University of
Alabama in Huntsville
Public Research University in Huntsville, AL. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $61,767.
Students who entered University of Alabama in Huntsville reach a median of $61,767 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 64%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $20,705 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 2.4% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
69% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 7,630 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. About 23% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. The score bands below rest on the 5% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 600–690 | 57 (5%) |
| SAT Math | 610–720 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–31 | 680 (56%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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64% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 84%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 20% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The part-time picture is harder: 43% return, against 84% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,651 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,396 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,192 at $0–30k against $21,501 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 70% of students at an average of $9,374. 34% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,162 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,192 |
| $30–48k | $16,532 |
| $48–75k | $18,210 |
| $75–110k | $20,777 |
| $110k+ | $21,501 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,230 of these 6,651 students, totalling $14,358,304 — an average of $6,439 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Madison County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)