Enrollment Trends at The University of Alabama

The student population at The University of Alabama is 38,644 (32,458 undergraduate and 6,186 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,141 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at The University of Alabama is 83.99% which is increased by 4,432 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 709 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,820 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 88.84% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 37,174 where 38,644 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.99% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.01% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,432 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 709 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in The University of Alabama than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The University of Alabama since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	33,503	28,026	12,997	15,029	5,477	2,249	3,228
2013-14	34,752 1,249	29,440 1,414	13,556 559	15,884 855	5,312 -165	2,207 -42	3,105 -123
2014-15	36,047 1,295	30,752 1,312	14,066 510	16,686 802	5,295 -17	2,165 -42	3,130 25
2015-16	37,098 1,051	31,958 1,206	14,424 358	17,534 848	5,140 -155	2,140 -25	3,000 -130
2016-17	37,663 565	32,563 605	14,451 27	18,112 578	5,100 -40	2,138 -2	2,962 -38
2017-18	38,563 900	33,305 742	14,689 238	18,616 504	5,258 158	2,181 43	3,077 115
2018-19	38,390 -173	33,028 -277	14,586 -103	18,442 -174	5,362 104	2,120 -61	3,242 165
2019-20	38,100 -290	32,795 -233	14,518 -68	18,277 -165	5,305 -57	2,094 -26	3,211 -31
2020-21	37,840 -260	31,670 -1,125	13,833 -685	17,837 -440	6,170 865	2,308 214	3,862 651
2021-22	38,316 476	31,685 15	13,780 -53	17,905 68	6,631 461	2,448 140	4,183 321
2022-23	38,644 328	32,458 773	14,152 372	18,306 401	6,186 -445	2,354 -94	3,832 -351
Average	37,174	31,607	14,096	17,512	5,567	2,219	3,348

The University of Alabama Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 31,607 where 32,458 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at The University of Alabama since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	28,026	25,430	11,917	13,513	2,596	1,080	1,516
2013-14	29,440	26,548	12,353	14,195	2,892	1,203	1,689
2014-15	30,752	27,737	12,834	14,903	3,015	1,232	1,783
2015-16	31,958	28,689	13,092	15,597	3,269	1,332	1,937
2016-17	32,563	29,220	13,135	16,085	3,343	1,316	2,027
2017-18	33,305	29,923	13,413	16,510	3,382	1,276	2,106
2018-19	33,028	29,586	13,333	16,253	3,442	1,253	2,189
2019-20	32,795	29,135	13,182	15,953	3,660	1,336	2,324
2020-21	31,670	27,750	12,351	15,399	3,920	1,482	2,438
2021-22	31,685	28,124	12,391	15,733	3,561	1,389	2,172
2022-23	32,458	28,958	12,755	16,203	3,500	1,397	2,103
Average	31,607	31,607	12,796	15,486	31,607	1,300	2,026

The University of Alabama Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,567 where 6,186 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at The University of Alabama since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,477	3,328	1,554	1,774	2,149	695	1,454
2013-14	5,312	2,950	1,309	1,641	2,362	898	1,464
2014-15	5,295	3,286	1,472	1,814	2,009	693	1,316
2015-16	5,140	3,321	1,509	1,812	1,819	631	1,188
2016-17	5,100	3,268	1,509	1,759	1,832	629	1,203
2017-18	5,258	3,375	1,530	1,845	1,883	651	1,232
2018-19	5,362	3,452	1,457	1,995	1,910	663	1,247
2019-20	5,305	3,460	1,474	1,986	1,845	620	1,225
2020-21	6,170	3,783	1,548	2,235	2,387	760	1,627
2021-22	6,631	3,771	1,523	2,248	2,860	925	1,935
2022-23	6,186	3,635	1,571	2,064	2,551	783	1,768
Average	5,567	5,567	1,496	1,925	5,567	723	1,424

The University of Alabama Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.50%. The percentage was 77.38% 10 years ago and The University of Alabama still has a high percentage of white students. 1.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.24% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The University of Alabama over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	148	390	3,988	920	29	25,926	543
2013-14	152	406	3,983	1,041	37	26,758	692
2014-15	138	394	4,067	1,214	32	27,486	885
2015-16	137	455	4,123	1,440	36	28,309	943
2016-17	146	481	4,057	1,582	37	28,828	1,049
2017-18	132	471	4,081	1,736	43	29,544	1,176
2018-19	139	466	4,038	1,831	42	29,168	1,242
2019-20	147	494	4,002	1,835	43	28,619	1,266
2020-21	127	544	4,144	1,870	31	28,415	1,286
2021-22	137	589	4,277	2,037	30	28,493	1,277
2022-23	134	608	4,344	2,137	41	27,630	1,277
Average	140	482	4,100	1,604	36	28,107	1,058

The University of Alabama Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,820 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 88.84% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The University of Alabama from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	36,047	3,082	6,237	26,728
2015-16	37,098	3,394	6,264	27,440
2016-17	37,663	3,627	6,615	27,421
2017-18	38,563	4,100	7,597	26,866
2018-19	38,390	3,786	11,148	23,456
2019-20	38,100	4,515	526	33,059
2020-21	37,840	7,517	26,617	3,706
2021-22	38,316	6,086	9,339	22,891
2022-23	38,644	5,820	10,220	22,604
Average	37,851	4,659	9,396	23,797

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