Test-optional, with exceptions for some programsNo early plan
University of Alabama at Birmingham
AL · Public · South · National university · 11,824 undergraduates (medium)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
Overall admit rate94.2%
Early roundNo early plan
Regular round†94.2%no early round, so same as overall
† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Admission rates
Overall
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
No early plan (scholarship deadlines Jan. 15 in-state, May 1 out-of-state) · School admissions page ↗
Testing
Testing policy
Fall 2027
Test-optional, with exceptions for some programsTest-optional only with a weighted GPA of 3.5 or higher; a GPA of 3.49 or below requires a scoreSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
RequiredUAB ends test-optional admission after the Summer/Fall 2027 cycleSchool announcement ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Superscoring
What this means:
- SAT
- Does not superscore (highest single sitting)
- ACT
- Does not superscore (highest single sitting)
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.
How to send scores
Not stated on the school’s site
The saved pages do not describe a submission method.
checked Nov 3, 2026
Students submitting scores
Est. % submitting scores‡52%SAT 5% + ACT 47%
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Submitted SAT5%
117 students
Submitted ACT47%
1,176 students
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
SAT composite
1250–1420 median 1340
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
620–720
500800
SAT Math
600–730 median 660
500800
ACT composite
23–30 median 26
2036
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
SAT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
ACT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 6,112 | 73.7% | Not reported | 100% | 13.3% | 92% | 1100-1360 | 22-29 | |
| 2020-21 ↗ | 6,547 | 66.7% | Not reported | 100% | 14% | 98.4% | 1093-1310 | 22-30 | |
| 2021-22 ↗ | 10,541 | 88.5% | Not reported | 69% | 7% | 62% | 1170-1370 | 23-30 | |
| 2022-23 ↗ | 8,622 | 86.7% | Not reported | 56% | 7% | 49% | 1200-1410 | 23-30 | |
| 2023-24 ↗ | 9,655 | 88.4% | Not reported | 54% | 5% | 49% | 1170-1363 | 22-30 | |
| 2024-25 ↗ | 10,034 | 88.2% | Not reported | 47% | 4% | 43% | 1190-1430 | 23-30 | |
| 2025-26 ↗ | 10,474 | 94.2% | Not reported | 52% | 5% | 47% | 1250-1420 | 23-30 |
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS