Demographics

Demographics

Of the 33,602 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students enrolled at UA in the fall semester of 2012,

  • 58% come from Alabama
  • 38% come from elsewhere in the United States
  • 4% are international students from 68 countries
  • 28% of our undergraduates belong to sororities or fraternities
  • 55% are women
  • 13% are African-American
  • 3% are Hispanic-American
  • 2% are Asian-American

At UA,

  • 28% major in arts and sciences
  • 21% major in business
  • 9% major in communication
  • 9% major in education
  • 12% major in engineering
  • 10% major in human environmental sciences
  • 2% major in law
  • 6% major in nursing
  • 2% major in social work

(Due to rounding, totals may exceed 100%)