Students
Who's on campus
A medium campus of 9,805 undergrads, where 43% receive Pell Grants, a high share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.62
Economic access
Campus size
42% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 22% take some
Where first-years come from
1,879 first-time students
21% came from other states and 4.5% from abroad; 74% are from Alabama. Fewer from other states than at 55% of colleges.
- In-state (Alabama)74%
- Other states21%
- Abroad4.5%
Top home states
- Alabama(home state)74% 1,392
- Florida9.3% 174
- Georgia7.7% 145
- North Carolina0.5% 10
- Texas0.5% 9
From 29 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
952
new transfer students, 34% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 65% of colleges.
615 full-time, 337 part-time.
Going on to another college
28%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 1,297 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
Many adult students28% of undergrads study part-time.
64% 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 1,976 students.
Housing
Beds
1,976
About 20 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
Up to 14 meals a week
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division I FBS · Sun Belt Conference
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.
How the Sun Belt Conference comparesROTC
Army, Air Force
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
Not listed
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- 3% or fewer of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Faith communities · 3
- Jewish 1
- Catholic 1
- Nonreligious and secular 1
Greek life
On the national organizations' own chapter lists.
Councils and chapters
3listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
2listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Sigma-Tau (Troy)
Gamma Gamma
LGBTQ+ life
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.
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not collected by this college.
Gender unknown: 0
First-year applicants of another gender, fall 2024
0 reported. The college may not record other genders.
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)