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University of Mobile

Mobile, Alabama Private nonprofit 4-year Rural area

Overview

University of Mobile is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Mobile, Alabama. The campus sits in a rural area. It enrolled 1,545 students in fall 2024, including 1,308 undergraduates and 237 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Southern Baptist.

University of Mobile offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 63 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Registered Nursing, and Exercise Science and Kinesiology. It awarded 354 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

74% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

1,545
Students enrolled
74%
First-year retention
354
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
63
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 63

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 4
Health Professions 7
Education 11
Visual and Performing Arts 12
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Psychology 1
Communication and Journalism 3
Social Sciences 4
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2
Computer and Information Sciences 1
History 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Mathematics and Statistics 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Engineering 1
English Language and Literature 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
74%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
239
Associate degrees
20
Master's degrees
77
Doctoral degrees (research)
17
Post-master's certificates
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,545
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,308
Graduate students, fall 2024
237
Full-time, fall 2024
88%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,199
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,937
Graduate students, 2024-25
262
Full-time, 2024-25
64%
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
61%
Men
39%
White
39%
Hispanic or Latino
3%
Black or African American
10%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
39%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Programs with a fully online option
10
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
3%
Students taking some online courses
10%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Southern Baptist
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Southern States Athletic Conference
President
Dr. Charles Smith
Services and opportunities
ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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