University of Alabama's admit rate has risen 17.6 percentage points across the 11 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 71.2% | 8,127 | 73.7% | 88.0% | 1,210 |
| 2024-2025 | 76.7% | 8,032 | 73.4% | 89.5% | 1,220 |
| 2023-2024 | 75.8% | 8,279 | 73.7% | 86.1% | 1,230 |
| 2022-2023 | 80.1% | 8,037 | 72.8% | 86.7% | 1,210 |
| 2021-2022 | 78.9% | 7,593 | 72.2% | 88.6% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Alabama applicants most commonly also apply to range from 34.2% admit to 96.6% admit — a 62.3 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 7.7 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
University of Alabama's admit rate fell from 78.9% (2021-2022) to 71.2% (2025-2026) — a 7.7 pp drop. Year-over-year: 78.9 → 80.1 → 75.8 → 76.7 → 71.2. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 17 percentage points.
University of Alabama's 73.7% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 17.4 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
University of Alabama's 71.2% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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