Demographics
Of the 31,747 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students enrolled at UA in the fall semester of 2011,
- 63% come from Alabama
- 34% come from elsewhere in the United States
- 4% are international students from 77 countries
- 27% of our undergraduates belong to sororities or fraternities
- 54% are women
- 13% are African-American
- 3% are Hispanic-American
- 2% are Asian-American
At UA,
- 29% major in arts and sciences
- 21% major in business
- 9% major in communication
- 10% major in education
- 11% 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%)