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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Livingston, AL
Population 15,000
Website http://www.westal.edu/
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Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,063
Men / Women 26% / 74%
From State 83%
From Region 14%
Athletes 16.0%

Racial/Ethnic

White 48%
Black 39%
Mixed 3%
Hispanic 2%
International 2%
Native American 1%
Asian 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 45.8% 45.8% 2012 Men: 45.8% 45.8% 2013 Men: 41.6% 41.6% 2014 Men: 49.1% 49.1% 2015 Men: 49.8% 49.8% 2016 Men: 46.7% 46.7% 2017 Men: 40.6% 40.6% 2018 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2019 Men: 41.9% 41.9% 2020 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2021 Men: 42.2% 42.2% 2022 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2023 Men: 40.0% 40.0% 2024 Men: 36.5% 36.5%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2015 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2016 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2017 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2014 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Black: 44.0% 44.0% 2012 Black: 43.8% 43.8% 2013 Black: 48.3% 48.3% 2014 Black: 46.8% 46.8% 2015 Black: 46.7% 46.7% 2016 Black: 39.9% 39.9% 2017 Black: 41.6% 41.6% 2018 Black: 38.3% 38.3% 2019 Black: 44.4% 44.4% 2020 Black: 36.1% 36.1% 2021 Black: 38.2% 38.2% 2022 Black: 38.7% 38.7% 2023 Black: 46.1% 46.1% 2024 Black: 46.3% 46.3% 2011 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2014 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2016 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2017 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2018 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2020 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5% 2024 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2011 White: 54.4% 54.4% 2012 White: 54.8% 54.8% 2013 White: 45.0% 45.0% 2014 White: 49.7% 49.7% 2015 White: 50.7% 50.7% 2016 White: 54.2% 54.2% 2017 White: 51.4% 51.4% 2018 White: 42.3% 42.3% 2019 White: 42.8% 42.8% 2020 White: 52.1% 52.1% 2021 White: 52.5% 52.5% 2022 White: 50.9% 50.9% 2023 White: 42.8% 42.8% 2024 White: 42.9% 42.9% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2018 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2020 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 2.4% 2.4%

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% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Black: 42.0% 42.0% 2021 Black: 40.8% 40.8% 2022 Black: 37.6% 37.6% 2023 Black: 36.8% 36.8% 2024 Black: 38.4% 38.4% 2025 Black: 38.6% 38.6% 2020 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1% 2022 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2023 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2024 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2025 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2020 White: 43.3% 43.3% 2021 White: 43.3% 43.3% 2022 White: 45.1% 45.1% 2023 White: 47.2% 47.2% 2024 White: 48.3% 48.3% 2025 White: 48.4% 48.4% 2020 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2021 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2023 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2024 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2025 International: 2.3% 2.3%

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 38 26% / 74% 5% $57,735 62 98%
Accounting 15 — 20% / 80% 7% $60,614 68 100%
Business Administration 18 — 33% / 67% 0% $55,905 58 95%
Finance 1 — 0% / 100% 100% $62,658 71 —
Management Information Systems — — — — $60,902 68 —
Marketing 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $53,945 53 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 149 28% / 72% 2% $53,631 52 100%
Athletic Training 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $53,972 53 —
Exercise Science 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $44,280 25 100%
Sport Management 28 — 71% / 29% 7% $44,280 25 100%
Elementary Education 78 — 8% / 92% 0% $54,820 55 100%
Physical Education 5 — 20% / 80% 20% $52,395 49 94%
Special Education 23 — 13% / 87% 0% $63,562 73 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 189 39% / 61% 3% $40,826 16 100%
Economics — — — — $60,098 67 —
Communication 24 — 38% / 62% 4% $42,512 20 —
English 3 +1 0% / 100% 0% $44,493 25 —
History 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $48,066 36 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 112 +1 46% / 54% 3% $38,388 12 100%
Psychology 28 — 14% / 86% 4% $44,171 24 —
Sociology 5 — 0% / 100% 20% $44,200 25 —
Music 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $40,153 15 —
Criminal Justice 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $48,504 37 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 17 35% / 65% 6% $48,528 37 100%
Chemistry 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $53,467 52 —
Mathematics 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $59,051 65 —
Biology 12 — 33% / 67% 8% $46,300 30 100%
Marine Biology — — — — $43,786 23 —
Natural Sciences 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,910 38 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Division of Technology 20 90% / 10% 0% $81,597 90
Applied Technology 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $80,220 89 —
Industrial Technology 16 +1 88% / 12% 0% $81,942 90 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Nursing 40 8% / 92% 2% $64,548 75 99%
Health Sciences 15 — 20% / 80% 7% $52,802 50 —
Nursing 25 — 0% / 100% 0% $71,597 83 99%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,546
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,373
Est. In-State Cost $14,936
Est. Out-of-State Cost $27,648
ROI Percentile 44th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 65%
4-Year Graduation Rate 14%
6-Year Graduation Rate 35%
Transfer-Out Rate 34%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 29.8% 29.8% 2012 Graduated: 34.4% 34.4% 2013 Graduated: 31.6% 31.6% 2014 Graduated: 32.9% 32.9% 2015 Graduated: 28.8% 28.8% 2016 Graduated: 31.0% 31.0% 2017 Graduated: 33.2% 33.2% 2018 Graduated: 31.2% 31.2% 2019 Graduated: 35.0% 35.0% 2020 Graduated: 40.1% 40.1% 2021 Graduated: 39.1% 39.1% 2022 Graduated: 38.5% 38.5% 2023 Graduated: 38.0% 38.0% 2024 Graduated: 34.7% 34.7%

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% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 22.2% 22.2% 2012 Men: 28.4% 28.4% 2013 Men: 22.4% 22.4% 2014 Men: 26.1% 26.1% 2015 Men: 30.1% 30.1% 2016 Men: 27.2% 27.2% 2017 Men: 24.5% 24.5% 2018 Men: 25.9% 25.9% 2019 Men: 29.0% 29.0% 2020 Men: 36.0% 36.0% 2021 Men: 30.6% 30.6% 2022 Men: 36.4% 36.4% 2023 Men: 33.2% 33.2% 2024 Men: 28.0% 28.0% 2011 Women: 36.2% 36.2% 2012 Women: 40.3% 40.3% 2013 Women: 40.5% 40.5% 2014 Women: 38.4% 38.4% 2015 Women: 28.0% 28.0% 2016 Women: 34.8% 34.8% 2017 Women: 40.5% 40.5% 2018 Women: 35.8% 35.8% 2019 Women: 39.3% 39.3% 2020 Women: 44.1% 44.1% 2021 Women: 47.6% 47.6% 2022 Women: 40.3% 40.3% 2023 Women: 41.4% 41.4% 2024 Women: 39.3% 39.3%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black White
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 31.1% 31.1% 2012 Black: 28.6% 28.6% 2013 Black: 27.7% 27.7% 2014 Black: 27.6% 27.6% 2015 Black: 21.1% 21.1% 2016 Black: 21.3% 21.3% 2017 Black: 22.1% 22.1% 2018 Black: 17.8% 17.8% 2019 Black: 34.3% 34.3% 2020 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2021 Black: 34.4% 34.4% 2022 Black: 34.9% 34.9% 2023 Black: 33.5% 33.5% 2024 Black: 29.7% 29.7% 2011 White: 29.1% 29.1% 2012 White: 38.9% 38.9% 2013 White: 33.1% 33.1% 2014 White: 39.0% 39.0% 2015 White: 36.0% 36.0% 2016 White: 36.1% 36.1% 2017 White: 39.1% 39.1% 2018 White: 45.8% 45.8% 2019 White: 35.6% 35.6% 2020 White: 46.7% 46.7% 2021 White: 44.1% 44.1% 2022 White: 41.1% 41.1% 2023 White: 46.7% 46.7% 2024 White: 38.8% 38.8%

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 39.3% 178 39% / 61% 3% $40,446 15 100%
Education 23.4% 106 9% / 91% 1% $56,602 59 100%
Business & Economics 14.6% 66 45% / 55% 6% $52,027 48 99%
Health Sciences 12.1% 55 25% / 75% 2% $60,607 68 99%
Professional 6.4% 29 72% / 28% 0% $71,327 82 —
Life & Natural Sciences 2.6% 12 33% / 67% 8% $46,300 30 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 0.7% 3 67% / 33% 0% $57,190 61 —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.4% 2 0% / 100% 0% $48,910 38 —
Arts 0.4% 2 100% / 0% 0% $40,153 15 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education — — — — 12 #303 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 12 #447 — —

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 No
Acceptance Rate 74%
Yield (Unbound) 33%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 74% 74% 74%

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: 67.6% 67.6% 2012 Acceptance: 48.6% 48.6% 2013 Acceptance: 99.6% 99.6% 2014 Acceptance: 72.0% 72.0% 2015 Acceptance: 73.5% 73.5% 2016 Acceptance: 53.1% 53.1% 2017 Acceptance: 28.2% 28.2% 2018 Acceptance: 39.7% 39.7% 2019 Acceptance: 34.9% 34.9% 2020 Acceptance: 93.1% 93.1% 2021 Acceptance: 74.3% 74.3% 2022 Acceptance: 68.9% 68.9% 2023 Acceptance: 87.1% 87.1% 2024 Acceptance: 42.7% 42.7% 2011 Yield: 55.9% 55.9% 2012 Yield: 77.8% 77.8% 2013 Yield: 82.6% 82.6% 2014 Yield: 47.9% 47.9% 2015 Yield: 47.8% 47.8% 2016 Yield: 68.8% 68.8% 2017 Yield: 22.1% 22.1% 2018 Yield: 11.8% 11.8% 2019 Yield: 12.2% 12.2% 2020 Yield: 15.0% 15.0% 2021 Yield: 30.7% 30.7% 2022 Yield: 14.4% 14.4% 2023 Yield: 17.7% 17.7% 2024 Yield: 33.4% 33.4%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 937 937 2012 Applicants: 937 937 2013 Applicants: 462 462 2014 Applicants: 1,014 1,014 2015 Applicants: 1,195 1,195 2016 Applicants: 1,032 1,032 2017 Applicants: 7,388 7,388 2018 Applicants: 8,870 8,870 2019 Applicants: 7,569 7,569 2020 Applicants: 1,834 1,834 2021 Applicants: 1,539 1,539 2022 Applicants: 3,131 3,131 2023 Applicants: 2,041 2,041 2024 Applicants: 2,729 2,729 2011 Admitted: 633 633 2012 Admitted: 455 455 2013 Admitted: 460 460 2014 Admitted: 730 730 2015 Admitted: 878 878 2016 Admitted: 548 548 2017 Admitted: 2,084 2,084 2018 Admitted: 3,518 3,518 2019 Admitted: 2,644 2,644 2020 Admitted: 1,708 1,708 2021 Admitted: 1,144 1,144 2022 Admitted: 2,156 2,156 2023 Admitted: 1,778 1,778 2024 Admitted: 1,164 1,164 2011 Enrolled: 354 354 2012 Enrolled: 354 354 2013 Enrolled: 380 380 2014 Enrolled: 350 350 2015 Enrolled: 420 420 2016 Enrolled: 377 377 2017 Enrolled: 461 461 2018 Enrolled: 415 415 2019 Enrolled: 322 322 2020 Enrolled: 257 257 2021 Enrolled: 351 351 2022 Enrolled: 311 311 2023 Enrolled: 315 315 2024 Enrolled: 389 389

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 64%
SAT Range 860 – 1120
SAT Math Range 420 – 560
SAT RW Range 440 – 560

SAT Composite

25th 75th
600 800 1000 1200 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 997 997 2015 25th: 790 790 2016 25th: 860 860 2017 25th: 860 860 2018 25th: 860 860 2019 25th: 860 860 2021 25th: 880 880 2022 25th: 880 880 2023 25th: 820 820 2024 25th: 860 860 2011 75th: 1160 1160 2015 75th: 1090 1090 2016 75th: 1020 1020 2017 75th: 1020 1020 2018 75th: 1020 1020 2019 75th: 1020 1020 2021 75th: 980 980 2022 75th: 980 980 2023 75th: 978 978 2024 75th: 1120 1120

SAT Math

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 535 535 2015 25th: 360 360 2016 25th: 420 420 2017 25th: 420 420 2018 25th: 420 420 2019 25th: 420 420 2021 25th: 450 450 2022 25th: 450 450 2023 25th: 350 350 2024 25th: 420 420 2011 75th: 660 660 2015 75th: 560 560 2016 75th: 500 500 2017 75th: 500 500 2018 75th: 500 500 2019 75th: 500 500 2021 75th: 510 510 2022 75th: 510 510 2023 75th: 428 428 2024 75th: 560 560

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 462 462 2015 25th: 430 430 2016 25th: 440 440 2017 25th: 440 440 2018 25th: 440 440 2019 25th: 440 440 2021 25th: 430 430 2022 25th: 430 430 2023 25th: 470 470 2024 25th: 440 440 2011 75th: 500 500 2015 75th: 530 530 2016 75th: 520 520 2017 75th: 520 520 2018 75th: 520 520 2019 75th: 520 520 2021 75th: 470 470 2022 75th: 470 470 2023 75th: 550 550 2024 75th: 560 560

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: 100.0% 100.0% 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: 85.0% 85.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 71.0% 71.0% 2022 Submitted: 64.0% 64.0% 2023 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2024 Submitted: 64.0% 64.0%

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.