Alabama-Huntsville acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Alabama-Huntsville, a public university in Alabama, reports a 69% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Alabama-Huntsville weighs, where it ranks among Alabama schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1120, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Alabama-Huntsville with a 3.1 GPA and a 1310 SAT?

About 95% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1310 SAT, the middle of Alabama-Huntsville's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1410 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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There is no formula that guarantees a spot at Alabama-Huntsville, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Alabama-Huntsville admitted 4,510 of the 6,074 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 74.3%. 1,176 enrolled. Only about 26% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Alabama-Huntsville enrolls about 6,591 undergraduates in total, 39% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 17 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

Admitted students at Alabama-Huntsville post SAT scores of 1210 to 1410 in the middle 50%, with an average of 1319. On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 24 to 31. A score above 1410 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1210 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Alabama-Huntsville is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

The factors that carry the most weight at Alabama-Huntsville are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Alabama-Huntsville's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

The full sticker price at Alabama-Huntsville (tuition, fees, housing, food, books) is about $27,392 a year. Tuition and fees are $12,132 for AL residents and $26,408 for out-of-state students, a $14,276 gap that makes residency the single biggest lever on cost. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,796 a year, and it ranges from $16,192 for families earning under $30,000 to $21,501 for families earning over $110,000. 25% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Median earnings for Alabama-Huntsville students ten years after entry are $61,767 ($55,610 at the six-year mark). 64% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 84% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $20,705; 33% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 22 Alabama schools we track, Alabama-Huntsville ranks #8 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Oakwood University (45%) and Auburn University (46%) sit nearby, which makes Alabama a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list. As a public university, residency matters: in-state applicants generally see meaningfully better odds than the headline rate suggests.

Applicants targeting Alabama-Huntsville often weigh Kennesaw State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and University at Albany, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

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Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.