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University of Alabama at Birmingham, The

University of Alabama at Birmingham, The
1720 2nd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294


Fax number: (205) 975-7114
Website: https://www.uab.edu/home/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 13,032
Full-time undergraduates: 10,263
Part-time undergraduates: 2,769
Total graduate students: 8,607
Full-time graduate students: 4,817
Part-time graduate students: 3,790
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
8.2% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
25.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.1% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
51.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.9% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.4% Nonresident Alien
0.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
University of Alabama at Birmingham, The
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 636 acres
Nearest major city: Birmingham, AL

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 93%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 25%
Percent of students who live off campus: 75%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society; Active Minds; Alpha Lambda Delta; Green Initiative at UAB; American Red Cross Club at UAB

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's rifleryyes 
Men's socceryes 
Men's tennisyes 
Women's badminton NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's Beach Volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's indoor track NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's racquetball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's riflery NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rifleryyes 
Women's rugby NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's table tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ultimate Frisbee NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; bowling; cheerleading; football; golf; lacrosse; racquetball; riflery; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; wrestling; indoor track; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Inter

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 70% within six months of graduation

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