Statewide Academic Impact

Institutional Metrics

The University of Alabama is Alabama’s oldest and largest public university. Faculty, students and staff work to make an impact on all levels of education in the state of Alabama.

As of Fall 2021, UA had 38,320 students enrolled. The beginning of the 2021-2022 school year marked several enrollment records:
- 17% increase in freshman class enrollment, making 2021 the largest freshman class ever
- 8% increase of in-state students
- 37% gain of underrepresented students
- 7% increase in graduate school enrollment
- 281 freshman National Merit Scholars
UA has over 940 National Merit Scholars currently enrolled (Fall 2021).
3,872 degrees awarded to Alabama residents during the 2020-2021 degree year.
The Center for Instructional Technology provided logistical and technological support for Alabama School Superintendents’ in 57 counties to support online learning needs.
UA has achieved R1 status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Academic OUTREACH

As of Fall 2021, UA had 38,320 students enrolled.
$245 million in scholarships was awarded to UA students in 2020.
3,872 degrees awarded to Alabama residents during the 2020-2021 degree year.
Alabama families saved $1,546,478.00 on college tuition through the UA Early College Partial Tuition Scholarships provided to all Alabama students.
The Center for Instructional Technology provided logistical and technological support for Alabama School Superintendents’ in 57 counties to support online learning needs.
During the 2019-2020 academic year ACCESS Virtual Learning provided distance learning education opportunities to 32,170 K12 students in Alabama.
143 faculty members carry the title of endowed chair or endowed professor, as the result of UA’s ongoing Capital Campaign, The Rising Tide. Donations have helped to fund transformative teaching and research.
Alabama Quality STARS, Alabama’s Quality Rating and Improvement System, is part of a national systematic approach to assess, improve, and communicate quality in early care and education programs. Alabama Quality STARS is a five STAR “building block” system with 92 centers throughout the state.
Alabama’s Education Policy Center, Alabama Articulation and General Studies Committee
(AGSC), and STARS hosted the 3rd Annual Alabama Transfer Student Success Conference. The conference theme was “Charting the Path Ahead: Providing Opportunities for Transfer Student Success Amid a Pandemic”. The Conference was attended by nearly 300 representatives
of Alabama community colleges, regional universities, and flagship universities, along with representatives from the 14 independent, regionally accredited private nonprofit colleges, including seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
The UA ACCESS Support Center, in collaboration with the Alabama State Department of Education, offers free online courses to all students in grades 7-12 in the state of Alabama. During the 2020-2021 academic year, ACCESS Virtual Learning provided distance learning education opportunities to 30,415 junior high and high school students in Alabama.
UA provided continuing legal education opportunities throughout the state.
The University of Alabama Press published 65 books on the history, culture, and art of Alabama.
According to PLEXUSS 2021 Global Rankings, UA offers the best business, art and engineering programs in the state.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2880 high school students in the state of Alabama were enrolled in UA Early College.

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