Graduate Programs at The University of Alabama

Graduate School Overview

The University of Alabama is a Public, 4 years school located in Tuscaloosa, AL. It is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The University of Alabama Directory Information
School Name	The University of Alabama
Address	739 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0100
Phone	205-348-6010
Web	https://www.ua.edu
Online Application	https://apply.ua.edu
Financial Info	https://financialaid.ua.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at The University of Alabama is $11,790 for Alabama residents and $32,150 for out-of-state students. The school has 6,631 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 38,316 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 211 graduate programs through Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 3 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$32,150 $11,790 for Alabama Residents
Student Population	6,631
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	211 graduate programs (3 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at The University of Alabama is $11,790 for Alabama residents and $32,150 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $632 for Alabama residents and $1,611 for out-of-state students.

The University of Alabama offers the alternative tuition plans.

The University of Alabama offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	3 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of The University of Alabama is $11,790 for Alabama residents and $32,150 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.91% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Alabama Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$10,780	-	$29,230	-
2019-2020	$10,780	-	$30,250	-
2020-2021	$10,780	$690	$30,250	$690
2021-2022	$10,780	$690	$30,250	$690
2022-2023	$11,100	$690	$31,460	$690

The graduate school tuition & fees of The University of Alabama is expensive compared to public graduate schools in Alabama. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Alabama graduate tuition is $20,935 (public) / $13,142 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
The University of Alabama	$11,790	$32,150
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Alabama Graduate Schools	$10,966	$16,598
Public	$9,892	$20,935
Private	$13,142

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,284 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at The University of Alabama. On-campus living costs are increased by 3.66% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,284. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.66% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$13,402	$4,490	$13,402	$4,490
2019-2020	$13,636	$4,600	$13,636	$4,600
2020-2021	$13,810	$4,620	$13,810	$4,620
2021-2022	$13,934	$4,670	$13,934	$4,670
2022-2023	$14,426	$4,858	$14,426	$4,858

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $632 for Alabama residents and $1,611 for other students at The University of Alabama. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.94% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Alabama Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$640	$1,529
2019-2020	$615	$1,550
2020-2021	$615	$1,550
2021-2022	$615	$1,550
2022-2023	$632	$1,611

Graduate Programs at The University of Alabama

The University of Alabama offers 136 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,249 students have completed their study at The University of Alabama.

Offered Degrees at The University of Alabama
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	77	2	1,859
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	50	0	203
Doctor's degree - other	3	1	161
Post Master's Degree	6	0	26
Total	136	3	2,249

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at The University of Alabama by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 12 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 255 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 126 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at The University of Alabama
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	12	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
Educational Psychology	✕	8	-
Educational Psychology	✕	8	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	5	-

Popular Master's Programs at The University of Alabama
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✕	255	$37,000
Social Work	✕	232	$37,000
Business Administration and Management	✕	200	$79,200
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	193	$46,200
Business Administration and Management	✕	184	$79,200

Popular Doctorate Programs at The University of Alabama
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	126	-
Law	✕	119	-
Nursing Practice	✕	64	-
Nursing Practice	✕	42	-
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✕	19	-

The University of Alabama offers 136 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,249 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,859 students have earned/completed Master's program.
161 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
26 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
American/United States Studies/Civilization	✕	7	-
Women's Studies	✕	7	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	81 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	38	-
Journalism (other)	✕	20	-
Radio and Television	✕	0	-
Advertising	✕	23	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	20	-
Education [+]	✕	103 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	13	$50,000
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	18	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	9	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	9	$44,400
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	7	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	13	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	28	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	6	-
Engineering [+]	✕	95 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	29	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	7	-
Civil Engineering	✕	15	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	9	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	4	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	27	-
Metallurgical Engineering	✕	4	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	8 completers	-
German Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	6	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	222 completers	$46,200
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	98	$46,200
Family Resource Management Studies	✕	31	-
Human Nutrition	✕	86	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	7	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	31 completers	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✕	0	-
Tax Law/Taxation	✔	31	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	32 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	12	-
Creative Writing	✕	20	-
Library Science [+]	✕	80 completers	$38,100
Library and Information Science	✕	80	$38,100
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	19	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	12	-
Applied Statistics, General	✕	9	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	21	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	14	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	7	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Psychology	✕	10	-
Educational Psychology	✕	22	-
Human Services [+]	✕	251 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	19	-
Social Work	✕	232	$37,000
Social Sciences [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	9	-
Criminology	✕	9	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	25	-
Geography	✕	6	-
Political Science and Government	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Dance	✕	0	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	14	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	3	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	6	-
Fine Arts and Art Studies (other)	✕	4	-
Music	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	153 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	29	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	0	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	3	-
Public Health	✕	20	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	12	-
Public Health (other)	✕	3	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	4	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	57	$89,700
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	25	$42,000
Business [+]	✕	545 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	200	$79,200
Accounting	✕	89	$58,100
Finance	✕	46	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	11	-
Management Information Systems	✕	12	-
Management Science	✕	17	$82,100
Business Statistics	✕	16	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	137	$43,800
Taxation	✕	17	-
History [+]	✕	13 completers	-
History	✕	13	-
	Total	1,859

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	12	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	0	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	1	$76,000
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✕	19	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	18	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	✕	1	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	1	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	4	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	3	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Engineering [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	4	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	3	-
Civil Engineering	✕	5	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	8	-
Materials Engineering	✕	2	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	8	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Human Nutrition	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	6 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	0	-
Applied Statistics, General	✕	3	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	5	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (other)	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	14	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	2	-
Materials Science	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Psychology	✕	15	-
School Psychology	✕	1	-
Educational Psychology	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Social Work	✕	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	1	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	3	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Political Science and Government	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Music	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	0	-
Nursing Science	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	1	-
Accounting	✕	2	-
Finance	✕	1	-
Management Science	✕	2	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	4	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	203

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	119 completers	-
Law	✕	119	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Social Work	✔	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	42 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✕	42	-
	Total	161

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	2	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Educational Psychology	✕	8	-
	Total	26

Graduate Student Population at The University of Alabama

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 6,631 students enrolled into The University of Alabama graduate schools where it has total 38,316 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,771 full-time and 2,860 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,448 male and 4,183 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,631	2,448	4,183
Full-time	3,771	1,523	2,248
Part-tme	2,860	925	1,935

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 4,301 White (64.86%), 855 Black/African American (12.89%), 313 Hispanic (4.72%), 143 Asian (2.16%), and 1,019 students with other races. 720 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,631	2,448	4,183
American Indian/Native American	19	4	15
Asian	143	54	89
Black/African American	855	193	662
Hispanic	313	118	195
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	1	5
White	4,301	1,541	2,760
Two More	148	48	100
Un-Known	126	59	67
Non-resident Alien	720	430	290

The University of Alabama offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,796 graduate students (42.17% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 840 graduate students (12.67% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	6,631
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,796
Enrolled Some Online Courses	840
Not in Online Courses	2,995

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at The University of Alabama. 2,172 students are aged 20 to 24 (32.76% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.02%), 407 students are aged above 50 (6.14%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at The University of Alabama.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,631	2,448	4,183
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	194	54	140
Age 22-24	1,978	725	1,253
Age 25-29	1,655	656	999
Age 30-34	1,050	452	598
Age 35-39	626	212	414
Age 40-49	719	218	501
Age 50-64	394	125	269
Over 64	13	5	8
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

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