A total of 263,891 students are enrolled in Alabama colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In Alabama colleges and universites, 23,027 students are 18 years old or younger(8.73%), 66,075 students are 18 or 19 years old (25.04%), 55,976 students are between 20 and 22 years old (21.21%), 37,683 students are between 22 and 24 years old (14.28%), and 27,243 students are between 25 and 29 years old (10.32%).
28,980 students are between 30 and 39 years old (10.98%), 15,317 students are between 40 and 49 years old (5.80%), 7,412 students are 50 years old or older (2.81%).
In Alabama 4-year colleges and universites, 4,694 students are 18 years old or younger(1.25%), 44,972 students are 18 or 19 years old (12.00%), 44,680 students are between 20 and 22 years old (11.92%), 30,240 students are between 22 and 24 years old (8.07%), 21,101 students are between 25 and 29 years old (5.63%), 22,637 students are between 30 and 39 years old (6.04%), 12,701 students are between 40 and 49 years old (3.39%), 6,154 students are 50 years old or older (1.64%)
In Alabama community colleges, there are 39,305 students are younger than 20 years old (25.82%), 18,583 students are between 20 and 24 years old (12.21%), 6,105 students are between 25 and 29 years old (4.01%), and 10,182 students are 30 years old or older (6.69%).
In Alabama trade schools, there are 131 students are younger than 20 years old (18.25%), 156 students are between 20 and 24 years old (21.73%), 37 students are between 25 and 29 years old (5.15%), and 35 students are 30 years old or older (4.87%).
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 263,891 | 23,027 (8.73%) |
66,075 (25.04%) |
55,976 (21.21%) |
37,683 (14.28%) |
27,243 (10.32%) |
28,980 (10.98%) |
15,317 (5.80%) |
7,412 (2.81%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 374,856 | 4,694 (1.25%) |
44,972 (12.00%) |
44,680 (11.92%) |
30,240 (8.07%) |
21,101 (5.63%) |
22,637 (6.04%) |
12,701 (3.39%) |
6,154 (1.64%) |
| Community Colleges | 152,208 | 18,331 (12.04%) |
20,974 (13.78%) |
11,196 (7.36%) |
7,387 (4.85%) |
6,105 (4.01%) |
6,315 (4.15%) |
2,609 (1.71%) |
1,258 (0.83%) |
| Trade Schools | 718 | 2 (0.28%) |
129 (17.97%) |
100 (13.93%) |
56 (7.80%) |
37 (5.15%) |
28 (3.90%) |
7 (0.97%) |
0 (0.00%) |
The following table compares student population by age between Alabama colleges. A total of 263,891 students have enrolled in Alabama colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama College of Osteopathic MedicinePrivate, 4-year | 761 | - | - | 5 (0.66%) | 191 (25.10%) |
459 (60.32%) |
104 (13.67%) |
2 (0.26%) | - |
| The Salon Professional Academy-HuntsvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 63 | - | 24 (38.10%) |
19 (30.16%) | 12 (19.05%) |
5 (7.94%) |
3 (4.76%) |
- | - |
| University Academy of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 44 | - | 11 (25.00%) |
9 (20.45%) | 8 (18.18%) |
9 (20.45%) |
6 (13.64%) |
1 (2.27%) | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-BirminghamPrivate, Less than 2-year | 142 | 2 (1.41%) |
58 (40.85%) |
42 (29.58%) | 15 (10.56%) |
11 (7.75%) |
12 (8.45%) |
2 (1.41%) | - |
| Columbia Southern UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 15,948 | 36 (0.23%) |
79 (0.50%) |
272 (1.71%) | 613 (3.84%) |
2,005 (12.57%) |
5,855 (36.71%) |
4,759 (29.84%) | 2,329 (14.60%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-HuntsvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 110 | - | 36 (32.73%) |
30 (27.27%) | 21 (19.09%) |
12 (10.91%) |
7 (6.36%) |
4 (3.64%) | - |
| Southern Union State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,386 | 457 (10.42%) |
1,724 (39.31%) |
927 (21.14%) | 506 (11.54%) |
335 (7.64%) |
279 (6.36%) |
102 (2.33%) | 56 (1.28%) |
| Bevill State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,703 | 1,344 (36.29%) |
957 (25.84%) |
418 (11.29%) | 275 (7.43%) |
270 (7.29%) |
261 (7.05%) |
117 (3.16%) | 61 (1.65%) |
| United States Sports AcademyPrivate, 4-year | 240 | - | 1 (0.42%) |
1 (0.42%) | 26 (10.83%) |
40 (16.67%) |
68 (28.33%) |
69 (28.75%) | 35 (14.58%) |
| Tuskegee UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,570 | 86 (3.35%) |
938 (36.50%) |
763 (29.69%) | 374 (14.55%) |
209 (8.13%) |
64 (2.49%) |
15 (0.58%) | 8 (0.31%) |
| Troy UniversityPublic, 4-year | 14,156 | 320 (2.26%) |
2,245 (15.86%) |
2,604 (18.40%) | 2,402 (16.97%) |
2,039 (14.40%) |
2,618 (18.49%) |
1,300 (9.18%) | 628 (4.44%) |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,984 | 320 (16.13%) |
435 (21.93%) |
320 (16.13%) | 272 (13.71%) |
242 (12.20%) |
242 (12.20%) |
93 (4.69%) | 60 (3.02%) |
| Spring Hill CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,046 | 19 (1.82%) |
374 (35.76%) |
418 (39.96%) | 105 (10.04%) |
36 (3.44%) |
43 (4.11%) |
18 (1.72%) | 32 (3.06%) |
| University of South AlabamaPublic, 4-year | 13,438 | 262 (1.95%) |
2,828 (21.04%) |
2,762 (20.55%) | 2,437 (18.14%) |
1,857 (13.82%) |
2,015 (14.99%) |
910 (6.77%) | 367 (2.73%) |
| Snead State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,507 | 481 (19.19%) |
917 (36.58%) |
462 (18.43%) | 250 (9.97%) |
143 (5.70%) |
157 (6.26%) |
71 (2.83%) | 26 (1.04%) |
| Shelton State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,166 | 666 (15.99%) |
1,333 (32.00%) |
925 (22.20%) | 498 (11.95%) |
282 (6.77%) |
277 (6.65%) |
111 (2.66%) | 74 (1.78%) |
| Samford UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,682 | 23 (0.40%) |
1,696 (29.85%) |
1,726 (30.38%) | 1,174 (20.66%) |
510 (8.98%) |
293 (5.16%) |
168 (2.96%) | 92 (1.62%) |
| Bishop State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,968 | 953 (32.11%) |
570 (19.20%) |
324 (10.92%) | 255 (8.59%) |
327 (11.02%) |
332 (11.19%) |
143 (4.82%) | 64 (2.16%) |
| Reid State Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 434 | 98 (22.58%) |
121 (27.88%) |
54 (12.44%) | 33 (7.60%) |
52 (11.98%) |
46 (10.60%) |
25 (5.76%) | 5 (1.15%) |
| Oakwood UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,470 | 109 (7.41%) |
520 (35.37%) |
430 (29.25%) | 209 (14.22%) |
79 (5.37%) |
53 (3.61%) |
36 (2.45%) | 34 (2.31%) |
| Northeast Alabama Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,590 | 920 (35.52%) |
761 (29.38%) |
342 (13.20%) | 185 (7.14%) |
132 (5.10%) |
162 (6.25%) |
64 (2.47%) | 24 (0.93%) |
| Northwest Shoals Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,032 | 1,762 (43.70%) |
999 (24.78%) |
459 (11.38%) | 300 (7.44%) |
200 (4.96%) |
218 (5.41%) |
70 (1.74%) | 24 (0.60%) |
| University of MontevalloPublic, 4-year | 2,586 | 40 (1.55%) |
834 (32.25%) |
764 (29.54%) | 507 (19.61%) |
175 (6.77%) |
142 (5.49%) |
82 (3.17%) | 42 (1.62%) |
| Marion Military InstitutePublic, 2-4 year | 320 | 5 (1.56%) |
239 (74.69%) |
67 (20.94%) | 8 (2.50%) |
1 (0.31%) |
- | - | - |
| Lurleen B Wallace Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,929 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| University of West AlabamaPublic, 4-year | 5,860 | 56 (0.96%) |
488 (8.33%) |
531 (9.06%) | 866 (14.78%) |
1,087 (18.55%) |
1,469 (25.07%) |
902 (15.39%) | 333 (5.68%) |
| Lawson State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,919 | 308 (10.55%) |
843 (28.88%) |
468 (16.03%) | 354 (12.13%) |
335 (11.48%) |
342 (11.72%) |
190 (6.51%) | 79 (2.71%) |
| John C Calhoun State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,163 | 1,286 (15.75%) |
2,372 (29.06%) |
1,425 (17.46%) | 976 (11.96%) |
777 (9.52%) |
827 (10.13%) |
315 (3.86%) | 185 (2.27%) |
| Jefferson State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,431 | 2,505 (29.71%) |
1,827 (21.67%) |
1,168 (13.85%) | 925 (10.97%) |
802 (9.51%) |
749 (8.88%) |
312 (3.70%) | 143 (1.70%) |
| Jacksonville State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,632 | 1,019 (10.58%) |
2,995 (31.09%) |
2,217 (23.02%) | 1,516 (15.74%) |
694 (7.21%) |
623 (6.47%) |
374 (3.88%) | 193 (2.00%) |
| J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 976 | 252 (25.82%) |
149 (15.27%) |
91 (9.32%) | 101 (10.35%) |
121 (12.40%) |
145 (14.86%) |
75 (7.68%) | 42 (4.30%) |
| Heritage Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 143 | 5 (3.50%) |
8 (5.59%) |
6 (4.20%) | 19 (13.29%) |
27 (18.88%) |
29 (20.28%) |
23 (16.08%) | 26 (18.18%) |
| Huntingdon CollegePrivate, 4-year | 817 | - | 234 (28.64%) |
349 (42.72%) | 214 (26.19%) |
10 (1.22%) |
5 (0.61%) |
2 (0.24%) | 3 (0.37%) |
| George C Wallace State Community College-SelmaPublic, 2-4 year | 1,860 | 913 (49.09%) |
399 (21.45%) |
161 (8.66%) | 107 (5.75%) |
91 (4.89%) |
129 (6.94%) |
42 (2.26%) | 18 (0.97%) |
| George C Wallace State Community College-HancevillePublic, 2-4 year | 5,965 | 1,614 (27.06%) |
1,762 (29.54%) |
917 (15.37%) | 543 (9.10%) |
417 (6.99%) |
448 (7.51%) |
182 (3.05%) | 82 (1.37%) |
| George C Wallace Community College-DothanPublic, 2-4 year | 3,832 | 706 (18.42%) |
964 (25.16%) |
576 (15.03%) | 442 (11.53%) |
407 (10.62%) |
478 (12.47%) |
188 (4.91%) | 71 (1.85%) |
| Gadsden State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,352 | 675 (15.51%) |
1,345 (30.91%) |
690 (15.85%) | 487 (11.19%) |
418 (9.60%) |
450 (10.34%) |
197 (4.53%) | 90 (2.07%) |
| Faulkner UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,817 | 191 (6.78%) |
249 (8.84%) |
333 (11.82%) | 543 (19.28%) |
420 (14.91%) |
548 (19.45%) |
338 (12.00%) | 193 (6.85%) |
| Coastal Alabama Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,800 | 1,745 (25.66%) |
2,158 (31.74%) |
955 (14.04%) | 608 (8.94%) |
543 (7.99%) |
508 (7.47%) |
199 (2.93%) | 84 (1.24%) |
| Enterprise State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,010 | 579 (28.81%) |
616 (30.65%) |
256 (12.74%) | 145 (7.21%) |
139 (6.92%) |
163 (8.11%) |
67 (3.33%) | 45 (2.24%) |
| Birmingham-Southern CollegePrivate, 4-year | 975 | 4 (0.41%) |
411 (42.15%) |
440 (45.13%) | 103 (10.56%) |
11 (1.13%) |
5 (0.51%) |
1 (0.10%) | - |
| Auburn UniversityPublic, 4-year | 31,764 | 611 (1.92%) |
9,959 (31.35%) |
10,598 (33.36%) | 5,285 (16.64%) |
2,617 (8.24%) |
1,773 (5.58%) |
630 (1.98%) | 291 (0.92%) |
| Auburn University at MontgomeryPublic, 4-year | 5,109 | 273 (5.34%) |
841 (16.46%) |
1,030 (20.16%) | 1,327 (25.97%) |
823 (16.11%) |
503 (9.85%) |
205 (4.01%) | 103 (2.02%) |
| Athens State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,894 | 4 (0.14%) |
32 (1.11%) |
459 (15.86%) | 662 (22.87%) |
521 (18.00%) |
660 (22.81%) |
372 (12.85%) | 184 (6.36%) |
| Central Alabama Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,777 | 742 (41.76%) |
483 (27.18%) |
191 (10.75%) | 117 (6.58%) |
71 (4.00%) |
102 (5.74%) |
46 (2.59%) | 25 (1.41%) |
| The University of AlabamaPublic, 4-year | 38,644 | 1,245 (3.22%) |
13,990 (36.20%) |
12,065 (31.22%) | 5,006 (12.95%) |
2,307 (5.97%) |
2,350 (6.08%) |
1,091 (2.82%) | 590 (1.53%) |
| University of Alabama in HuntsvillePublic, 4-year | 9,237 | 216 (2.34%) |
2,058 (22.28%) |
2,508 (27.15%) | 1,847 (20.00%) |
1,223 (13.24%) |
899 (9.73%) |
305 (3.30%) | 181 (1.96%) |
| University of Alabama at BirminghamPublic, 4-year | 21,639 | 175 (0.81%) |
4,192 (19.37%) |
4,399 (20.33%) | 4,814 (22.25%) |
3,952 (18.26%) |
2,518 (11.64%) |
1,099 (5.08%) | 490 (2.26%) |