by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of North Alabama was awarded 56 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, UNA is ranked #1,168 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UNA held the #1,179 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UNA is also ranked #22 out of 42 schools in Alabama.
With an acceptance rate of 96%, UNA has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, University of North Alabama is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of North Alabama is 58%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of North Alabama has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UNA is 27%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,946 undergraduates at UNA with 4,708 being full-time and 1,238 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,922 | $7,731 | $11,233 | $14,536 | $13,484 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UNA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UNA, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $6,302 a year. That adds up to $25,208 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UNA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Harrison Plaza, Florence, AL 35632-0001 |
| Phone: | 256-765-4100 |
| Website: | https://www.una.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 383 | $35,057 |
| Nursing | 314 | $61,137 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 223 | $42,529 |
| Social Work | 107 | $36,948 |
| Accounting | 81 | $47,022 |
| Health & Physical Education | 79 | $29,714 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 54 | $30,633 |
| Marketing | 52 | $40,470 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 52 | $31,595 |
| General Biology | 47 | $30,593 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 6,754 students took at least one online class at University of North Alabama. This is an increase from the 6,572 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,754 | 3,346 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,572 | 3,305 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,483 | 3,081 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,379 | 1,617 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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