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Strayer University-Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama Private for-profit 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Strayer University-Alabama is a private for-profit four-year institution based in Birmingham, Alabama. The campus sits in a midsize city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,329, made up of 1,196 undergraduates and 133 graduate students. It is part of Strategic Education, Inc..

Strayer University-Alabama offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 21 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business/Commerce, Information Technology, and Accounting and Business/Management. It awarded 288 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 21 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 47 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,329
Students enrolled
288
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
21
Programs and majors
47:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 21

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 11
Computer and Information Sciences 4
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Education 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Health Professions 1
  • Health Master Online option 1 graduate
Social Sciences 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, part-time students
34%
Student-to-faculty ratio
47:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
132
Associate degrees
96
Master's degrees
42
Certificates under 1 year
16
Postbaccalaureate certificates
2

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,329
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,196
Graduate students, fall 2024
133
Full-time, fall 2024
6%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,829
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,664
Graduate students, 2024-25
165
Full-time, 2024-25
6%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
79%
Men
21%
White
24%
Hispanic or Latino
1%
Black or African American
70%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
21
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
100%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Quarter
Part of
Strategic Education, Inc.
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
President
Antoinette Farmer-Thompson
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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