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Demographics

Of the 23,878 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students enrolled at UA in the fall semester of 2006,

  • 73% come from Alabama
  • 24% come from elsewhere in the United States
  • 4% are international students from 86 countries
  • 18% are 25 years old or older
  • 20% of our undergraduates belong to sororities or fraternities
  • 54% are women
  • 11% are African-American
  • 2% are Hispanic-American
  • 1% are Asian-American

On our campus,

  • 30% major in arts and sciences
  • 22% major in business
  • 10% major in communication
  • 1% major in community health sciences
  • 10% major in education
  • 9% major in engineering
  • 10% major in human environmental sciences
  • 2% major in law
  • 5% major in nursing
  • 2% major in social work

(Due to rounding, totals may exceed 100%)