38,818 13 100%
Interdisciplinary Studies 50 — 64% / 36% 6% $38,818 13 100%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,817
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $20,826
Est. In-State Cost $15,286
Est. Out-of-State Cost $26,941
ROI Percentile 34th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 70%
4-Year Graduation Rate 15%
6-Year Graduation Rate 30%
Transfer-Out Rate 35%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 26.2% 26.2% 2012 Graduated: 26.3% 26.3% 2013 Graduated: 25.2% 25.2% 2014 Graduated: 26.3% 26.3% 2015 Graduated: 27.0% 27.0% 2016 Graduated: 21.7% 21.7% 2017 Graduated: 27.7% 27.7% 2018 Graduated: 30.0% 30.0% 2019 Graduated: 32.8% 32.8% 2020 Graduated: 31.8% 31.8% 2021 Graduated: 28.4% 28.4% 2022 Graduated: 27.7% 27.7% 2023 Graduated: 30.2% 30.2% 2024 Graduated: 30.3% 30.3%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 20.4% 20.4% 2012 Men: 19.4% 19.4% 2013 Men: 17.7% 17.7% 2014 Men: 18.5% 18.5% 2015 Men: 19.5% 19.5% 2016 Men: 14.7% 14.7% 2017 Men: 24.6% 24.6% 2018 Men: 22.1% 22.1% 2019 Men: 27.2% 27.2% 2020 Men: 23.1% 23.1% 2021 Men: 23.1% 23.1% 2022 Men: 19.1% 19.1% 2023 Men: 24.4% 24.4% 2024 Men: 23.3% 23.3% 2011 Women: 30.9% 30.9% 2012 Women: 32.0% 32.0% 2013 Women: 30.9% 30.9% 2014 Women: 33.0% 33.0% 2015 Women: 32.5% 32.5% 2016 Women: 27.4% 27.4% 2017 Women: 30.2% 30.2% 2018 Women: 35.6% 35.6% 2019 Women: 36.6% 36.6% 2020 Women: 36.7% 36.7% 2021 Women: 31.9% 31.9% 2022 Women: 32.8% 32.8% 2023 Women: 33.6% 33.6% 2024 Women: 34.2% 34.2%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 26.4% 26.4% 2012 Black: 26.4% 26.4% 2013 Black: 25.2% 25.2% 2014 Black: 26.0% 26.0% 2015 Black: 27.2% 27.2% 2016 Black: 21.7% 21.7% 2017 Black: 27.3% 27.3% 2018 Black: 29.5% 29.5% 2019 Black: 30.8% 30.8% 2020 Black: 32.2% 32.2% 2021 Black: 28.4% 28.4% 2022 Black: 27.2% 27.2% 2023 Black: 29.4% 29.4% 2024 Black: 30.6% 30.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 31.2% 150 37% / 63% 2% $41,805 19 95%
Life & Natural Sciences 12.9% 62 16% / 84% 0% $49,854 42 92%
Business & Economics 11.6% 56 39% / 61% 7% $54,221 54 95%
Professional 11.2% 54 9% / 91% 0% $43,911 24 94%
Arts 10.4% 50 40% / 60% 0% $35,392 8 99%
Education 7.5% 36 31% / 69% 3% $51,623 47 93%
Computer Science 5.0% 24 58% / 42% 29% $66,537 77 100%
Health Sciences 5.0% 24 38% / 62% 0% $45,158 28 97%
Engineering 2.7% 13 38% / 62% 15% $80,318 90 —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.5% 12 17% / 83% 0% $52,432 49 —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $3.5M #212 87% $0 3 #204 18 —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.4M #472 93% $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 4 #390 — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0 #540 — $0 — — — —
Total $3.9M #414 87% $0 7 #504 18 —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 50%
Yield (Unbound) 15%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 50% 50% 50%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 50.8% 50.8% 2012 Acceptance: 46.0% 46.0% 2013 Acceptance: 51.3% 51.3% 2014 Acceptance: 53.3% 53.3% 2015 Acceptance: 46.4% 46.4% 2016 Acceptance: 45.9% 45.9% 2017 Acceptance: 97.9% 97.9% 2018 Acceptance: 97.7% 97.7% 2019 Acceptance: 96.9% 96.9% 2020 Acceptance: 98.9% 98.9% 2021 Acceptance: 98.0% 98.0% 2022 Acceptance: 96.6% 96.6% 2023 Acceptance: 95.6% 95.6% 2024 Acceptance: 97.6% 97.6% 2011 Yield: 30.3% 30.3% 2012 Yield: 31.6% 31.6% 2013 Yield: 28.2% 28.2% 2014 Yield: 26.7% 26.7% 2015 Yield: 26.3% 26.3% 2016 Yield: 28.2% 28.2% 2017 Yield: 14.4% 14.4% 2018 Yield: 13.6% 13.6% 2019 Yield: 15.8% 15.8% 2020 Yield: 14.0% 14.0% 2021 Yield: 15.2% 15.2% 2022 Yield: 14.5% 14.5% 2023 Yield: 18.6% 18.6% 2024 Yield: 15.0% 15.0%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 7,158 7,158 2012 Applicants: 7,592 7,592 2013 Applicants: 10,245 10,245 2014 Applicants: 7,673 7,673 2015 Applicants: 8,356 8,356 2016 Applicants: 9,053 9,053 2017 Applicants: 6,842 6,842 2018 Applicants: 7,783 7,783 2019 Applicants: 6,674 6,674 2020 Applicants: 7,027 7,027 2021 Applicants: 5,974 5,974 2022 Applicants: 6,731 6,731 2023 Applicants: 5,346 5,346 2024 Applicants: 7,229 7,229 2011 Admitted: 3,636 3,636 2012 Admitted: 3,495 3,495 2013 Admitted: 5,251 5,251 2014 Admitted: 4,087 4,087 2015 Admitted: 3,876 3,876 2016 Admitted: 4,155 4,155 2017 Admitted: 6,696 6,696 2018 Admitted: 7,607 7,607 2019 Admitted: 6,467 6,467 2020 Admitted: 6,948 6,948 2021 Admitted: 5,854 5,854 2022 Admitted: 6,502 6,502 2023 Admitted: 5,113 5,113 2024 Admitted: 7,052 7,052 2011 Enrolled: 1,101 1,101 2012 Enrolled: 1,106 1,106 2013 Enrolled: 1,479 1,479 2014 Enrolled: 1,091 1,091 2015 Enrolled: 1,021 1,021 2016 Enrolled: 1,172 1,172 2017 Enrolled: 967 967 2018 Enrolled: 1,038 1,038 2019 Enrolled: 1,023 1,023 2020 Enrolled: 975 975 2021 Enrolled: 890 890 2022 Enrolled: 943 943 2023 Enrolled: 951 951 2024 Enrolled: 1,056 1,056

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 35%
SAT Range 740 – 960
SAT Math Range 350 – 460
SAT RW Range 390 – 500

SAT Composite

25th 75th
700 800 900 1000 1100 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 710 710 2012 25th: 730 730 2013 25th: 750 750 2014 25th: 760 760 2015 25th: 730 730 2016 25th: 730 730 2017 25th: 755 755 2018 25th: 860 860 2019 25th: 880 880 2020 25th: 844 844 2021 25th: 839 839 2022 25th: 828 828 2023 25th: 865 865 2024 25th: 749 749 2011 75th: 900 900 2012 75th: 940 940 2013 75th: 960 960 2014 75th: 950 950 2015 75th: 910 910 2016 75th: 920 920 2017 75th: 966 966 2018 75th: 1030 1030 2019 75th: 1020 1020 2020 75th: 1049 1049 2021 75th: 1050 1050 2022 75th: 1041 1041 2023 75th: 1069 1069 2024 75th: 967 967

SAT Math

25th 75th
350 400 450 500 550 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 350 350 2012 25th: 360 360 2013 25th: 370 370 2014 25th: 380 380 2015 25th: 360 360 2016 25th: 360 360 2017 25th: 375 375 2018 25th: 420 420 2019 25th: 430 430 2020 25th: 406 406 2021 25th: 397 397 2022 25th: 399 399 2023 25th: 421 421 2024 25th: 350 350 2011 75th: 450 450 2012 75th: 480 480 2013 75th: 480 480 2014 75th: 480 480 2015 75th: 460 460 2016 75th: 460 460 2017 75th: 481 481 2018 75th: 510 510 2019 75th: 510 510 2020 75th: 518 518 2021 75th: 516 516 2022 75th: 510 510 2023 75th: 531 531 2024 75th: 462 462

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
350 400 450 500 550 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 360 360 2012 25th: 370 370 2013 25th: 380 380 2014 25th: 380 380 2015 25th: 370 370 2016 25th: 370 370 2017 25th: 380 380 2018 25th: 440 440 2019 25th: 450 450 2020 25th: 438 438 2021 25th: 442 442 2022 25th: 429 429 2023 25th: 444 444 2024 25th: 399 399 2011 75th: 450 450 2012 75th: 460 460 2013 75th: 480 480 2014 75th: 470 470 2015 75th: 450 450 2016 75th: 460 460 2017 75th: 485 485 2018 75th: 520 520 2019 75th: 510 510 2020 75th: 531 531 2021 75th: 534 534 2022 75th: 531 531 2023 75th: 538 538 2024 75th: 505 505

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 50.0% 50.0% 2022 Submitted: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 Submitted: 42.0% 42.0% 2024 Submitted: 35.0% 35.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.