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%)