The State of Alabama, is located in the southern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland waterways. The state ranks 23rd in population with almost 4.6 million residents in 2006.
Colleges and Universities: Two-year institutions... Alabama Southern Community College Gilbertown Jackson Monroeville (main campus) Thomasville Demopolis Athens State University, Athens (juniors and seniors only) Bevill State Community College Fayette Hamilton Jasper Sumiton (main campus) Bishop State Community College, Mobile John C. Calhoun Community College System Calhoun Community College at Cummings Research Park, Huntsville Calhoun Community College at Decatur, Decatur (main campus) Calhoun Community College at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville Central Alabama Community College Alexander City (main campus) Childersburg Chattahoochee Valley Community College, Phenix City Jefferson Davis Community College Atmore Brewton (main campus) J. F. Drake State Technical College, Huntsville Enterprise-Ozark Community College Enterprise (main campus) Fort Rucker Mobile Ozark James H. Faulkner State Community College Bay Minette (main campus) Fairhope Gulf Shores Gadsden State Community College Anniston Gadsden (main campus) J.F. Ingram State Technical College, Deatsville Jefferson State Community College Birmingham (main campus) Hoover Lawson State Community College, Birmingham Marion Military Institute, Marion Northeast Alabama Community College, Rainsville Northwest-Shoals Community College Muscle Shoals (main campus) Phil Campbell Reid State Technical College, Evergreen Russell College of Social Studies, Russellville Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa Snead State Community College, Boaz Southern Community College, Tuskegee Southern Union State Community College Opelika Valley Wadley (main campus) H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College, Montgomery George C. Wallace Community College Dothan (main campus) Eufaula Fort Rucker George Corley Wallace State Community College, Selma Lurleen B. Wallace Community College Andalusia (main campus) Opp Wallace State Community College, Hanceville
Four-year institutions... Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Normal Alabama State University, Montgomery Auburn University, Auburn Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville Troy University System Troy University (main campus), Troy Troy University at Dothan, Dothan Troy University at Montgomery, Montgomery Troy University at Phenix City, Phenix City University of Alabama System University of Alabama (main campus), Tuscaloosa University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville University of Montevallo, Montevallo University of North Alabama, Florence University of South Alabama, Mobile University of West Alabama, Livingston
Alabama's program of higher education includes 14 four-year public universities, numerous two-year community colleges and 17 private, undergraduate and graduate universities. Public, post-secondary education in Alabama is overseen by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. Colleges and universities in Alabama offer degree programs from 2 year associate degrees to 16 doctoral level programs.
Alabama is also home to the largest industrial growth corridor in the nation, including the surrounding states of Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia. Most of this growth is due to Alabama's rapidly expanding automotive manufacturing industry which in Alabama alone since its birth in 1993 (and has spread to other states), has generated over 67,800 new jobs. Alabama currently ranks 2nd in the nation behind Detroit in automobile output, but with recent expansions at sites in Alabama, the state by the first of 2009 will surpass Detroit, and become the largest builder of automobiles in North America. In May 2007, a site north of Mobile was selected by German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp for a $3.7 billion steel production plant, with the promise of 2,700 permanent jobs
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