Admissions & selectivity
University of Alabama at Birmingham Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Alabama at Birmingham?
University of Alabama at Birmingham’s reported acceptance rate is 88.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 88.2%
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: University of Alabama at Birmingham Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, University of Alabama at Birmingham reported 11,355 first-year applicants and 10,013 admitted applicants, a recent admissions-cycle count in which most applicants were admitted. The federal admission rate is 88.2%, meaning that share of the reported applicant pool received admission.
It is higher than the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled University of Alabama at Birmingham students report?
SAT submissions represent a small slice of the entering class, so the reported range is useful context rather than an admissions floor. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that 4% of enrolled first-year students submitted SAT scores; the middle half of those submitters scored from 1190 to 1430.
ACT results cover a larger submitted-score group: 43% of enrolled first-year students submitted ACT scores, and their middle half scored from 23 to 30. Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 24% were ranked in the first tenth and 47% in the first quarter; 34% of the entering class reported a rank.
Applicants should use the university's 1190 to 1430 SAT range and 23 to 30 ACT range as context for enrolled score submitters, not as minimums.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
4% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1190
- Median
- 1340
- 75th percentile
- 1430
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
43% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 23
- Median
- 26
- 75th percentile
- 30
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at University of Alabama at Birmingham?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 36.0%
- First-year retention
- 80.1%
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.
University of Alabama at Birmingham serves a mix of Pell Grant recipients and students continuing coursework through transfer routes, rather than a population defined only by first-year entry. Pell Grant recipients make up 34.0% of undergraduates.
Federal enrollment records list 11,635 undergraduates, and an estimated 36.0% enter as transfers or part-time students; this composition points to more than one route into the university. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 2,226 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 1,860 admitted, and 1,098 enrolled.
At University of Alabama at Birmingham, Pell recipients complete within six years less often than the overall first-time full-time cohort, and the broader persistence measures sit below comparable-institution benchmarks. The six-year graduation rate for that cohort is 64.2%, compared with a peer median of 65.0% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
First-year retention among full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students is 80.1%, versus 83.1% at comparable institutions. Pell recipients have a six-year completion rate of 52.8%, below the overall rate by 11.4 percentage points.
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.
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