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The University of Alabama Graduate Programs

The University of Alabama is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

2,180 Master's Degrees
396 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is The University of Alabama?

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Contact details for UA are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 739 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0100
Phone: 205-348-6010
Website: www.ua.edu

The University of Alabama Graduate Student Diversity

6,631 Graduate Students
63% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,631 graduate students at UA, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of Alabama graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 143
Black or African American 855
Hispanic or Latino 313
White 4,301
International Students 720
Other Races/Ethnicities 299

Geographic Diversity

Alabama students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Alabama. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 82 countries are represented at UA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

Online Learning at The University of Alabama

5,820 Took All Classes Online
16,040 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 16,040 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UA has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 12th most popular in Alabama for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UA majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions 1%
Legal Professions 4%

The University of Alabama Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 251 3 254
Social Work 0 190 8 198
Marketing 0 181 1 182
Nursing 31 92 49 172
Law 0 0 130 130
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 102 2 104
Educational Administration 24 41 31 96
Accounting 0 84 1 85
Teacher Education Grade Specific 6 66 5 77
Communication & Media Studies 0 56 16 72
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 16 43 7 66
Library & Information Science 0 65 0 65
Public Health 0 62 0 62
Health & Physical Education 0 42 8 50
Hospitality Management 0 48 0 48
Mechanical Engineering 0 35 11 46
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 46 0 46
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 37 6 43
Public Relations & Advertising 0 42 0 42
Finance & Financial Management 0 36 5 41
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 35 2 37
Family & Consumer Economics 8 25 0 33
Economics 0 30 3 33
Communication Sciences 0 31 0 31
General Biology 0 27 3 30
Legal Research 0 30 0 30
Special Education 1 25 2 28
Civil Engineering 0 18 10 28
Journalism 0 27 0 27
Criminology 0 26 0 26
Management Information Systems 0 25 0 25
Instructional Media Design 3 22 0 25
General Psychology 0 13 12 25
Chemistry 0 13 11 24
Mathematics 0 18 5 23
Public Administration 0 21 0 21
Computer Information Systems 0 15 5 20
Other Health Professions 0 20 0 20
Electrical Engineering 0 10 9 19
Political Science & Government 0 12 6 18
Human Development & Family Studies 0 17 0 17
Physics 0 7 10 17
Music 0 6 11 17
General English Literature 0 14 2 16
History 0 13 2 15
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 14 1 15
Writing Studies 0 14 0 14
Ethnic Studies 1 13 0 14
Taxation 0 13 0 13
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 13 0 13
Fine & Studio Arts 1 12 0 13
Romance Languages 0 8 3 11
Mental & Social Health Services 0 11 0 11
Anthropology 0 9 2 11
Educational Assessment 9 0 1 10
Chemical Engineering 0 6 4 10
Museum Studies 10 0 0 10
Applied Statistics 0 6 3 9
Geography & Cartography 0 6 1 7
Drama & Theater Arts 0 7 0 7
Student Counseling 1 5 0 6
Teaching English or French 0 6 0 6
Religious Studies 0 6 0 6
Environmental Engineering 0 4 0 4
Metallurgical Engineering 0 4 0 4
Area Studies 0 3 0 3
Materials Engineering 0 0 2 2
Materials Sciences 0 0 2 2
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 1 0 1
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 1 1
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0 0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 0
Architectural Engineering 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0
Construction Engineering 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0 0 0
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 0 0
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0
Philosophy 0 0 0 0
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 111 2,180 396 2,687

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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