Notable Four-Year Colleges and Universities in Alabama

Alabama’s four-year colleges and universities span public institutions and private nonprofit campuses. This guide brings together selected institutions from COSMIQ’s existing education profiles, so readers can explore the state’s higher-education landscape by location.

Institutions in this guide

• The University of Alabama — Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Auburn University — Auburn, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Troy University — Troy, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• University of South Alabama — Mobile, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• University of North Alabama — Florence, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Jacksonville State University — Jacksonville, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• University of Alabama in Huntsville — Huntsville, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Alabama A & M University — Normal, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• University of West Alabama — Livingston, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Samford University — Birmingham, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• Auburn University at Montgomery — Montgomery, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Alabama State University — Montgomery, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Athens State University — Athens, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Faulkner University — Montgomery, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• University of Montevallo — Montevallo, Alabama. Public four-year institution.

• Tuskegee University — Tuskegee, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• University of Mobile — Mobile, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• Oakwood University — Huntsville, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• Miles College — Fairfield, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• Spring Hill College — Mobile, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• Birmingham-Southern College — Birmingham, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• Talladega College — Talladega, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• Huntingdon College — Montgomery, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

• Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine — Dothan, Alabama. Private nonprofit four-year institution.

Selection and source notes

The institution profiles shown here use 2022 IPEDS records and cover active public and private nonprofit institutions; for-profit institutions are outside this profile dataset. Entries are selected and ordered using the enrollment estimate in those profiles, but the figures are intentionally omitted. The order is not a measure of educational quality, student outcomes, reputation, or fit.

“Notable” means included in this directory-style guide; it is not an award, a recommendation, or a statement that one institution is better than another. Inclusion does not mean that an institution endorses COSMIQ.

Source datasets

• U.S. Department of Education IPEDS