Alabama A & M University

Public · Moderately Selective · AL

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School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationAL · South

SettingUrban

Undergrads6,124

Student:faculty19:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate11.7%

6-yr grad rate24%

Drop-out rate30.1%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$10k

Out-of-state tuition$19k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity98.4%

Gender diversity57.8%

International2.4%

IdentityHBCU

Overview

Alabama A&M is a public historically Black land-grant university on a hilltop in Huntsville, a city whose economy is dominated by aerospace, defense, and federal research employers, with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the Redstone Arsenal both nearby.

Academics

Engineering, agricultural sciences, and education are the university's most established programs, and its land-grant research mission connects directly to Huntsville's technical employer base, giving students in engineering and applied sciences real proximity to the region's space-and-defense research sector.

Campus & student life

Marching band and homecoming carry outsized cultural weight, as they do at many HBCUs, and the campus's hilltop setting overlooks Huntsville's growing tech corridor.

After graduation

Graduates in engineering and technical fields have a real, geographically close pipeline into Huntsville's aerospace and defense contractor workforce, a distinctive local advantage not many HBCUs share.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate58%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 810–1040 · ACT 14–19

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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