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Public College

University of
North Alabama

Public College in Florence, AL. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $45,415.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
University of North Alabama · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$45,415
Median debt at grad
$22,077
Mobility score
1.5
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
54.9%
Federal loan default
0%

The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,415 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 55%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $22,077 in debt — in line with the national norm.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
87%
Applicants
5,052
Yield rate
22.5%

Admission is not the constraint here: 87% of applicants are accepted. 5,052 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield sits at 23% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all.

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
SAT Math
ACT Composite

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

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Academics

Full-time retention
80%
Transfer-out rate
26%
Student:faculty
18:1

Completion is middling: 55% finish inside six years. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 26% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 36% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$11,745
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
76%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
44%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,468 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $11,745 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,741 at $0–30k, $14,866 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 76% of students at an average of $10,231. Federal borrowing reaches 44% of students.

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.

% receiving grants
96%
Average grant
$11,919

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,080 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 $9,741
$30–48k $10,127
$48–75k $11,665
$75–110k $13,903
$110k+ $14,866

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 2,404 of these 5,468 students, totalling $15,748,467 — an average of $6,551 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Lauderdale County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$698/mo
1 bedroom
$775/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,000/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
407
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate University of North Alabama

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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