Athens State University is a small public college located in Athens, AL ranked 8th in Alabama. It has a total of 3,781 full-time undergraduate students. Athens State University offers 37 different majors and is best known for its Technical Teacher Education and Preschool Education and Teaching programs, which are respectively ranked 5th and 21st in the US. 59.04% of students graduate ready to the next phase of their lives, joining the labor market. Open graduating, alumni go on to make roughly $38,700 per year, which is 7% less than the national median.