The average acceptance rate of the 13 public Alabama colleges that have competitive admission is 78.00% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.4%. The acceptance rate at 5 public Alabama colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.
Auburn University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 50.00%. University of Montevallo (53.99%) and University of South Alabama (65.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Alabama Public Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Auburn University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Montevallo also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,069 and graduate tuition & fees is $22,898 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Auburn University Auburn, ALPublic, 4-year | 50.00% 6.26% | 24.00% | 1,310 | $33,944 ($12,536) | 31,764 | 80.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 2 - | University of Montevallo Montevallo, ALPublic, 4-year | 53.99% 5.85% | 15.00% | - | $26,730 ($13,710) | 2,586 | 54.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 3 - | University of South Alabama Mobile, ALPublic, 4-year | 65.00% 0.36% | 23.01% | 1,100 | $18,652 ($9,676) | 13,438 | 47.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 4 - | Alabama A & M University Normal, ALPublic, 4-year | 66.00% 2.40% | 19.00% | 940 | $18,634 ($10,024) | 6,007 | 26.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 5 1 | University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, ALPublic, 4-year | 74.00% 4.10% | 26.01% | 1,330 | $24,770 ($11,878) | 9,237 | 62.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 6 2 | The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, ALPublic, 4-year | 76.00% 4.06% | 19.00% | 1,280 | $33,200 ($11,900) | 38,644 | 72.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, ALPublic, 4-year | 76.00% 2.46% | 20.00% | 1,090 | $22,716 ($12,426) | 9,632 | 52.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 8 3 | University of West Alabama Livingston, ALPublic, 4-year | 87.02% 18.16% | 18.02% | 905 | $20,090 ($10,990) | 5,860 | 38.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 9 - | University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, ALPublic, 4-year | 88.00% 1.32% | 22.00% | 1,260 | $21,864 ($8,832) | 21,639 | 64.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 10 - | Auburn University at Montgomery Montgomery, ALPublic, 4-year | 93.00% 0.77% | 20.02% | 1,100 | $20,092 ($9,436) | 5,109 | 35.00% | 15 to 1 |
| Average | 72.90% | 20.61% | 1,146 | $24,069 ($11,141) | 14,392 | 53.00% | 17 to 1 |