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There are 61 colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Alabama. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa is the largest university in the state with 30,127 enrolled for fall 2010.[1] Calhoun Community College in Decatur is the largest two-year college, with an enrollment of 12,134. The smallest institution is Heritage Christian University, a Churches of Christ-affiliated seminary, with an enrollment of 88 students. The oldest institutions are the public University of North Alabama in Florence and the Catholic Church-affiliated Spring Hill College in Mobile, both founded in 1830.[2][3] There are also 8 four-year and 3 two-year historically black colleges and universities.[4]
The majority of Alabama's colleges and universities are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS),[5] but four are accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE),[6] four by the Council on Occupational Education (COE),[7] and one by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).[8]
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of South Alabama feature the only two medical schools in the state.[9] The University of Alabama School of Law, the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University are American Bar Association-accredited law schools.[10] The Birmingham School of Law and Miles Law School (unaffiliated with Miles College) are unaccredited law programs.[11]
Six for-profit schools and one non-profit school based in other states offer programs at locations in Alabama:[12]
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