- The Inkwell
- Alabama
- Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, ALTown: distantZIP 36088Founded 1880
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1880
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.tuskegee.edu
- Member of
- APLU
AlabamaHBCUPrivate nonprofit
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private nonprofit university in Tuskegee, Alabama, with 2,630 undergraduates. It admits 49% of applicants, graduates 55% within six years and costs $40,141 a year after aid.
55%graduate
Admission rate49%
Retention81%
4-year graduation26%
Pell Grant share62%
Federal loans57%
$40,141net price / year
49%admission rate
1120average SAT
55%graduate in 6 years
$57,833median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,795median debt
#899 of 1,704 for earnings#1,658 of 1,739 for lowest net price#870 of 1,738 for graduation rate#239 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $46,052tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $25,598
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $25,598
- Average net price
- $40,141national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$40,091
$30,001–48,000$39,892
$48,001–75,000$39,895
$75,001–110,000$40,324
$110,001+$41,005
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 49%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1120
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 18–25
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college49%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college81%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college55%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college62%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 55%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 26%
- First-year retention
- 81%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 61%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,552
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $57,833middle 50%: $34,753–$84,891
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,795
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$84,891
Median, Tuskegee University$57,833
Lower quarter$34,753
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,630
- Part-time
- 2.9%
- Women / men
- 62% / 38%
- Average age at entry
- 19.7
- First-generation students
- 23%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 62%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 92%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,397 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,438
- Endowment, end of year
- $164,249,785
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White0.6%
Hispanic0.1%
Black82%
Asian0.2%
Two or more races3.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Unknown13%
21 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions19%
Agriculture16%
Business & management15%
Engineering11%
Biological & biomedical sciences7.2%
Psychology4.7%
Social sciences3.8%
Architecture3.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 102377. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1682329.