This document presents 49 data tables and graphs for the 1997-98 academic year on enrollment, finance, tuition, salaries, degrees conferred, facilities, and libraries at the 63 public and private institutions of higher education in Alabama. Preceding the tables is a brief summary that provides data for each institution on fall headcount enrollment (graduate and undergraduate); tuition and fees (in-state and out-of-state and undergraduate and graduate); degrees awarded, 1996-97; and number of full-time instructional faculty. Tables are grouped under the following areas (sample selection of tables is in parentheses): (1) current enrollment (all public institutions, all private institutions, student origins, and by level and gender); (2) finances and expenditures; (3) tuition and fees (graduate and undergraduate, at public four-year and two-year institutions); (4) average faculty salaries (five-year summary, state averages, and by gender and rank); (5) completions and degrees conferred (completions by public and private institutions; completions by level and gender); (6) facilities (gross square footage by category; physical plant by age); (7) Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (library expenditures; information resources). (DB)