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Alabama offers students a broad range of educational opportunities throughout the state. School-aged children may be taught in public, private, or home schools. Higher education institutions exist in the form of public and private universities and colleges, and community colleges.

Several public universities serve students within Alabama. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, founded in 1831, is the state's first public college and is a comprehensive, student-centered research university enrolling nearly 24,000 students and offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in over 200 fields of study. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), an extension of the University of Alabama established in the 1930s, is now an autonomous campus recognized for its research university and health care center; its over 18,000 students take advantage of approximately 140 undergraduate and graduate degrees. The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is an autonomous campus enrolling approximately 7,100 students and offering 59 degree granting programs, including 29 bachelor's, 18 master's and 12 Ph. D. programs. Auburn University in Auburn is known as one of the largest universities in the South; founded in 1856, Auburn enrolls over 24,000 students and offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in 13 schools and colleges, with 130 different majors available. Auburn University at Montgomery in Montgomery is Auburn's metropolitan campus, and is renowned for its schools of business, education, liberal arts, nursing, and sciences. Alabama State University in Montgomery, founded in 1867, enrolls over 5,000 students and offers 47 degree programs including 31 bachelor's, 11 master's, two education specialists, and three doctoral courses of study. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) University in Normal, founded in 1890, is a land-grant university providing bachelor's and graduate studies to over 6,100 students. Athens State University in Athens, founded in 1822, enrolls approximately 2,800 students and offers 33 degree programs; it is known as the oldest institution of higher education in Alabama's state education system. Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, founded in 1883, offers pre-professional programs in medicine and law, and over 40 other programs. The University of Montevallo in Montevallo, founded in 1896, is one of only 21 public liberal arts universities in the U.S., and enrolls 3,100 students in over 30 degree programs with nearly 75 majors. The University of North Alabama in Florence, founded in 1830, is a comprehensive regional university offering both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The University of South Alabama in Mobile enrolls over 14,000 students in the only major public higher education institution on the upper Gulf Coast. The University of West Alabama in Livingston, founded in 1839, enrolls approximately 2,300 students.

Alabama also boasts fine private colleges throughout the state. Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, founded in 1856, is a four-year, private liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church and enrolling 1,300 students. Concordia College in Selma, founded in 1922, is a historically African-American college affiliated with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Faulkner University in Montgomery is a private, Christian liberal arts university offering over 65 degrees. Huntingdon College in Montgomery, founded in 1854, is a liberal arts institution in the tradition of the United Methodist Church enrolling approximately 800 students. Judson College in Marion, founded in 1913, is an evangelical Christian college offering over 60 undergraduate majors, minors, and pre-professional programs to over 1,200 students. Miles College in Birmingham is a historically African-American liberal arts college following a Methodist Episcopal Church tradition; 25 bachelor's degree programs are offered to over 1,700 students. Oakwood College in Huntsville, founded in 1896, enrolls approximately 1,750 students in a Christian, liberal arts curriculum. Samford University in Birmingham, established in 1841, is the largest privately supported and fully accredited higher education institution in Alabama. Spring Hill College in Mobile, established in 1830, is the oldest Catholic college in the southeastern U.S. and offers a four-year, coeducational liberal arts and sciences education to its nearly 1,500 students. Talladega College in Talladega, founded in 1869, is the state's oldest, private, historically African-American liberal arts college. Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, established in 1880, is an independent, state-related higher education institution enrolling over 3,000 students. The United States Sports Academy in Daphne offers an independent, non-profit sports education dedicated to preparing students for careers in the sport professions. The University of Mobile in Mobile, founded in 1961, enrolls approximately 2,000 students in the tradition of the Southern Baptist Convention.

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