College · Public · Montgomery, AL · City
Alabama State University
Montgomery, AL
HBCU
Admit rate98%
6-yr median pay$27k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size3,477
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $27k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 98% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 976 · ACT 18.
If you get in
3,477 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $24k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$94k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$82k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$13k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.2k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $19.6k
- Room & board
- $7.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants71%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans74%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr30%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$27k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$35k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out35%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 3,477
- Location
- Montgomery, AL
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black86%
- Unknown6%
- International3%
- White2%
- Hispanic1%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$22k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 31
What you can study.