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Auburn University

Basic Information

Type Public
Location Auburn, AL
Population 180,000
Website http://www.auburn.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 25,732
Men / Women 49% / 51%
White 76%
Black 5%
Hispanic 5%
Asian 3%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 28%
Engineering, Computing & Math 20%
Life & Natural Sciences 20%
Humanities & Social Sciences 18%
Arts 6%
Education 4%
Professional 4%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $12,890
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $34,922
Est. In-State Cost $16,675
Est. Out-of-State Cost $45,175
10-Year ROI $177,000
ROI Percentile 72th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 95%
4-Year Graduation Rate 61%
6-Year Graduation Rate 82%
Transfer-Out Rate 12%

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,738 (70th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (66th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 47%
Yield (Unbound) 24%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $137M #47
Life & Natural Sciences $190M #86
Humanities & Social Sciences $9M #141
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 99 #59
Life & Natural Sciences 354 #81
Humanities & Social Sciences 120 #176

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 2,229 (9%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_required
Submitted Test Scores 90%
SAT Range 1,260 – 1,390
ACT Range 26 – 31

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Agriculture 228 45% / 55% 1% $71,331
Agriculture 14 +5 71% / 29% 0% —
Agronomy and Soils 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $64,317
Animal Science 84 — 20% / 80% 1% $73,782
Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 6 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Biotechnology 11 — 27% / 73% 0% —
Environmental Science 18 — 44% / 56% 0% —
Food Science 3 — 33% / 67% 0% —
Horticulture 13 — 69% / 31% 8% $64,317
Poultry Science 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $73,782
Agribusiness 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $69,466
Agricultural Business and Economics 50 — 72% / 28% 0% $69,466
Agricultural Communications 11 — 0% / 100% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Architecture, Design and Construction 159 49% / 51% 8% $75,980
Architecture 62 — 53% / 47% 3% $83,541
Industrial Design 44 — 50% / 50% 5% $65,326
Interior Architecture 15 — 20% / 80% 0% —
Building Construction Management 38 — 53% / 47% 21% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Education 440 24% / 76% 1% $62,537
Kinesiology 202 +2 35% / 65% 2% —
Physical Education/Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $71,870
Career and Technical Education 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $71,870
Early Childhood Education 49 — 4% / 96% 0% $58,701
Elementary Education 72 — 3% / 97% 0% $58,701
English Language Arts Education 15 — 27% / 73% 0% $71,870
Foreign Language Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $71,870
Mathematics Education 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $71,870
Science Education 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $71,870
Social Science Education 24 — 58% / 42% 0% $71,870
Special Education 45 — 11% / 89% 0% $57,924
Music Education 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $71,870
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Human Sciences 365 7% / 93% 2% $60,760
Nutrition 43 +1 7% / 93% 2% $64,524
Hospitality Management 71 — 18% / 82% 6% $58,990
Human Development and Family Science 7 +1 0% / 100% 0% $48,982
Human Development and Family Studies 86 — 3% / 97% 0% $48,982
Human Sciences 17 — 12% / 88% 0% —
Apparel Design and Production Management 97 +1 3% / 97% 2% $69,611
Interior Design 44 — 7% / 93% 0% $65,326
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Liberal Arts 1,074 31% / 69% 2% $65,945
Geographic Information Systems 8 — 75% / 25% 0% —
Public Health 40 — 12% / 88% 0% $78,608
Economics 35 — 83% / 17% 17% —
Anthropology 8 +1 12% / 88% 0% —
Communication 67 — 24% / 76% 4% $69,603
Communication Disorders 71 — 0% / 100% 0% $61,258
English 31 +15 26% / 74% 0% $56,318
French 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $58,900
Geography 2 — 100% / 0% 0% —
German 4 — 75% / 25% 0% —
History 32 +24 66% / 34% 3% $52,964
Interdisciplinary University Studies 32 — 81% / 19% 0% $54,978
Journalism 44 — 61% / 39% 0% $57,239
Law and Justice 66 — 42% / 58% 0% —
Media Studies 45 +2 44% / 56% 7% $69,603
Philosophy 6 — 83% / 17% 0% —
Political Science 78 — 53% / 47% 0% $70,894
Psychology 212 +6 19% / 81% 3% $76,671
Public Administration 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $60,846
Public Relations 110 — 12% / 88% 1% $59,513
Social Work 27 — 4% / 96% 0% $58,201
Sociology 19 +5 42% / 58% 11% —
Spanish 22 +3 27% / 73% 0% $58,900
University Studies 10 — 20% / 80% 0% —
Design and Applied Arts
Graphic Design 45 — 13% / 87% 0% $65,326
Music 9 +12 67% / 33% 0% $56,863
Studio Art 23 — 35% / 65% 0% $42,659
Theatre 15 — 13% / 87% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Nursing 234 9% / 91% 0% $102,909
Nursing 234 — 9% / 91% 0% $102,909
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Sciences and Mathematics 461 33% / 67% 2% $85,356
Applied Mathematics 14 — 64% / 36% 0% —
Mathematics 10 +8 50% / 50% 0% $61,694
Physics 13 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Biology 24 — 17% / 83% 0% $87,542
Biomedical Sciences 297 — 29% / 71% 1% $87,542
Chemistry 18 +1 50% / 50% 17% —
Genetics 17 — 18% / 82% 6% —
Geosciences 7 +6 71% / 29% 14% —
Marine Biology 10 — 10% / 90% 0% —
Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions 7 — 14% / 86% 14% —
Medical Laboratory Sciences 5 — 20% / 80% 0% —
Microbiology 27 +1 30% / 70% 0% $68,137
Neuroscience 12 +2 33% / 67% 0% —
Zoology
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Harbert College of Business 1,608 65% / 35% 4% $102,857
Accounting 156 +1 53% / 47% 3% $98,060
Business Analytics 67 +2 57% / 43% 7% —
Finance 326 +13 78% / 22% 4% $92,757
Management 409 +8 69% / 31% 7% $123,408
Marketing 303 +4 32% / 68% 3% $75,296
Supply Chain Management 194 +1 83% / 17% 4% $123,408
Aviation Management 88 — 84% / 16% 0% —
Professional Flight 65 — 88% / 12% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering 1,133 80% / 20% 4% $107,179
Aerospace Engineering 94 — 79% / 21% 12% $106,663
Architectural Engineering 160 — 91% / 9% 1% $116,460
Biosystems Engineering 38 — 42% / 58% 0% $83,774
Chemical Engineering 76 — 67% / 33% 0% $120,044
Civil Engineering 115 — 79% / 21% 2% $90,951
Computer Engineering 23 — 91% / 9% 4% $109,999
Computer Science 143 — 85% / 15% 12% $115,936
Computer Science and Software Engineering 45 — 64% / 36% 0% —
Electrical Engineering 66 — 89% / 11% 6% $104,870
Industrial and Systems Engineering 97 — 68% / 32% 3% $107,092
Materials Engineering 11 — 64% / 36% 0% —
Mechanical Engineering 197 — 86% / 14% 3% $102,156
Pre-Engineering 6 — 83% / 17% 17% —
Software Engineering 62 — 84% / 16% 0% $109,999
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences 110 71% / 29% 0% $62,093
Forest Operations 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $66,856
Forestry 26 — 92% / 8% 0% $66,856
Natural Resources Management 14 — 71% / 29% 0% —
Wildlife Sciences 37 — 41% / 59% 0% $58,232
Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging 29 — 93% / 7% 0% —

Rankings

Engineering, Computing & Math

Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Field Tested
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Read the Slides
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Sustainability Squad
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Hot Pocket PhDs
Where Diagnoses Begin Laboratory Sciences
Sample Slingers
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Back 40
Puppies Over People Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
Aggies with Stethoscopes (Veterinary Sciences)

Business & Economics

Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Bushels and Balance Sheets
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
The Aggie-Econ & Applied Regressions Guild
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
Currently Fetching Coffee

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Nap Time Navigators
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Coaches and Conductors

Professional

Top Gun II Generation Aviation
The Flight Line
The Hard Hat Caste Construction
The Owners of the Site Trailer