Largest Alabama Colleges and Universities

Largest Alabama Colleges with Most Enrollment

The University of Alabama has the most students of 40,846 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Alabama. Auburn University is ranked second with 34,145 students and University of Alabama at Birmingham follows them with 20,905 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have most students by gender.

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Largest Alabama Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	The University of Alabama Public, four-yearsTuscaloosa, AL	40,846	23,478	17,368
2	Auburn University Public, four-yearsAuburn, AL	34,145	17,474	16,671
3	University of Alabama at Birmingham Public, four-yearsBirmingham, AL	20,905	13,044	7,861
4	University of South Alabama Public, four-yearsMobile, AL	14,003	9,472	4,531
5	Troy University Public, four-yearsTroy, AL	13,658	8,551	5,107
6	University of North Alabama Public, four-yearsFlorence, AL	10,204	6,538	3,666
7	Jacksonville State University Public, four-yearsJacksonville, AL	9,955	5,988	3,967
8	University of Alabama in Huntsville Public, four-yearsHuntsville, AL	8,564	3,476	5,088
9	Alabama A & M University Public, four-yearsNormal, AL	7,295	4,336	2,959
10	University of West Alabama Public, four-yearsLivingston, AL	6,820	5,080	1,740
11	Samford University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBirmingham, AL	6,097	4,035	2,062
12	Auburn University at Montgomery Public, four-yearsMontgomery, AL	5,217	3,128	2,089
13	Alabama State University Public, four-yearsMontgomery, AL	4,081	2,628	1,453
14	Tuskegee University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTuskegee, AL	3,121	2,005	1,116
15	University of Montevallo Public, four-yearsMontevallo, AL	3,088	1,891	1,197
16	Faulkner University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMontgomery, AL	3,086	1,788	1,298
17	Athens State University Public, four-yearsAthens, AL	2,986	2,121	865
18	University of Mobile Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMobile, AL	1,545	953	592
19	Oakwood University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHuntsville, AL	1,226	695	531
20	Miles College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFairfield, AL	1,180	575	605

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