Alabama offers a wide range of Colleges choices for international students thinking of studying there. International students may not know what each state is like and how many Colleges may be located there. Therefore, in order to make your Alabama research easier, we’ve sorted some key city data below.
On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in Gainesville. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in Gainesville is right for you.
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GAINESVILLE, ALABAMA QUICK STATSCounty: Sumter
Elevation: 131 feet
Land Area: 1.71 square miles
Population Density: 116 people per square mile
Population: 199
Races (City): Black (77.3%), White Non-Hispanic (22.7%)
Ancestries (City): United States (5.0%), Scottish (2.7%), Italian (1.4%), Scotch-Irish (1.4%), Subsaharan African (1.4%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tuscaloosa, AL (45.1 miles , pop. 77,906)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (92.0 miles , pop. 242,820)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (476.3 miles , pop. 1,953,631)
Nearest cities: Boligee, AL (2.9 miles ), Epes, AL (3.0 miles ), Geiger, AL (3.1 miles) , Panola-Geiger, AL (3.3 miles ), Emelle, AL (3.3 miles) , Mantua-West Greene, AL (3.7 miles ), Eutaw, AL (4.0 miles ), Livingston, AL (4.0 miles )
Gainesville Compared to State Average: Median household income significantly below state average. Median house value significantly below state average. Unemployed percentage above state average. Black race population percentage significantly above state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average. Median age above state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average. Renting percentage significantly below state average. Number of college students significantly below state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
GAINESVILLE, ALABAMA EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 61.80%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 5.50%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.80%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Gainesville:
SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 44 miles, TUSCALOOSA, AL, Full-time enrollment: 3,635 MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 47 miles, MERIDIAN, MS, FT enrollment: 2,455 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA about 48 miles, TUSCALOOSA, AL, FT enrollment: 17,453 MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN about 52 miles, COLUMBUS, MS, FT enrollment: 2,115 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY about 58 miles, MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS, FT enrollment: 14,613 UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO about 78 miles, MONTEVALLO, AL, FT enrollment: 2,651 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM about 88 miles, BIRMINGHAM, AL, FT enrollment: 12,178
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