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Alabama State University

School colors: Black and old gold

ASU Bibb Graves Hall, Alabama State University
Chris Pruitt, 2009-06-28, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Montgomery, Alabama · Founded 1867

Public · Four-year · ~3,900 students

www.alasu.edu · official site

Founding

Alabama State University traces its origin to 1867, when the founders it calls the Marion Nine incorporated the Lincoln School of Marion. The institution took the name Alabama State University in 1969.

Source: History and Tradition, Alabama State University, read 2026-09-14.

On the official record

Campus address
915 S Jackson Street, Montgomery, AL 36104-0271
Control
Public
Students
~3,900 students
Directory id
100724
OPE id
00100500
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
915 S Jackson Street, Montgomery, AL. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 32.364317, -86.295677 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 100724. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. History and Tradition, Alabama State University. https://www.alasu.edu/about/history-tradition.php. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 3,870 total, Fall 2023 (3,322 undergraduate, 548 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. School colors: Black and old gold. Values as stated. Alabama State University, Wikipedia (revision 1373487993). Read 2026-09-16.
  6. Photograph: Chris Pruitt, 2009-06-28, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ASU_Bibb_Graves_Hall_June_09_02.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  7. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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