Birmingham, AL (population: 226,152) has eight liberal arts and humanities schools within its city limits. Birmingham Southern College, the highest ranked school in the city with a liberal arts and humanities program, has a total student population of 1,549. It is the 215th highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Alabama (#1 is Auburn University Main Campus). To learn more about liberal arts and humanities programs in Birmingham, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of liberal arts and humanities professors at Birmingham Southern College such as Johnny Goodwin, Jim Neel, Timothy Smith, John Tatter, and Pamela Venz.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Birmingham schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today.
Birmingham lies in Jefferson county, which is one of the 67 counties in Alabama. Overall, the Birmingham-Hoover area has 494,530 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $19/hr average worker wage, and a $40,060 average annual salary.
Of the 8 liberal arts and humanities schools in Birmingham, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Virginia College-Birmingham comes out as the most expensive ($21,586/yr) for liberal arts and humanities students, with Jefferson State Community College as the lowest, reported at only $6,192/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Birmingham |
| Tuscaloosa | AL | 93,932 | 3 | 20.4548 | 201 | 47.2 miles |
| Boaz | AL | - | 1 | 17.4406 | 20 | 59.0 miles |
| Alexander City | AL | - | 1 | 11.6004 | 38 | 63.6 miles |
| Selma | AL | - | 3 | 7.26701 | 32 | 78.7 miles |
| Huntsville | AL | 185,501 | 8 | 18.2034 | 320 | 82.2 miles |
| Montgomery | AL | 200,848 | 12 | 20.659 | 359 | 87.0 miles |
| Athens | AL | - | 7 | 24.5606 | 224 | 88.6 miles |
| Auburn University | AL | - | 1 | 74.9047 | 131 | 99.5 miles |