Troy University

Public · Moderately Selective · AL

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School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationAL · South

SettingRural

Undergrads9,805

Student:faculty16:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate28.2%

6-yr grad rate50.3%

Drop-out rate28.8%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$10k

Out-of-state tuition$20k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity48.1%

Gender diversity63.9%

International3.6%

Identity—

Overview

Troy University is a public university in southeastern Alabama with an unusually large footprint for its size, built around serving military members and adult learners through an extensive network of online and satellite campuses that stretches across the country and onto U.S. military installations overseas. That dual identity, part traditional Southern college town, part global distance-education provider, sets it apart from most regional public universities and reflects decades of deliberate investment in reaching nontraditional students.

Academics

The Sorrell College of Business, AACSB-accredited, is a particular point of pride, alongside strong programs in education, nursing, and criminal justice that serve both traditional undergraduates and working adults completing degrees remotely. The university's scale in online and accelerated delivery is a genuine institutional strength rather than an afterthought, with course scheduling and support systems built specifically around military deployment schedules and adult work commitments.

Campus & student life

The main Troy campus retains a classic small-town Southern college feel, anchored by Trojan football, which competes in the Sun Belt Conference, and the Sound of the South marching band, a regional institution known for its size and precision well beyond the campus itself. Students on the residential campus get a fairly traditional college experience, complete with Greek life and football Saturdays, even as the university's larger overall population studies remotely from bases and cities far from Alabama.

Getting in

Admissions are relatively accessible and geared toward serving a broad range of students, including many transfers, military-affiliated applicants, and adult learners returning to school after time away. The process leans less on essays or holistic review and more on providing a dependable, flexible path to a degree, with rolling deadlines and credit-transfer policies built for students juggling deployments or full-time work.

After graduation

Troy's business and education graduates are well represented across the Southeast, and its scale in serving military-affiliated students means alumni are unusually spread out geographically compared to a typical regional university. Many graduates continue directly into military careers, government service, or teaching, often completing degrees while still on active duty.

Worth knowing

Troy's scale in serving military-affiliated students, including active-duty personnel stationed abroad at U.S. bases in Europe and Asia, is unusual among regional public universities and shapes much of its program design, calendar flexibility, and course delivery. A prospective student choosing between the residential Troy campus and its distance programs is really choosing between two fairly different experiences under one name.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate96%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 940–1210 · ACT 18–25

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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