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University of Alabama, The

University of Alabama, The
719 University Boulevard
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Official telephone: (205) 348-6010
Fax number: (205) 348-9046
Website: https://www.ua.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 33,435
Full-time undergraduates: 30,003
Part-time undergraduates: 3,432
Total graduate students: 6,186
Full-time graduate students: 3,635
Part-time graduate students: 2,551
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.5% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
11.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.9% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
72.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.8% Nonresident Alien
3.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 1,026 acres
Nearest major city: Birmingham

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 98%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 28%
Percent of students who live off campus: 72%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 2500
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
ABXY Gaming Network; UA Dance Marathon; International Student Association; Student Government Association; Black Student Union

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running  
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's field hockey  
Men's football  
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf  
Men's gymnastics  
Men's ice hockey  
Men's indoor track  
Men's lacrosse  
Men's rugby  
Men's soccer  
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's table tennis  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field  
Men's triathlon  
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's water polo  
Men's wrestling  
Women's badminton  
Women's baseball  
Women's basketball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's crewyes 
Women's crew  
Women's cross-country running  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's field hockey  
Women's football  
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf  
Women's gymnastics  
Women's gymnasticsyes 
Women's ice hockey  
Women's indoor track  
Women's lacrosse  
Women's rugby  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softball  
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's table tennis  
Women's tennis  
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field  
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's triathlon  
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball  
Women's water polo  
Women's wrestling  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; badminton; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; field hockey; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; triathlon; indoor track; swimming and diving; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Inter

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 93% within six months of graduation

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