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University of South Alabama



Mobile, AL 36688
The University of South Alabama, a diverse and vibrant public university, is making a difference in the lives of the people of Alabama and the nation through teaching, research, service and health care. The University of South Alabama offers a wide range of high-quality undergraduate and graduate academic programs, and the USA Health System, which includes the College of Medicine, USA Physicians and USA Hospitals, provides state-of-the-art health care and medical education. The University of South Alabama was chartered in 1963 by the State of Alabama as a comprehensive, coeducational institution of higher education. USA serves as a major center of high quality and accessible undergraduate, graduate and professional education for metropolitan Mobile, the State of Alabama, the Gulf Coast region, and the southeastern United States. The University of South Alabama mission actively embraces the functions of teaching, research, public service, and health care through which it vigorously pursues the preservation, discovery, communication and the application of knowledge. As it grows and develops, USA will focus its strengths to produce programs of interdisciplinary excellence that address the special needs of the people it serves.

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USA continues to earn distinction as one of the fastest growing universities in Alabama. USA enrolls 13,300 students and has awarded more than 57,000 degrees, including 1,800 medical degrees. More than 250,000 people are served annually by USA's physicians, hospitals and clinics. The University of South Alabama employs 5,800 people and has the largest dollar value payroll in Mobile County. USA has a net economic impact on the region and state of $2 billion annually through its program in teaching, research, service and health care. The University of South Alabama is the only major public institution of higher learning on the upper Gulf Coast.

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