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University or college · Private nonprofit

Faulkner University

Montgomery, AL1,228 online only

Faulkner University is a private nonprofit university in Montgomery, AL, with about 1,705 students on campus and 1,228 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
1,705
plus 1,228 studying only online
Admission rate
73%
lower than at 58% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$22,085
higher than at 60% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
37%
lower than at 81% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$43,457
higher than at 57% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Faulkner University

Little price break for lower-income families

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $23,385 a year after grants, about the same as the $22,835 paid by families over $110,000. What it costs ↓

Faulkner University focuses on business

46% of the degrees Faulkner University awards are in business; the next biggest field, public safety, is 23%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $37,626 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $23,920Room & board $8,350Books & supplies $1,800Other costs $3,556

After grants, the average family on aid pays $22,085.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$19,170

About $76,680 over 4 years · 49% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Faulkner University?

73%

of applicants admitted

About 15 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

ACT
18–21

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1020.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
37%
within 6 years · Pell students 29%
Come back for year two
64%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$43,457
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$23,000
about $244 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

7.8%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$244 a month against about $3,109 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

31%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 20% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$38k
Middle income$30–75k
$56k
Higher incomeover $75k
$55k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Business 46%Public safety 23%Psychology 8%Health professions 6%Parks, recreation & fitness 5%Legal studies 2%Everything else 11%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Business/Commerce, General110 graduates a year · typical debt $18,750
$61k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections88 graduates a year · typical debt $22,100
$60k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations70 graduates a year · typical debt $26,750
$52k4 yrs out
Human Resources Management and Services54 graduates a year · typical debt $25,000
$48k4 yrs out
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology23 graduates a year · typical debt $25,875
$39k4 yrs out
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness17 graduates a year · typical debt $32,040
$49k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods13 graduates a year
$36k1 yr out
English Language and Literature, General7 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,549 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 44%Hispanic 5%Black 38%Asian 1%Two or more 2%International 5%

Women and men

Women 56%Men 44%
14 : 1
students per teacher
46%
get Pell grants (lower income)
56%
take federal loans
41%
undergrads 25 or older
26%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Montgomery

7% of Montgomery’s 195,300 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Montgomery pages.

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Straight-line distances from Faulkner University; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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4.8 mi3,366 students
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Tuskegee UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Tuskegee
29.8 mi2,819 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.