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Alabama tuition and net price

The University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, Alabama · Public · 33,227 undergraduates

$12,484
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$35,342
out-of-state tuition and fees
$33,924
full cost of attendance a year
$20,202
average net price after aid

Residency is worth $22,858 a year in tuition and fees at Alabama: Alabama residents pay $12,484 for 2025-26, everyone else $35,342. For families earning under $30,000 the average net price ($18,067) is higher than in-state tuition, because it also covers housing, food and books. The University of Texas at Arlington has the lowest average net price among the schools closest to Alabama in size and selectivity ($17,040), and University of Colorado Boulder the highest ($23,708).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $18,067Income under $30,000$18,067Income $30,001 to $48,000: $17,442Income $30,001 to $48,000$17,442Income $48,001 to $75,000: $17,545Income $48,001 to $75,000$17,545Income $75,001 to $110,000: $21,229Income $75,001 to $110,000$21,229Income over $110,000: $25,653Income over $110,000$25,653
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Alabama's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$10k$20k$30k$40k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $25k In-state: $10k2015-16 Out-of-state: $26k In-state: $10k2016-17 Out-of-state: $27k In-state: $10k2017-18 Out-of-state: $28k In-state: $11k2018-19 Out-of-state: $29k In-state: $11k2019-20 Out-of-state: $30k In-state: $11k2020-21 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $12k2021-22 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $12k2022-23 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $12k2023-24 Out-of-state: $33k In-state: $12k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $35k In-state: $12k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$12,484$35,342
2023-24$11,900$33,200
2022-23$11,940$32,300
2021-22$11,620$31,090
2020-21$11,620$31,090
2019-20$10,780$30,250
2018-19$10,780$29,230
2017-18$10,780$28,100
2016-17$10,470$26,950
2015-16$10,170$25,950
2014-15$9,826$24,950

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$12,484 in-state, $35,342 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$15,116
Books and supplies
$700
Full cost of attendance
$33,924 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
21%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
35%
Median federal debt at graduation
$21,500

Colleges similar to Alabama

The six public four-year colleges closest to Alabama in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR		77%30,743$21,504$67,894
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX		73%32,394$19,890$67,143
LSU
Baton Rouge, LA		73%30,594$19,286$64,338
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO		78%31,939$23,708$77,574
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN		80%31,855$17,330$74,314
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX		80%32,294$17,040$72,508

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Alabama on College Scorecard