Tuscaloosa, AL · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for The University of Alabama
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$70,646
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $4,900.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at University of Alabama
| Full price, in state | $29,763 |
| Full price, out of state | $54,489 |
| After grants, at your income | $16,295 |
At this income, 2 of Alabama's other 12 colleges cost less after grants, and 10 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. Out of state: $6,000 to $28,000 a year, from a 3.5 GPA.
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At University of Alabama, our scenarios for Alabama households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $5,800 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What the University of Alabama says it awards for grades and test scores.
Out of state: $6,000 to $28,000 a year, from a 3.5 GPA
GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1420 or ACT 32 $28,000 a year Presidential GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1360 or ACT 30 $24,000 a year UA Scholar GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1330 or ACT 29 $15,000 a year Foundation in Excellence GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1300 or ACT 28 $10,000 a year Collegiate GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1260 or ACT 27 $8,000 a year Capstone GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1200 or ACT 25 $6,000 a year Crimson Legends
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How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what University of Alabama reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit. For a family that lives in Alabama, it also counts Alabama's tax deduction for money you put through its 529 plan.
The $5,800 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in University of Alabama's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Alabama, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price University of Alabama at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: The University of Alabama's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
The University of Alabama's own budget for 2026-27 is $35,392 in state and $60,400 out of state. It also counts costs the university doesn't bill for, such as travel and personal spending. We leave those out.
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Nearby at your income
- University of West Alabama$10,691 a year
- Jacksonville State University$15,514 a year
- University of Alabama$16,295 a year
- University of North Alabama$17,571 a year
- UAB$18,443 a year
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