Fast Facts

12:1 student to faculty ratio
Zero classes taught by graduate assistants
4,658 total enrollment (Fall 2009)
Students from 40 states and 17 countries
138 undergraduate majors, minors and concentrations
Eight academic schools:
Ranked in top tier of national doctoral research universities by U.S. News & World Report
Recognized by The Princeton Review’s 100 “Best Value Colleges” for 2010
Largest privately-supported institution for higher learning in Alabama
University Libraries hold more than 972,000 volume equivalents
Chartered on December 29, 1841 in Marion, Alabama, as Howard College

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