If your children want to go to college alongside the likes of Tua Tagovailoa or someday stroll the Avenue of Oaks to get their degree, then they better start studying.
Spring Hill College in Mobile and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa are the two most selective schools in the state, according to the 2018 Hardest Colleges to Get Into list produced by the data website Niche.
Nearly 6-in-10 applicants are rejected by Spring Hill College, and more than half are told ‘no’ by the Capstone, according to the report.
The rankings are based on acceptance rates and SAT/ACT test scores using data from the U.S. Department of Education.
Here’s Niche’s top ten:
#1: Spring Hill College
— Acceptance rate: 44%
— SAT range: 1000-1190
#2: University of Alabama
— Acceptance rate: 53%
— SAT range: 980-1230
#3: Birmingham-Southern
— Acceptance rate: 48%
— SAT range: 990-1180
#4: University of Alabama – Birmingham
— Acceptance rate: 58%
— SAT range: 970-1300
#5: Oakwood University
— Acceptance rate: 48%
— SAT range: 750-1010
#6: Tuskegee University
— Acceptance rate: 50%
— SAT range: 890-1110
#7: Faulkner University
— Acceptance rate: 45%
— SAT range: 880-1120
#8: University of North Alabama
— Acceptance rate: 56%
— SAT range: 862-1053
#9: Alabama State University
— Acceptance rate: 46%
— SAT range: 730-920
#10: Huntington College
— Acceptance rate: 57%
— SAT range: 845-1050
Auburn University was 11th on the list, with an acceptance rate of 81% and a SAT range of 1060-1260.
See the full list here.
Niche also used various data points to compile other rankings, including the following “best” lists and their top three:
Best Academics
— #1, University of Alabama – Birmingham
— #2, University of Alabama
— #3, Auburn University
Best Value:
— #1, Samford University
— #2, Auburn University
— #3, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Best Professors
— #1, University of Alabama – Birmingham
— #2, Tuskegee University
— #3, Auburn University
Safest Campus
— #1, Athens State University
— #2, Stillman College
— #3, University of West Alabama
Best Student Life
— #1, University of Alabama
— #2, Auburn University
— #3, University of Alabama – Birmingham
Best for Student Athletes
— #1, University of Alabama
— #2, Auburn University
— #3, University of Alabama – Birmingham
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