Total 316,144 Students Enrolled in Alabama Colleges

A total of 316,144 students are enrolled in Alabama colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

Student Level: There are 261,279 undergraduate and 54,865 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 82.65% and the proportion of graduate students is 17.35%.
Institution Level: 224,049 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 89,400 students enrolled in community colleges, and 2,695 students enrolled in trade schools.

Alabama 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 42 Alabama 4-year colleges, there are 224,049 students enrolled.

Institution Control: 181,767 (81.13%) students in public and 42,282 (18.87%) in private 4-year colleges.
Student Level: 169,184 (75.51%) undergraduate and 54,865 (24.49%) graduate students in Alabama public 4-year colleges.
Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in Alabama 4-year colleges, 57.44% are women (128,700) and 42.56% are men (95,349). This yields a ratio of approximately 74 male students for every 100 female students.
Online Enrollment: 35,739 (15.95%) undergraduate and 30,160 (13.46%) graduate students are enrolled online in Alabama 4-year colleges.
Largest and Smallest: For Alabama colleges, The University of Alabama has the most number of students of 40,846 among 4-year colleges. For Alabama community colleges, Jefferson State Community College has the most students of 9,240 and J F Ingram State Technical College is the largest trade school with 960.

Student Population By School Level for Alabama Colleges

By attending status, there are 204,809 full-time students and 110,604 part-time students at Alabama colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Alabama colleges. A total of 316,144 students have enrolled in Alabama colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Alabama Colleges
School	Total Enrollment	Undergraduate			Graduate
School	Total Enrollment	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Alabama A & M UniversityPublic, 4-year	7,295	6,370	5,673	697	925	618	307
University of Alabama at BirminghamPublic, 4-year	20,905	11,959	9,592	2,367	8,946	5,087	3,859
Amridge UniversityPrivate, 4-year	639	243	144	99	396	122	274
University of Alabama in HuntsvillePublic, 4-year	8,564	6,800	5,673	1,127	1,764	613	1,151
Alabama State UniversityPublic, 4-year	4,081	3,521	3,243	278	560	384	176
The University of AlabamaPublic, 4-year	40,846	34,389	31,038	3,351	6,457	3,870	2,587
Central Alabama Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,140	2,140	580	1,560	-	-	-
Athens State UniversityPublic, 4-year	2,986	2,535	1,117	1,418	451	79	372
Auburn University at MontgomeryPublic, 4-year	5,217	3,325	2,224	1,101	1,892	499	1,393
Auburn UniversityPublic, 4-year	34,145	27,907	25,204	2,703	6,238	3,652	2,586
Birmingham-Southern CollegePrivate, 4-year	731	713	-	-	18	-	-
Chattahoochee Valley Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	1,705	1,705	555	1,150	-	-	-
South University-MontgomeryPrivate, 4-year	303	299	231	68	4	1	3
Enterprise State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,699	2,699	1,073	1,626	-	-	-
Coastal Alabama Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	7,553	7,553	2,745	4,808	-	-	-
Faulkner UniversityPrivate, 4-year	3,086	1,758	1,153	605	1,328	1,053	275
Gadsden State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	5,071	5,071	1,994	3,077	-	-	-
New Beginning College of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year	81	81	81	-	-	-	-
George C Wallace Community College-DothanPublic, 2-4 year	4,044	4,044	1,193	2,851	-	-	-
George C Wallace State Community College-HancevillePublic, 2-4 year	6,424	6,424	2,466	3,958	-	-	-
George C Wallace State Community College-SelmaPublic, 2-4 year	1,925	1,925	522	1,403	-	-	-
Herzing University-BirminghamPrivate, 4-year	444	442	162	280	2	1	1
Huntingdon CollegePrivate, 4-year	892	880	873	7	12	12	-
Heritage Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year	178	93	32	61	85	10	75
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	1,187	1,187	309	878	-	-	-
J F Ingram State Technical CollegePublic, Less than 2-year	960	960	731	229	-	-	-
Jacksonville State UniversityPublic, 4-year	9,955	8,663	6,559	2,104	1,292	497	795
Jefferson State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	9,240	9,240	1,954	7,286	-	-	-
John C Calhoun State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	9,119	9,119	3,085	6,034	-	-	-
Lawson State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	3,453	3,453	1,236	2,217	-	-	-
University of West AlabamaPublic, 4-year	6,820	2,983	2,409	574	3,837	3,187	650
Lurleen B Wallace Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,062	2,062	744	1,318	-	-	-
Marion Military InstitutePublic, 2-4 year	332	332	329	3	-	-	-
Miles CollegePrivate, 4-year	1,180	1,180	1,119	61	-	-	-
University of MobilePrivate, 4-year	1,545	1,308	1,245	63	237	108	129
University of MontevalloPublic, 4-year	3,088	2,642	2,019	623	446	155	291
Northwest Shoals Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	4,665	4,665	920	3,745	-	-	-
University of North AlabamaPublic, 4-year	10,204	7,662	4,984	2,678	2,542	735	1,807
Northeast Alabama Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	3,208	3,208	923	2,285	-	-	-
Oakwood UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,226	1,177	1,104	73	49	34	15
Reid State Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	641	641	271	370	-	-	-
Bishop State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	4,001	4,001	1,177	2,824	-	-	-
Samford UniversityPrivate, 4-year	6,097	4,210	4,148	62	1,887	1,714	173
Selma UniversityPrivate, 4-year	95	82	22	60	13	1	12
Shelton State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	4,601	4,601	1,647	2,954	-	-	-
Snead State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,917	2,917	958	1,959	-	-	-
University of South AlabamaPublic, 4-year	14,003	9,241	7,799	1,442	4,762	3,901	861
Spring Hill CollegePrivate, 4-year	919	782	757	25	137	28	109
Stillman CollegePrivate, 4-year	731	731	640	91	-	-	-
Talladega CollegePrivate, 4-year	760	701	695	6	59	55	4
H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	2,046	2,046	886	1,160	-	-	-
Troy UniversityPublic, 4-year	13,658	10,222	7,089	3,133	3,436	1,249	2,187
Tuskegee UniversityPrivate, 4-year	3,121	2,659	2,557	102	462	430	32
United States Sports UniversityPrivate, 4-year	367	234	174	60	133	43	90
Bevill State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	4,378	4,378	1,082	3,296	-	-	-
Southern Union State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year	5,063	5,063	2,553	2,510	-	-	-
Remington College-Mobile CampusPrivate, 2-4 year	257	257	257	-	-	-	-
Fortis CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year	315	315	315	-	-	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-HuntsvillePrivate, Less than 2-year	64	64	64	-	-	-	-
Blue Cliff Career CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year	107	107	107	-	-	-	-
Huntsville Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year	98	64	2	62	34	-	34
Strayer University-AlabamaPrivate, 4-year	1,329	1,196	35	1,161	133	40	93
Columbia Southern UniversityPrivate, 4-year	17,763	12,213	8,000	4,213	5,550	5,550	-
Paul Mitchell the School-BirminghamPrivate, Less than 2-year	129	129	129	-	-	-	-
Fortis College-DothanPrivate, Less than 2-year	177	177	177	-	-	-	-
Fortis College-MontgomeryPrivate, Less than 2-year	359	359	359	-	-	-	-
Fortis Institute-BirminghamPrivate, 2-4 year	613	613	613	-	-	-	-
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of UltrasoundPrivate, 2-4 year	56	56	56	-	-	-	-
University Academy of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year	38	38	38	-	-	-	-
The Salon Professional Academy-HuntsvillePrivate, Less than 2-year	53	53	53	-	-	-	-
Alabama College of Osteopathic MedicinePrivate, 4-year	778	-	-	-	778	771	7
Ross Medical Education Center-HuntsvillePrivate, Less than 2-year	132	132	132	-	-	-	-
Midfield Institute of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year	9	9	9	-	-	-	-
Alabama School of Nail Technology & CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year	97	97	97	-	-	-	-
Brown Beauty Barber SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year	54	54	54	-	-	-	-
Winonah's International School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year	120	120	120	-	-	-	-
Troy University-Phenix City CampusPublic, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Troy University-Montgomery CampusPublic, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Troy University-Dothan CampusPublic, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Troy University-OnlinePublic, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - Redstone ArsenalPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Strayer University-Huntsville CampusPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Strayer University - Montgomery CampusPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology - SaralandPrivate, Less than 2-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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