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University of Alabama in Huntsville

University of Alabama in Huntsville is a public campus in Huntsville proper — federal locale codes class it as urban.

What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$16,521

family income
under $30k

$17,935

$30–48k

$21,187

$48–75k

$21,205

$75–110k

$21,937

over $110k

Average net price

$18,7962023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at University of Alabama in Huntsville rose from $10,044 (2008) to $18,796 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$10,044
2009	$7,752
2010	$9,677
2011	$11,160
2012	$17,520
2013	$18,596
2014	$18,661
2015	$19,423
2016	$19,986
2017	$20,909
2018	$15,860
2019	$17,208
2020	$17,250
2021	$18,240
2022	$19,880
2023	$18,796

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$27,3922024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at University of Alabama in Huntsville rose from $16,876 (2009) to $27,392 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$16,876
2010	$17,064
2011	$19,072
2012	$19,687
2013	$20,306
2014	$21,107
2015	$20,999
2016	$22,059
2017	$22,108
2018	$23,441
2019	$23,917
2020	$24,861
2021	$24,869
2022	$25,777
2023	$27,098
2024	$27,392

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2000	$3,112	$6,516
2001	$3,536	$7,430
2002	$3,764	$7,940
2003	$4,126	$8,702
2004	$4,516	$9,518
2005	$4,688	$9,886
2006	$4,848	$10,224
2007	$5,216	$11,024
2008	$5,952	$13,092
2013	$9,192	$21,506
2014	$9,158	$21,232
2015	$9,128	$20,622
2016	$9,842	$20,612
2017	$10,280	$21,480
2018	$10,714	$22,362
2019	$11,122	$23,518
2020	$11,338	$23,734
2021	$11,488	$23,884
2022	$11,878	$24,770
2023	$11,770	$24,662

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

University of Alabama in Huntsville reports published tuition by residency: $12,132 in-state versus $26,408 out-of-state — a $14,276 gap that makes state lines part of the decision. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

University of Alabama in Huntsville reports 6,591 undergraduate students. Enrollment is a headcount, not a measure of teaching access.

64.3% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at University of Alabama in Huntsville within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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64.3%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at University of Alabama in Huntsville rose from 33.3% (entered 1991) to 64.3% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	33.3%
1992 cohort	34.6%
1993 cohort	37.5%
1994 cohort	39.3%
1995 cohort	41.5%
1996 cohort	36.6%
1997 cohort	43.7%
1998 cohort	44.6%
1999 cohort	43.8%
2000 cohort	44.3%
2001 cohort	44.1%
2002 cohort	47.5%
2003 cohort	47.5%
2004 cohort	43.6%
2005 cohort	45.4%
2006 cohort	47.3%
2007 cohort	48.4%
2008 cohort	46.1%
2009 cohort	49.4%
2010 cohort	48.7%
2011 cohort	48.6%
2012 cohort	51.9%
2013 cohort	57.7%
2014 cohort	57.1%
2015 cohort	60.7%
2016 cohort	62.9%
2017 cohort	61.9%
2018 cohort	64.3%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$11,000	$3,815
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$12,644	$4,200
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$12,856	$4,000
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$12,002	$3,938
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$11,890	$4,000
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$12,725	$3,979
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$12,000	$4,398
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$13,050	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$14,050	$4,254
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$14,500	$4,000
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$14,250	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$14,500	$5,164
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$16,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$18,725	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$20,000	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$20,750	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$22,750	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$23,250	$7,666
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$23,118	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$22,647	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$22,021	$8,655
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,607	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$21,450	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$20,705	$10,185

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$55,610

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$61,771

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$61,767

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

University of Alabama in Huntsville admitted 5,232 of 7,630 applicants in Fall 2024. The 68.6% rate describes that application pool.

68.6%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $11,770 in-state tuition · 2023–24 6,591 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1210–14101600

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Admissions

University of Alabama in Huntsville reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For University of Alabama in Huntsville’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 600–690 and Math was 610–720 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1210–1410 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	600	650	690
SAT Math	610	660	720
ACT Composite	24	28	31

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, University of Alabama in Huntsville received 7,630 applications and admitted 5,232 (68.6%), with 1,212 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

68.6%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Read University of Alabama in Huntsville's change from 83.8% to 68.6% as a share of applications, not an explanation of admissions decisions. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	83.8%
Fall 2002	90.5%
Fall 2003	87.6%
Fall 2004	89.4%
Fall 2005	87.2%
Fall 2006	88.3%
Fall 2007	88%
Fall 2008	89.2%
Fall 2009	72.1%
Fall 2010	66.1%
Fall 2011	63.7%
Fall 2012	77.7%
Fall 2013	80.6%
Fall 2014	82%
Fall 2015	81.2%
Fall 2016	76.3%
Fall 2017	81.2%
Fall 2018	80.9%
Fall 2019	82.6%
Fall 2020	77.1%
Fall 2021	73.7%
Fall 2022	78.1%
Fall 2023	74.3%
Fall 2024	68.6%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1210–1410Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	988	1253
Fall 2002	1010	1270
Fall 2003	1030	1260
Fall 2004	1050	1278
Fall 2005	1030	1280
Fall 2006	980	1270
Fall 2007	980	1230
Fall 2008	980	1250
Fall 2009	1020	1270
Fall 2010	1020	1285
Fall 2011	1020	1300
Fall 2012	1010	1280
Fall 2013	1020	1290
Fall 2014	1050	1320
Fall 2015	1070	1330
Fall 2016	1060	1340
Fall 2017	1080	1330
Fall 2018	1010	1380
Fall 2019	1237	1490
Fall 2020	1170	1430
Fall 2021	1170	1420
Fall 2022	1226	1430
Fall 2023	1195	1440
Fall 2024	1210	1410

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

24–31Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	21	27
Fall 2002	22	27
Fall 2003	22	27
Fall 2004	22	27
Fall 2005	22	28
Fall 2006	21	27
Fall 2007	22	27
Fall 2008	22	27
Fall 2009	22	28
Fall 2010	22	29
Fall 2011	22	29
Fall 2012	22	29
Fall 2013	23	29
Fall 2014	24	30
Fall 2015	24	30
Fall 2016	25	31
Fall 2017	25	31
Fall 2018	25	31
Fall 2019	25	31
Fall 2020	24	31
Fall 2021	24	31
Fall 2022	25	30
Fall 2023	25	31
Fall 2024	24	31

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

6,591Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at University of Alabama in Huntsville rose from 4,664 (Fall 2002) to 6,591 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	4,664
Fall 2003	4,966
Fall 2004	5,125
Fall 2005	5,232
Fall 2006	5,529
Fall 2007	5,562
Fall 2008	5,689
Fall 2009	5,956
Fall 2010	5,828
Fall 2011	5,755
Fall 2012	5,703
Fall 2013	5,525
Fall 2014	5,451
Fall 2015	5,829
Fall 2016	6,346
Fall 2017	6,917
Fall 2018	7,458
Fall 2019	7,785
Fall 2020	7,825
Fall 2021	7,358
Fall 2022	6,985
Fall 2023	6,650
Fall 2024	6,591

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

84%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at University of Alabama in Huntsville rose from 76% (Fall 2002) to 84% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	76%
Fall 2003 cohort	76%
Fall 2004 cohort	75%
Fall 2005 cohort	77%
Fall 2006 cohort	77%
Fall 2007 cohort	77%
Fall 2008 cohort	76%
Fall 2009 cohort	75%
Fall 2010 cohort	79%
Fall 2011 cohort	79%
Fall 2012 cohort	81%
Fall 2013 cohort	77%
Fall 2014 cohort	80%
Fall 2015 cohort	83%
Fall 2016 cohort	82%
Fall 2017 cohort	83%
Fall 2018 cohort	83%
Fall 2019 cohort	82%
Fall 2020 cohort	79%
Fall 2021 cohort	80%
Fall 2022 cohort	81%
Fall 2023 cohort	84%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about University of Alabama in Huntsville

Faculty pay at University of Alabama in Huntsville averages $127,668 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes University of Alabama in Huntsville as a primarily residential campus of 6,591 undergraduates — and 84.3% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

University of Alabama in Huntsville's SAT section-percentile sums are 1210–1410 — their midpoint is above the AL four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on University of Alabama in Huntsville's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How University of Alabama in Huntsville compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

University of Alabama in Huntsville68.6%

Alabama median73.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

University of Alabama in Huntsville$12,132

Alabama median$12,535

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

University of Alabama in Huntsville's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

University of Alabama in Huntsville$61,767

Alabama median$44,312

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama and national reference values
Metric & basis	University of Alabama in Huntsville	Alabama median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	68.6%	73.1%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$12,132	$12,535	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$61,767	$44,312	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For University of Alabama in Huntsville, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

University of Alabama in Huntsville federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 19 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Computer Engineering	$105,920
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	$100,296
Mechanical Engineering	$95,341
Industrial Engineering	$95,153
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$95,076
Engineering, General	$91,645
Chemical Engineering	$90,681
Finance and Financial Management Services	$89,472
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	$87,339
Civil Engineering	$78,858
Management Information Systems and Services	$78,319
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$75,430
Accounting and Related Services	$71,245
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$62,872
Marketing	$58,015
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$49,270
Biology, General	$45,992
Fine and Studio Arts	$43,321
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$42,922

These 19 fields listed for University of Alabama in Huntsville measure earnings after completion. The $61,767 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 22 additional University of Alabama in Huntsville fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does University of Alabama in Huntsville report?

University of Alabama in Huntsville's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1210–1410 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is University of Alabama in Huntsville's acceptance rate?

68.6% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 5,232 admitted from 7,630 applicants.

How much does University of Alabama in Huntsville cost?

In-state tuition is $12,132; out-of-state students pay $26,408. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does University of Alabama in Huntsville report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $61,767. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Alabama

The University of Alabama — 76.6% admitted
Faulkner University — 73.1% admitted
Huntingdon College — 69.5% admitted
Jacksonville State University — 77.7% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.