Graduate Student Population in Alabama
For academic year 2019-2020, total 48,788 graduate students enrolled in 31 graduate schools in Alabama. By gender, there are 18,481 male students (37.88%) and 30,307 female students (62.12%) enrolled in graduate programs.
University of Alabama at Birmingham has the most graduate students of 8,087 and Columbia Southern University has the second most graduate students of 5,859 in Alabama. You can view and compare the graduate student population along with tuition and other admission information at Alabama colleges at Alabama Graduate School Comparison page.
By attending status, 31,127 students enrolled as full-time and 17,661 students enrolled as part-time for graduate programs. Next table shows the 2020 graduate students population by gender and attending status at Alabama graduate schools.
University of Alabama at Birmingham has the most graduate students of 8,087
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 48,788 | 18,481 | 30,307 |
| Full-time | 31,127 | 11,908 | 19,219 |
| Part-time | 17,661 | 6,573 | 11,088 |
Population by Race/Ethnicity
For academic year 2019-2020, of the 31 enrolled students in Alabama graduate schools, 275 were American Indian/Native American (0.56%), 1,428 were Asian (2.93%), 10,227 were Black/African American (20.96%), 1,392 were Hispanic (2.85%), 58 were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.12%), 26,920 were White (55.18%), 971 were Two More (1.99%), and 4,211 were Un-Known (8.63%). The number of non-resident alien students is 3,306 (6.78%). Next table shows the 2020 graduate school students population by race/ethnicity and state at Alabama graduate schools.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 48,788 | 18,481 | 30,307 |
| American Indian/Native American | 275 | 116 | 159 |
| Asian | 1,428 | 591 | 837 |
| Black/African American | 10,227 | 2,694 | 7,533 |
| Hispanic | 1,392 | 583 | 809 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 58 | 21 | 37 |
| White | 26,920 | 10,359 | 16,561 |
| Two More | 971 | 389 | 582 |
| Un-Known | 4,211 | 1,722 | 2,489 |
| Non-resident Alien | 3,306 | 2,006 | 1,300 |
