Herzing University-Birmingham

Herzing University-Birmingham is a private non-profit institution located in Birmingham, Alabama, enrolling approximately 442 students. The school admits the large majority of applicants — its acceptance rate of 93.3% means that nearly all who apply are offered admission. About 67.7% of students receive Pell Grants, indicating that the student body is predominantly composed of lower-income learners.

Published tuition is $13,450 per year for both in-state and out-of-state students. However, the average annual net price — the total estimated cost of attendance including tuition, fees, and living expenses after grants and scholarships are applied — is $19,651. This figure can exceed published tuition because it accounts for living and other expenses beyond what tuition alone covers. A majority of students borrow to help cover costs: 80.3% of all enrolled students take out federal student loans, and among those who completed a credential, the median federal loan debt was $21,500.

Loan repayment outcomes are worth considering carefully. Three years after entering repayment, only 30.4% of borrowers have a loan balance that is actively decreasing — meaning roughly seven in ten borrowers are not reducing what they owe within that window. Prospective students may want to weigh borrowing levels against expected earnings when evaluating costs.

The school offers programs in fields including accounting, health services management, information technology areas such as cloud architecture and information security, database administration, computer network support, and paralegal studies, among others. Median earnings for students who enrolled — measured ten years after enrollment and spanning all federally-aided students regardless of whether they completed a credential — were $36,909. Because this figure includes non-completers as well as graduates, actual earnings for those who finish a program may differ.

The graduation rate of 12.5% is notably low, and the retention rate of 66.7% indicates that roughly one in three students does not return after their first year. Adults researching this school should factor both figures into their decision, as completion rates directly affect whether a student will earn the credential they are pursuing and realize the associated career and earnings outcomes.