How many students at UAB? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 21,639 students have enrolled in University of Alabama at Birmingham with 13,032 undergraduate and 8,607 graduate students.
By gender, 7,903 male and 13,736 female students are attending the school.
It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
5,984 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,687 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
Student Population by Gender
University of Alabama at Birmingham has a total of 21,639 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 13,032 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,607 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 7,903 male and 13,736 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
| Total | Undergraduate | Graduate |
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| Total | 21,639 | 13,032 | 8,607 |
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| Men | 7,903 | 4,884 | 3,019 |
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| Women | 13,736 | 8,148 | 5,588 |
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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity
By race/ethnicity, 11,055 White, 4,590 Black, and 1,551 Asian students out of a total of 21,639 are attending at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 36 | 12 | 24 |
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| Asian | 1,551 | 604 | 947 |
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| Black | 4,590 | 1,272 | 3,318 |
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| Hispanic | 1,111 | 411 | 700 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 10 | 5 | 5 |
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| White | 11,055 | 4,139 | 6,916 |
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| Two or more races | 825 | 288 | 537 |
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| Race Unknown | 985 | 301 | 684 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 20 | 10 | 10 |
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| Asian | 1,066 | 423 | 643 |
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| Black | 3,309 | 1,002 | 2,307 |
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| Hispanic | 923 | 339 | 584 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 6 | 2 | 4 |
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| White | 6,661 | 2,681 | 3,980 |
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| Two or more races | 637 | 228 | 409 |
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| Race Unknown | 82 | 29 | 53 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 16 | 2 | 14 |
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| Asian | 485 | 181 | 304 |
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| Black | 1,281 | 270 | 1,011 |
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| Hispanic | 188 | 72 | 116 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 4 | 3 | 1 |
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| White | 4,394 | 1,458 | 2,936 |
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| Two or more races | 188 | 60 | 128 |
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| Race Unknown | 903 | 272 | 631 |
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Student Age Distribution
By age, UAB has 175 students under 18 years old and 19 students over 65 years old. There are 13,580 students under 25 years old, and 8,059 students over 25 years old out of 21,639 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 175 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. UAB has 10,938 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,094 students aged 25 and over.
It has 2,642 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,965 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 175 | 117 | 58 |
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| 18-19 | 4,192 | 2,789 | 1,403 |
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| 20-21 | 4,399 | 2,759 | 1,640 |
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| 22-24 | 4,814 | 2,920 | 1,894 |
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| 25-29 | 3,952 | 2,467 | 1,485 |
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| 30-34 | 1,603 | 1,004 | 599 |
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| 35-39 | 915 | 587 | 328 |
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| 40-49 | 1,099 | 763 | 336 |
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| 50-64 | 471 | 317 | 154 |
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| Over 65 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
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Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 175 | 117 | 58 |
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| 18-19 | 4,192 | 2,789 | 1,403 |
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| 20-21 | 4,294 | 2,708 | 1,586 |
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| 22-24 | 2,277 | 1,259 | 1,018 |
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| 25-29 | 924 | 510 | 414 |
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| 30-34 | 432 | 252 | 180 |
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| 35-39 | 267 | 179 | 88 |
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| 40-49 | 331 | 226 | 105 |
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| 50-64 | 135 | 104 | 31 |
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| Over 65 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
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Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| 20-21 | 105 | 51 | 54 |
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| 22-24 | 2,537 | 1,661 | 876 |
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| 25-29 | 3,028 | 1,957 | 1,071 |
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| 30-34 | 1,171 | 752 | 419 |
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| 35-39 | 648 | 408 | 240 |
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| 40-49 | 768 | 537 | 231 |
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| 50-64 | 336 | 213 | 123 |
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| Over 65 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
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Online Student Enrollment
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Alabama at Birmingham, 5,984 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,687 students are enrolled in some online courses.
4,199 students lived in Alabama or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,785 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
| All Students | Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses | Enrolled in Some Online Courses |
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| All Students | 21,639 | 5,984 | 8,687 |
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| Undergraduate | 13,032 | 2,436 | 7,157 |
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| Graduate | 8,607 | 3,548 | 1,530 |
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Online Student Population by Locality
| Alabama Residents | Other States in U.S. | Outside of U.S. |
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| All Students | 4,199 | 1,762 | 23 |
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| Undergraduate | 2,156 | 277 | 3 |
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| Graduate | 2,043 | 1,485 | 20 |
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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Among 13,032 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,133 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.69%.759 students have transferred in as full-time status and 374 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
| Number of Students |
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| Regular Full-time | 9,504 |
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| Transfer-in Full-time | 759 |
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| Regular Part-time | 2,395 |
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| Transfer-in Part-time | 374 |
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