Statistical data and reference information on Alabama's 57 public institutions of higher education and 17 private universities and colleges are presented. Seven sections provide tables on the following subjects: (1) current enrollment (i.e. general characteristics, total public for fall 1977-1987, and racial composition); (2) first-time entering freshmen (sources by county public four-year institutions, percent by race, and by residence, type of institution, and time from high school graduation); (3) educational and general--finance (expenditures and revenues for public four-year, two-year, and technical institutions, and private institutions); (4) tuition and required fees (average in-state and out-of-state for Alabama colleges, undergraduate and graduate in-state and out-of-state for Alabama colleges, and public junior and technical colleges); (5) average faculty salaries (5-year summary, public four-year institutions, public junior and community colleges, and public technical colleges by gender); (6) completions--degrees conferred (i.e. baccalaureate and advanced degrees conferred in Alabama 1976-77 and 1986-87, number of degrees conferred by level and gender, and number and percent of degrees conferred by field of study and level of degree); and (7) facilities (i.e. facility inventory, net assignable space by use, condition of buildings, and land inventory). (SM)