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Alabama: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

Age distribution:
Up to 4 6.4% 6.5%
5 to 14 13.1% 13.3%
15 to 19 7.2% 7.1%
20 to 24 7.0% 7.0%
25 to 44 25.7% 26.6%
45 to 64 26.8% 26.4%
65 and older 13.8% 13.0%

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Alabama: Almanac 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 23	4,779,736	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.1%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.2%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.7%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.8%	26.4%
65 and older	13.8%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.6%	0.9%
Asian	1.1%	4.8%
Black	26.2%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	68.5%	72.4%
More than one race	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	3.9%	16.3%
Other	2.0%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	6.3%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	12.3%	8.7%
High-school diploma	31.8%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	20.9%	20.6%
Associate degree	6.9%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	13.9%	17.6%
Master’s degree	5.6%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	0.8%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.4%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	4.6%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 43	$34,650	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	19.0%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	40,050	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-3.4%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	8,460	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$6,808	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,422	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$16,649	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$1,470,951,799	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-4.7%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$16,851,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$3,437,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$263,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$20,551,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$850,072,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	9.6%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	63.7%	61.2%
State and local governments	5.0%	6.3%
Industry	3.8%	5.2%
Nonprofit	3.4%	6.1%
Institution itself	23.5%	19.4%
Other	0.7%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	14.6%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	1.6%	4.9%
Life sciences	69.6%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	3.2%	3.7%
Physical sciences	5.1%	7.6%
Psychology	0.8%	1.8%
Social sciences	2.3%	3.3%
Other sciences	0.7%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	2.1%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Alabama system	$995,146,626
Top fund raisers:
University of Alabama at Birmingham	$91,447,265
University of Alabama system	$74,926,523
Auburn University main campus	$61,262,674

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$106,204	$112,647
Associate professor	$75,837	$78,804
Assistant professor	$60,725	$67,236
All	$74,336	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$75,454	$87,677
Associate professor	$63,379	$70,215
Assistant professor	$53,060	$59,511
All	$59,433	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$82,866	$133,973
Associate professor	$67,500	$86,108
Assistant professor	$54,512	$72,242
All	$63,158	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$56,749	$82,002
Associate professor	$50,049	$66,466
Assistant professor	$43,350	$55,352
All	$47,495	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$68,219	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$47,364	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$53,267	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	281,849	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	45,478	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	169,269	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	97,814	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	25,136	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	31,819	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	3,289	430,177
Total	327,327	21,016,126
Public institutions	82%	72%
4-year institutions	69%	63%
2-year institutions	31%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	10,198	849,452
Bachelor’s	25,686	1,650,014
Master’s	11,291	693,025
Doctorate	2,079	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 75% of all freshmen enrolled in Alabama in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 90% of all Alabama residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	47.5%	56.0%
Men	42.4%	53.0%
Women	51.7%	58.5%
American Indian	41.8%	37.0%
Asian	56.2%	66.3%
Black	30.7%	38.3%
Hispanic	47.3%	47.8%
White	55.2%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	2,630	196,374
Asian	4,983	1,218,118
Black	101,659	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	252	64,046
Hispanic	7,569	2,741,448
White	201,686	12,722,549
Foreign	6,310	709,565
Two or more races	2,238	325,275
Total	327,327	21,016,126
Women	58.1%	57.0%
Minority	36.5%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	34.2%	28.4%
Foreign	1.9%	3.4%
Full-time	66.7%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 20.3 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 86% of Alabama’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	14	678
Public 2-year institutions	25	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	19	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	10	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	7	664
Total	75	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Stillman College, Talladega College
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
Miles College, Samford University