Admissions & selectivity
The University of Alabama Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at The University of Alabama?
The University of Alabama’s reported acceptance rate is 76.6%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 76.6%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: The University of Alabama Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, The University of Alabama reported 61,994 first-year applicants and 44,124 admitted applicants, giving a count-based view of a recent admissions cycle. The federal admission rate is 76.6%, below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled The University of Alabama students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.85 reported average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, based on the 98.9% who reported a GPA. This is an average, not a cutoff.
For enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored from 1100 to 1360; 19% submitted SAT scores. Applicants can use this school’s SAT range as context for recent score submitters, rather than as a minimum.
Among ACT submitters, the middle half scored from 22 to 31, and 53% of enrolled first-year students submitted ACT scores. Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 23% were in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 48% were in the highest quarter.
Class rank was reported by 38% of the entering class, so those shares describe that reported-rank group.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at The University of Alabama. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
19% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1100
- Median
- 1210
- 75th percentile
- 1360
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
53% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 22
- Median
- 26
- 75th percentile
- 31
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: The University of Alabama Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at The University of Alabama?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18.4%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 13.7%
- First-year retention
- 89.5%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
The University of Alabama enrolls a large undergraduate population that includes Pell Grant recipients and people arriving through transfer routes. Pell Grant recipients make up 18.4% of undergraduates, and an estimated 13.7% enter as transfers or part-time students.
Federal enrollment data list 33,227 undergraduates. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 5,718 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 2,919 admitted, and 1,257 enrolled.
Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should compare their own aid offers and transfer-credit evaluations before deciding. The mix points to a campus serving both direct entrants and people continuing a college path begun elsewhere.
Persistence and completion both run above the peer medians, though Pell recipients complete at a lower rate. At 89.5%, the first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor’s-seeking entrants exceeds the 83.1% peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The first-time full-time cohort’s six-year graduation rate is 73.4%, above its peer median of 65.0%. Pell recipients in that cohort have a six-year completion rate of 56.7%, below the overall rate by 16.7 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect above-peer persistence and completion measures, alongside a lower completion figure for Pell recipients.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.