University of Alabama at Birmingham College Portrait
University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL 35294
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- Students
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at UAB.
- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at UAB and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at UAB finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
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UAB Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 17 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 66% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 86% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 862 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 45% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 22% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | <1% |
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Campus-based Housing
65% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
20% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
UAB is located in Birmingham's safest precinct, and UAB's fully accredited Police Department has earned a reputation for excellence in crime prevention, problem resolution, responsiveness and community involvement. Well-trained and well-prepared officers have close relationships with other law-enforcement agencies and work with the University to provide a multitude of security services and prevention programs, including Campus Escort.
Campus Crime Statistics
Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (very high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily nonresidential
- Enrollment Profile
- Majority undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Doctoral, STEM dominant