Admissions & selectivity
University of Alabama in Huntsville Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Alabama in Huntsville?
University of Alabama in Huntsville’s reported acceptance rate is 68.6%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 68.6%
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: University of Alabama in Huntsville Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
University of Alabama in Huntsville admits 68.6% of applicants, a rate that is more selective than the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 7,956 first-year applicants and 5,006 admitted applicants, with 1,220 enrolling.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled University of Alabama in Huntsville students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, University of Alabama in Huntsville reported that enrolled first-year students who submitted ACT composite scores spanned 23 to 31 for the middle half. 80% of enrolled students submitted ACT scores.
Among the far smaller share who submitted SAT scores, the middle half fell between 1200 and 1370; 8% of enrolled students did so. Among enrolled first-year students who reported a high-school class rank, 26% were in the upper tenth, 57% in the upper quarter, and 85% in the upper half.
40% of the entering class reported a rank. Prospective students can use the university’s ACT range of 23 to 31 and SAT range of 1200 to 1370 as context for recent enrolled submitters, not as fixed cutoffs.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Alabama in Huntsville. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
8% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1200
- Median
- 1300
- 75th percentile
- 1370
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
80% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 23
- Median
- 27
- 75th percentile
- 31
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at University of Alabama in Huntsville?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24.6%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 33.2%
- First-year retention
- 84.3%
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 in Huntsville enrolls 6,591 undergraduates, with 24.6% receiving Pell Grants. An estimated 33.2% enter as transfers or part-time students, so a substantial share of the student body did not begin college here.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 7,956 first-year applicants, 5,006 admitted, and 1,220 enrolled. For transfer students, 1,380 applied, 1,024 were admitted, and 626 enrolled.
Applicants who are Pell-eligible or arriving from another institution should use the cost calculator to estimate their own grant-adjusted price and review the transfer information alongside their intended field.
First-year retention runs above the median for comparable institutions (same type and size): 84.2% of the full-time bachelor's-seeking cohort return, against 73.7% for those peers. The six-year graduation rate is 64.3%, also above the peer median of 49.1%.
Pell recipients in the same entering cohort complete at 46.7%, 17.6 percentage points below the overall rate. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 84% of the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class returned for a second year.
Enrolled students can expect retention and graduation rates above the peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size), with a lower six-year completion rate 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.
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