List of colleges and universities in Alabama
There are 61 colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Alabama. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa is the largest university in the state with 36,155 enrolled for fall 2014.[1] Calhoun Community College in Decatur is the largest two-year college, with an enrollment of 12,134. The smallest institution is Heritage Christian University, a Churches of Christ-affiliated seminary, with an enrollment of 88 students. The oldest institutions are the public University of North Alabama in Florence and the Catholic Church-affiliated Spring Hill College in Mobile, both founded in 1830.[2][3] There are also 8 four-year and 3 two-year historically black colleges and universities.[4]
The majority of Alabama's colleges and universities are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS),[5] but four are accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE),[6] four by the Council on Occupational Education (COE),[7] and one by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).[8]
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of South Alabama feature the only two medical schools in the state.[9] The University of Alabama School of Law, the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University are American Bar Association-accredited law schools.[10] The Birmingham School of Law and Miles Law School (unaffiliated with Miles College) are state accredited law programs.[11]
There are four institutions of higher learning in Alabama that are listed among Tier 1 national universities by U.S. News & World Report - The University of Alabama (UA), Auburn University (AU), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). There are two Alabama universities listed among "very high research activity institutions" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, UAB and UAH. Barron's Profiles of American Colleges list two Alabama universities in their "very competitive" ranking, Auburn and UAH.
Institutions
Out-of-state institutions
Six for-profit schools and one non-profit school based in other states offer programs at locations in Alabama:[12]
Non-profit
- Columbia College (Missouri) has a campus in Redstone Arsenal
For-profit
- Herzing University has a campus in Birmingham
- ITT Technical Institute has campuses in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile
- Remington College has a campus in Mobile
- South University has a campus in Montgomery
- Strayer University has campuses in Birmingham and Huntsville
- University of Phoenix has a campus in Birmingham
Defunct institutions
Two now-defunct institutions were located in Alabama:
School | Location | Control | Type | Founded | Closed | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Payne College | Birmingham | Private (AME) |
Baccalaureate college | 1889 | 1979 | [77] |
Southern Benedictine College | Cullman | Private (Catholic) |
Baccalaureate college | 1929 | 1979 | [78] |
See also
- Higher education in the United States
- List of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
Notes
- ↑ School types are based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Historically black college or university[4]
- ↑ Alabama Southern has locations in Monroeville, Thomasville, Gilbertown, and Jackson.[12]
- ↑ Created in 1991 as a merger of two institutions, both founded in 1965[14]
- ↑ Bevill State has locations in Sumiton, Fayette, Hamilton, and Jasper.[12]
- ↑ Calhoun has locations in Decatur, Huntsville, and at the Limestone Correctional Facility.[12]
- ↑ Created in 1965 as a merger of two institutions founded in 1947 and 1963[23]
- ↑ Central Alabama has locations in Alexander City and Childersburg.[12]
- ↑ Created in 1989 as a merger of two institutions, both founded in 1963[24]
- ↑ The Community College of the Air Force enrolls over 370,000 students at sites in 36 states, the District of Columbia, and six foreign locations. It is unclear how many are located in Alabama.[26]
- ↑ Founded in 1972 in Texas, moved to Alabama in 1979[26]
- ↑ The Community College of the Air Force is accredited by SACS through its parent organization, Air University.[27]
- ↑ Faulkner State has locations in Bay Minette, Fairhope, and Gulf Shores.[12]
- ↑ Gadsden State has locations in Gadsden and Anniston.[12]
- ↑ Created in 1985 as a merger of three institutions founded in 1925, 1960, and 1965[32]
- ↑ SACS lists Drake State as a "Candidate Institution".[5]
- ↑ Jefferson Davis has locations in Brewton and Atmore.[12]
- ↑ Created in 1990 as a merger of two institutions founded in 1963 and 1972[40]
- ↑ Jefferson State has locations in Birmingham and Hoover.[12]
- ↑ Lurleen B. Wallace has locations in Andalusia, Greenville, and Opp.[12]
- ↑ Northwest–Shoals has locations in Brewton and Phil Campbell.[12]
- ↑ Created in 1993 as a merger of two institutions founded in 1963 and 1966[48]
- ↑ Created in 1979 as a merger of two institutions founded in 1952 and 1972[53]
- ↑ Southern Union has locations in Andalusia, Opelika, and Valley.[12]
- ↑ Created in 1994 as a merger of two institutions founded in 1922 and 1963[56]
- ↑ Troy has locations in Troy, Dothan, Montgomery, and Phenix City, in addition to locations in 15 other states and 6 countries.[60]
- ↑ Virginia College has locations in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery, in addition to 21 locations in other states.[72]
- ↑ Wallace has locations in Dothan, Eufaula, and Fort Rucker.[12]
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- 1 2 Gasman, Marybeth (December 3, 2010). "Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Alabama". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Auburn University. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
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