Students
Who's on campus
A very large campus of 33,227 undergrads, where 18% receive Pell Grants, a low share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.47
Economic access
Campus size
10% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 33% take some
Where first-years come from
8,032 first-time students
59% came from other states and 0.7% from abroad; 40% are from Alabama. More from other states than at 85% of colleges.
- In-state (Alabama)40%
- Other states59%
- Abroad0.7%
Top home states
- Alabama(home state)40% 3,225
- Georgia8.4% 673
- Texas5.7% 459
- Florida5.2% 417
- Illinois3.9% 316
From 51 states (counting DC).
Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.
Transfers in and out
Transferring in, fall 2024
1,212
new transfer students, 13% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 22% of colleges.
863 full-time, 349 part-time.
Going on to another college
21%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 2,061 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
6.8% of undergrads study part-time.
56% women
Another gender: Not collected by this college.
Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.
Campus life
Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life
Housing for 9,294 students.
Housing
Beds
9,294
About 28 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.
First-years
Not required to live on campus
Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.
Meal plans
Offered
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division I FBS · Southeastern Conference
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.
How the Southeastern Conference comparesROTC
Army, Air Force
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
A formal program
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- On-campus child care for students' children
- A program for students with intellectual disabilities
- 9% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Faith communities · 6
- Jewish 1
- Catholic 1
- Christian 3
- Nonreligious and secular 1
Christian
Nonreligious and secular
Crimson Secular Student Alliance at University Of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Greek life
Chapters by council below: the college's own count where its pages give one.
Among first-years: 35% of men, 50% of women.
Councils and chapters
19chaptersAlabama Panhellenic AssociationPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
6 of the college's 19 chapters are on the national lists we read.
Eta Chapter
Zeta
Alpha Zeta
Alabama Beta
Rho
Alpha Omega
5listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Beta
Alpha-Phi (Alabama)
Omicron
Theta
- 9chaptersNational Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Historically Black (NPHC)Its chapters aren't on the national lists we read yet.
LGBTQ+ life
Support on campus
Founded 2010
Policies
- Chosen name and pronouns on campus records
- Gender-inclusive restrooms listed online
Listed by Trans Policy Clearinghouse, read October 2026; not confirmed by the college.
State law for public colleges
Alabama public colleges may not sponsor programs where attendance is based on race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or similar traits, or keep offices promoting them; student and faculty groups may host them without state funds.
Code of Alabama §41-1-90 et seq. (Alabama SB 129 (2024)), in effect since October 1, 2024. Lists can lag changes on campus, so a center listed above may have changed since the list was read.
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not collected by this college.
Gender unknown: 0
Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.
Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024;State laws on public colleges, In effect since October 1, 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)