Alabama State University Description:
Admissions Data (2012):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 46%
- GPA, ACT and SAT graph for Alabama State
- What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 370 / 460
- SAT Math: 360 / 480
- SAT Writing: - / -
- ACT Composite: 15 / 19
- ACT English: 14 / 19
- ACT Math: 14 / 19
Enrollment (2010):
- Total Enrollment: 5,425 (4,743 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 41% Male / 59% Female
- 92% Full-time
Costs (2012 - 13):
- Tuition and Fees: $7,932 (in-state); $14,244 (out-of-state)
- Books: $1,600 (why so much?)
- Room and Board: $4,600
- Other Expenses: $2,549
- Total Cost: $16,681 (in-state); $20,054 (out-of-state)
Alabama State University Financial Aid (2010 - 11):
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 97%
- Alabama State Scholarships (Cappex.com)
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Grants: 92%
- Loans: 84%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Grants: $7,388
- Loans: $6,177
Most Popular Majors:
Transfer, Retention and Graduation Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 54%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 9%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 26%
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Alabama State University Mission Statement:
"Alabama State University is a student-centered, nurturing, comprehensive and diverse public historically black University committed to achieving excellence in teaching, research and public service. The University fulfills its mission through fostering critical thought, artistic creativity, professional competence and responsible citizenship in its students; by adding to the body of knowledge to enhance the quality of life through research and discovery; and by helping to advance the state and nation through thoughtful public service. Offering baccalaureate through doctorate degrees, the University maintains a scholarly and creative faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and a living atmosphere in which all members of the campus community can work and learn in pleasant and rewarding surroundings. Consistent with its assurance that neither race, gender nor economic status inhibits intelligence, creativity or achievement, ASU offers a bridge to success for those who commit to pursuing the building blocks of development, focus, persistence and reward."
