University of Mobile
Private College in Mobile, AL. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $43,611.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,611 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 57%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $26,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.61 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 78% puts University of Mobile on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 1,805, typical for a school of this reach. Only 19% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 27% of enrolled first-years who submitted an ACT 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 | — | 4 (3%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 22–28 | 73 (27%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 57%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 74% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,174 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,382 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $17,550 while those at $110k+ pay $27,447. Most students get help: 93% receive grants worth $20,025 on average. 52% 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 · 288 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 | $17,550 |
| $30–48k | $21,133 |
| $48–75k | $21,633 |
| $75–110k | $24,766 |
| $110k+ | $27,447 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 613 of these 1,174 students, totalling $4,237,444 — an average of $6,913 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mobile 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)