Alabama: enrollment and college housing by campus

The 10 Alabama campuses here enrolled 124,984 full-time students in fall 2024 and controlled 37,440 beds of housing, 30 beds per 100 full-time students. The University of Alabama has the most full-time students beyond its own beds: 25,508.

10campuses with 3,000+ full-time students

124,984full-time students, fall 2024

37,440college-controlled beds, 2024-25

$5,476median typical housing charge, academic year (9 reporting)

Sorted by full-time students beyond college-controlled capacity. Sources: Fall 2024 enrollment, IPEDS DRVEF2024 (provisional release, December 2025); 2024-25 housing capacity and charges, IPEDS COST1_2024 (December 2025). * Combined food and housing charge, for schools that don't split the two. n/a: no charge reported.
Campus	Full-time	Beds	Per 100	Beyond beds	Housing charge
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa	34,908	9,400	26.9	25,508	$7,750
Auburn University Auburn	28,856	4,892	17	23,964	$10,326
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham	14,679	3,480	23.7	11,199	$7,880
University of South Alabama Mobile	11,700	3,444	29.4	8,256	$4,680
Jacksonville State University Jacksonville	7,056	2,698	38.2	4,358	$5,476
University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville	6,286	2,148	34.2	4,138	$12,428*
University of North Alabama Florence	5,719	2,289	40	3,430	$3,780
Samford University Birmingham	5,862	2,608	44.5	3,254	$6,950
Alabama A & M University Normal	6,291	4,200	66.8	2,091	$5,103
Alabama State University Montgomery	3,627	2,281	62.9	1,346	$3,500

"Beyond beds" is full-time enrollment minus the college's own housing capacity. It is not a demand forecast: some of those students live with family, and some commute by choice. Method and sources.