Back to Colleges

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Atlanta, GA
Population 4,000,000
Website http://www.auc.edu/
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,640 (57%)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (45%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,675
Men / Women 0% / 100%
From State 21%
From Region 12%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 97%
Native American 1%
Asian 1%
Hispanic 0%
White 0%
Mixed 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 1% 3% 4% 5% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Men: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Men: 0.0% 0.0%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Native: 2.6% 2.6% 2023 Native: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 91.7% 91.7% 2012 Black: 93.8% 93.8% 2013 Black: 89.9% 89.9% 2014 Black: 88.1% 88.1% 2015 Black: 92.4% 92.4% 2016 Black: 80.4% 80.4% 2017 Black: 97.7% 97.7% 2018 Black: 91.5% 91.5% 2019 Black: 92.1% 92.1% 2020 Black: 91.6% 91.6% 2021 Black: 98.8% 98.8% 2022 Black: 96.6% 96.6% 2023 Black: 96.7% 96.7% 2024 Black: 97.4% 97.4% 2011 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2019 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 White: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2012 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 International: 5.6% 5.6% 2014 International: 7.4% 7.4% 2015 International: 4.6% 4.6% 2016 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2020 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 International: 0.5% 0.5%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2025 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2025 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 Black: 97.4% 97.4% 2021 Black: 98.5% 98.5% 2022 Black: 97.2% 97.2% 2023 Black: 97.5% 97.5% 2024 Black: 97.6% 97.6% 2025 Black: 97.1% 97.1% 2020 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 White: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 White: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 International: 0.4% 0.4%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Spelman College 616 0% / 100% 1% $61,229 63 96%
General Engineering 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Computer Science 27 — 0% / 100% 0% $144,028 100 100%
Chemistry 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $63,604 68 —
Mathematics 8 — 0% / 100% 12% $93,477 95 100%
Physics — — — — $78,722 86 —
Biochemistry 7 — 0% / 100% 14% $58,192 56 —
Biology 61 — 0% / 100% 2% $52,184 39 91%
Environmental Science 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,576 28 —
Environmental Studies 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,891 29 —
Health Sciences 64 — 0% / 100% 2% $60,540 61 100%
Economics 51 — 0% / 100% 0% $81,459 88 95%
Anthropology 8 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,261 48 —
English 38 — 0% / 100% 0% $64,514 69 98%
French 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
History 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,083 42 —
Human Services — — — — $53,574 43 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $56,080 50 —
International Studies 18 — 0% / 100% 6% $73,615 82 100%
Philosophy 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,860 26 —
Political Science 65 — 0% / 100% 2% $60,798 62 92%
Psychology 108 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,347 40 98%
Religious Studies — — — — $54,424 46 —
Sociology 19 — 0% / 100% 0% $61,629 64 94%
Spanish 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,294 45 —
Women's Studies 52 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,012 29 96%
Elementary Education 11 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,649 31 100%
Teacher Education 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,649 31 100%
Art History 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $35,434 5 —
Dance 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $35,066 5 —
Documentary Production 10 — 0% / 100% 0% $31,492 3 —
Music 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $36,349 6 —
Photography 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $35,514 5 —
Studio Art 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $35,541 5 —
Theater 10 — 0% / 100% 0% $25,478 2 94%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $32,627
ROI Percentile 63th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 94%
4-Year Graduation Rate 70%
6-Year Graduation Rate 78%
Transfer-Out Rate 12%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 77.0% 77.0% 2012 Graduated: 72.8% 72.8% 2013 Graduated: 67.6% 67.6% 2014 Graduated: 74.1% 74.1% 2015 Graduated: 75.7% 75.7% 2016 Graduated: 77.2% 77.2% 2017 Graduated: 74.3% 74.3% 2018 Graduated: 75.2% 75.2% 2019 Graduated: 75.1% 75.1% 2020 Graduated: 74.5% 74.5% 2021 Graduated: 76.2% 76.2% 2022 Graduated: 74.0% 74.0% 2023 Graduated: 76.1% 76.1% 2024 Graduated: 78.5% 78.5%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Women: 77.0% 77.0% 2012 Women: 72.8% 72.8% 2013 Women: 67.6% 67.6% 2014 Women: 74.1% 74.1% 2015 Women: 75.7% 75.7% 2016 Women: 77.2% 77.2% 2017 Women: 74.3% 74.3% 2018 Women: 75.2% 75.2% 2019 Women: 75.1% 75.1% 2020 Women: 74.5% 74.5% 2021 Women: 76.2% 76.2% 2022 Women: 74.0% 74.0% 2023 Women: 76.1% 76.1% 2024 Women: 78.5% 78.5%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 78.2% 78.2% 2012 Black: 74.0% 74.0% 2013 Black: 68.6% 68.6% 2014 Black: 74.8% 74.8% 2015 Black: 76.5% 76.5% 2016 Black: 77.5% 77.5% 2017 Black: 74.3% 74.3% 2018 Black: 75.4% 75.4% 2019 Black: 75.1% 75.1% 2020 Black: 74.6% 74.6% 2021 Black: 76.6% 76.6% 2022 Black: 74.1% 74.1% 2023 Black: 76.6% 76.6% 2024 Black: 78.6% 78.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 52.8% 325 0% / 100% 1% $56,732 52 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 11.0% 68 0% / 100% 3% $52,802 41 91%
Health Sciences 10.4% 64 0% / 100% 2% $60,540 61 100%
Business & Economics 8.3% 51 0% / 100% 0% $81,459 88 95%
Arts 6.5% 40 0% / 100% 0% $31,966 3 94%
Computer Science 4.4% 27 0% / 100% 0% $144,028 100 100%
Education 2.8% 17 0% / 100% 0% $49,649 31 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.4% 15 0% / 100% 7% $79,536 87 100%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.3% 8 0% / 100% 0% $48,734 29 —
Engineering 0.2% 1 0% / 100% 0% — — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $1.9M #294 100% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.1M #309 100% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.4M #422 100% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.3M #274 100% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.3M #329 100% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.1M #421 100% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Total $4.0M #409 100% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 24%
Yield (Unbound) 22%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 24% 24% 24%
Early Decision 16% 16% 16%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 39.2% 39.2% 2012 Acceptance: 37.6% 37.6% 2013 Acceptance: 38.0% 38.0% 2014 Acceptance: 54.0% 54.0% 2015 Acceptance: 48.3% 48.3% 2016 Acceptance: 35.7% 35.7% 2017 Acceptance: 40.1% 40.1% 2018 Acceptance: 39.3% 39.3% 2019 Acceptance: 43.4% 43.4% 2020 Acceptance: 52.6% 52.6% 2021 Acceptance: 50.8% 50.8% 2022 Acceptance: 28.4% 28.4% 2023 Acceptance: 34.1% 34.1% 2024 Acceptance: 24.9% 24.9% 2011 Yield: 26.8% 26.8% 2012 Yield: 24.1% 24.1% 2013 Yield: 22.6% 22.6% 2014 Yield: 23.6% 23.6% 2015 Yield: 23.2% 23.2% 2016 Yield: 19.0% 19.0% 2017 Yield: 16.4% 16.4% 2018 Yield: 15.4% 15.4% 2019 Yield: 13.0% 13.0% 2020 Yield: 12.0% 12.0% 2021 Yield: 14.0% 14.0% 2022 Yield: 14.9% 14.9% 2023 Yield: 20.1% 20.1% 2024 Yield: 23.6% 23.6%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 5,128 5,128 2012 Applicants: 5,864 5,864 2013 Applicants: 6,081 6,081 2014 Applicants: 4,324 4,324 2015 Applicants: 5,051 5,051 2016 Applicants: 7,864 7,864 2017 Applicants: 8,344 8,344 2018 Applicants: 9,451 9,451 2019 Applicants: 9,106 9,106 2020 Applicants: 9,118 9,118 2021 Applicants: 11,176 11,176 2022 Applicants: 13,649 13,649 2023 Applicants: 10,610 10,610 2024 Applicants: 12,023 12,023 2011 Admitted: 2,009 2,009 2012 Admitted: 2,204 2,204 2013 Admitted: 2,312 2,312 2014 Admitted: 2,335 2,335 2015 Admitted: 2,441 2,441 2016 Admitted: 2,810 2,810 2017 Admitted: 3,342 3,342 2018 Admitted: 3,718 3,718 2019 Admitted: 3,956 3,956 2020 Admitted: 4,794 4,794 2021 Admitted: 5,673 5,673 2022 Admitted: 3,875 3,875 2023 Admitted: 3,617 3,617 2024 Admitted: 2,990 2,990 2011 Enrolled: 539 539 2012 Enrolled: 531 531 2013 Enrolled: 523 523 2014 Enrolled: 552 552 2015 Enrolled: 566 566 2016 Enrolled: 533 533 2017 Enrolled: 548 548 2018 Enrolled: 571 571 2019 Enrolled: 516 516 2020 Enrolled: 576 576 2021 Enrolled: 794 794 2022 Enrolled: 577 577 2023 Enrolled: 727 727 2024 Enrolled: 705 705

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 47%
SAT Range 1100 – 1300
SAT Math Range 520 – 630
SAT RW Range 570 – 670

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 940 940 2012 25th: 945 945 2013 25th: 930 930 2014 25th: 900 900 2015 25th: 920 920 2016 25th: 980 980 2017 25th: 1070 1070 2018 25th: 1080 1080 2019 25th: 1080 1080 2020 25th: 1050 1050 2023 25th: 1060 1060 2024 25th: 1108 1108 2011 75th: 1110 1110 2012 75th: 1130 1130 2013 75th: 1110 1110 2014 75th: 1100 1100 2015 75th: 1120 1120 2016 75th: 1170 1170 2017 75th: 1215 1215 2018 75th: 1220 1220 2019 75th: 1230 1230 2020 75th: 1200 1200 2023 75th: 1270 1270 2024 75th: 1320 1320

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 460 460 2012 25th: 465 465 2013 25th: 460 460 2014 25th: 440 440 2015 25th: 450 450 2016 25th: 480 480 2017 25th: 520 520 2018 25th: 520 520 2019 25th: 520 520 2020 25th: 510 510 2023 25th: 510 510 2024 25th: 518 518 2011 75th: 550 550 2012 75th: 560 560 2013 75th: 540 540 2014 75th: 540 540 2015 75th: 550 550 2016 75th: 580 580 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 590 590 2019 75th: 600 600 2020 75th: 580 580 2023 75th: 610 610 2024 75th: 640 640

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 480 480 2012 25th: 480 480 2013 25th: 470 470 2014 25th: 460 460 2015 25th: 470 470 2016 25th: 500 500 2017 25th: 550 550 2018 25th: 560 560 2019 25th: 560 560 2020 25th: 540 540 2023 25th: 550 550 2024 25th: 590 590 2011 75th: 560 560 2012 75th: 570 570 2013 75th: 570 570 2014 75th: 560 560 2015 75th: 570 570 2016 75th: 590 590 2017 75th: 625 625 2018 75th: 630 630 2019 75th: 630 630 2020 75th: 620 620 2023 75th: 660 660 2024 75th: 680 680

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 Submitted: 43.0% 43.0% 2024 Submitted: 39.0% 39.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.