The University of South Alabama is a comprehensive,
global research and teaching university that provides
students a quality education in business, the liberal arts,
education, engineering, computing, the sciences and
health care.
USA’s commitment to student success includes small
class sizes and hands-on research opportunities
in 100 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral
degree programs. Students enjoy an outstanding
campus experience, with state-of-the-art facilities, a
116,000-square-foot recreation center and more than
200 student clubs and organizations. The USA Jaguars
field 17 Division I athletic teams that compete in the
Sun Belt Conference.
In health care, USA provides students with an exceptional
medical education through the colleges of Medicine,
Nursing and Allied Health Professions. At the same time,
the USA Health System serves the region with advanced
and innovative care through the USA Physicians Group,
USA Medical Center, USA Children’s & Women’s
Hospital and the USA Mitchell Cancer Institute.
USA annually enrolls more than 16,000 students and has
awarded more than 82,000 degrees in its 53-year history.
The University’s Mitchell-Moulton Scholarship Initiative,
a $25-million matching challenge, is strengthening USA’s
commitment to expanding opportunities for current and
future students.
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6,000 employees
16,462 students
82,000 degrees awarded
250,000 annual patient visits to USA Health System
Colleges and Schools
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Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions
College of Arts and Sciences
Mitchell College of Business
School of Computing
School of Continuing Education and Special Programs
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Medicine
College of Nursing
Graduate School
Auburn University School of Pharmacy at USA
USA Health System
• USA Medical Center: the only Level 1 trauma center in
the region.
• USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital: one of only five
freestanding hospitals in the United States devoted
specifically to the health care needs of children and
women.
• USA Mitchell Cancer Institute: the only center in the
Gulf Coast area to combine innovative, academic-based
cancer research with state-of-the-art cancer treatments.
• USA Physicians Group: the region’s largest multispecialty practice with 150 academic physicians on
faculty at the USA College of Medicine and the only
academic physicians group along the central Gulf Coast.
Research
• External contracts and grants for fiscal year 2015:
$58.7 million
• Licensing revenue from academic inventions and
innovations: $2.5 million annually
• Federal direct appropriations since 1998: $161.8 million
• USA Technology and Research Park has created more
than 600 local, private-sector jobs in computer science,
information technology and biotechnology.
Contact Us
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
307 North University Boulevard | Mobile, AL 36688
www.southalabama.edu
(251) 460-6101