This article features top engineering colleges in Alabama that offer master and doctoral degrees in the fields of biological engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Please be informed that each school receives national wide rank as the ranking compares all engineering schools in the United States. Some important ranking factors include average GRE scores, alumni surveys, current student interviews, institutional research publications, and peer college assessment. In the following list of best engineering schools in the state of Alabama, you can see tuition cost for both in-state and out-of-state students, acceptable rates and admissions statistics for each top ranked engineering college.
| National Ranking | Alabama Top Engineering Programs |
| 67 | Auburn University (Ginn) (Auburn University, AL) Overall acceptance rate: 55.4% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 737 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,290 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,870 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 834 Research expenditures per faculty member: $401,503 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $57,415,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.4%  |
| 90 | University of Alabama–Huntsville (Huntsville, AL) Overall acceptance rate: 58.5% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 696 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,830 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $18,748 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 769 Research expenditures per faculty member: $698,082 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $50,960,000 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.3%  |
| 111 | University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) Overall acceptance rate: 37.6% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 726 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $8,600 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,900 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 369 Research expenditures per faculty member: $160,538 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $17,177,576 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0%  |
| 130 | University of Alabama–Birmingham (Birmingham, AL) Overall acceptance rate: 46.8% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 724 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $6,391 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $13,428 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 379 Research expenditures per faculty member: $181,914 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $6,912,753 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0%  |
| 175 | Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL) Overall acceptance rate: 55.7% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): N/A Tuition: Full-time: $17,070 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 50 Research expenditures per faculty member: N/A Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): N/A Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0%  |
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- Tree – long-leaved (bog) pine (Pinus palustris)
- Flower (cultivated) – Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica)
- Flower (wild) – oak hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
- Beast – American black bear (Baribal, Ursus americanus)
- Horse breed – racing horse
- Bird – Golden (Awk-billed, cuckoo) woodpecker (Colaptes auratus) and wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- Fish (marine) – Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
- Fish (freshwater) – largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
- Reptile – Alabama red-bellied tortoise (Pseudemys alabamensis)
- Amphibious burrowing salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti)
- Mollusk – Juno’s snail (Scaphella junonia johnstoneae)
- Insect – Monarch Danaid (Danaus plexippus)
- Butterfly – sailboat glaucus (Papilio glaucus)
- Nut – pecan
- Berry – western raspberry
- Fruit – peach
- Vegetable – yam (sweet potato)
- Alcoholic drink – Alabama whiskey
- Pie – Pie Lane
- Precious (ornamental) stone – blue star quartz
- Mineral – hematite
- Rock – marble
- Fossil – Basilosaurus (Basilosaurus cetoides)
- Dance – square dance
- Song – “Alabama“