Private nonprofit colleges in Alabama
The College Scorecard lists 14 private nonprofit colleges that mostly award bachelor's degrees or higher in Alabama, all compared on this page. Together they enroll 15,612 undergraduate degree-seeking students. The median average net price is $21,699 a year, lower than the $22,971 median for private nonprofit colleges nationwide. Former students' median earnings 10 years after starting college are $48,418 at the median institution, lower than the $59,082 median for private nonprofit colleges nationwide. The median graduation rate is 47.7%.
Compare all private nonprofit colleges in Alabama on one chart
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Each dot is one school. Dashed lines mark the median for Alabama. Showing 12 of 14 private nonprofit colleges in Alabama; schools missing either value are left out.
All 14 private nonprofit colleges in Alabama
| Samford University Birmingham | 4,206 | $32,950 | $41,910 | $66,982 | $19,500 | 77.8% | 92.9% | 82.4% |
| Tuskegee University Tuskegee | 2,630 | $40,141 | $25,598 | $57,833 | $25,795 | 54.6% | 80.7% | 48.7% |
| Faulkner University Montgomery | 1,549 | $23,416 | $26,590 | $48,627 | $23,275 | 37.1% | 64.5% | 73.1% |
| University of Mobile Mobile | 1,307 | $23,931 | $27,930 | $48,418 | $25,000 | 56.8% | 74.0% | 77.9% |
| Miles College Fairfield | 1,155 | $16,497 | $13,264 | $38,127 | $25,500 | 19.4% | 56.3% | n/a |
| Oakwood University Huntsville | 1,153 | $26,827 | $24,112 | $47,707 | $27,000 | 47.2% | 71.1% | 45.2% |
| Huntingdon College Montgomery | 879 | $21,852 | $29,570 | $54,423 | $27,000 | 47.7% | 67.0% | 69.5% |
| Spring Hill College Mobile | 782 | $21,545 | $25,300 | $58,881 | $23,500 | 61.4% | 70.2% | 76.6% |
| Stillman College Tuscaloosa | 706 | $14,781 | $12,700 | $40,800 | $25,099 | 32.5% | 52.8% | 62.3% |
| Talladega College Talladega | 701 | $13,528 | $15,650 | $38,238 | $30,297 | 43.9% | 54.4% | 85.4% |
| Amridge University Montgomery | 241 | n/a | n/a | $40,519 | $31,498 | 50.0% | n/a | n/a |
| United States Sports University Daphne | 228 | $5,316 | $14,840 | $56,044 | n/a | n/a | 42.9% | 61.4% |
| Heritage Christian University Florence | 75 | $18,974 | $12,710 | $47,059 | n/a | n/a | 0.0% | 90.0% |
| Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine Dothan | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: private nonprofit colleges in Alabama
- How many private nonprofit colleges are in Alabama?
- The College Scorecard lists 14 private nonprofit colleges that mostly award bachelor's degrees or higher in Alabama.
- What do private nonprofit colleges in Alabama cost?
- Across the 12 schools that report it, the median average net price is $21,699 a year. Net price is what full-time, first-time students receiving federal aid pay after grants and scholarships. Reported net prices range from $5,316 at United States Sports University to $40,141 at Tuskegee University.
- Which private nonprofit colleges in Alabama have the lowest average net price?
- By reported average net price: United States Sports University ($5,316), Talladega College ($13,528), Stillman College ($14,781), Miles College ($16,497), and Heritage Christian University ($18,974).
- How much do former students of private nonprofit colleges in Alabama earn?
- At the median institution, former students who received federal aid earn $48,418 10 years after starting college (13 institutions reporting; branch campuses share one figure and count once). The highest reported medians are at Samford University ($66,982), Spring Hill College ($58,881), and Tuskegee University ($57,833).
- What is the graduation rate at private nonprofit colleges in Alabama?
- The median graduation rate is 47.7%, across 11 schools reporting. It counts full-time, first-time students who finished within 150% of normal time.
- How much student debt do graduates of private nonprofit colleges in Alabama have?
- The median institution's graduates leave with $25,500 in federal student loans (the median balance). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
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How these numbers work
This page includes private nonprofit colleges that mostly award bachelor's degrees or higher, as reported in the College Scorecard. Summary figures are medians across schools: each school counts once, whatever its size, and schools that don't report a measure are left out of that measure. The Scorecard reports earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure; for those two measures each institution counts once. Most recent data year: cost 2025, graduation and retention 2025, earnings 2022, debt 2024. More on the data.