Auburn University has a unique mission that is based on a long tradition of service and access. The institution serves the citizens and residents of Alabama through high quality instructional, outreach and research programs and prepares the state's citizens to face the challenges of a global economy.
The university provides all students access to its educational and student resources. Auburn University uses new instructional technologies in its campus and online courses. Known as AU or Auburn, the school has more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, making it one of the state’s largest universities.
Auburn is among the few U.S. schools to be designated as a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant research center. Auburn consists of thirteen schools and colleges, with its forestry, veterinary science, architecture, pharmacy, engineering and business schools highly ranked amongst universities nationwide.
Accreditation
It is accredited by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Rankings
The school has been ranked as one of the top 50 public universities for two decades straight, with the 2011 edition of U.S. News and World Report tapping it as the 82nd university in the nation among both public and private schools.
Athletics
Known as the Tigers, Auburn’s sports teams participate in Division I-A of the NCAA and are in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference. With a total of 19 intercollegiate national championships, Auburn is known as a strong competitor.
Financial Aid and Scholarships
Auburn offers loans, grants, federal work-study, scholarships and veterans’ benefits to help students defray the cost of attendance.
Library System
Combined, the Auburn University libraries comprise more than 3.2 million volumes along with 2.6 million government documents, 2.5 million microforms, and over 148,000 maps. There is access to more than 35,000 current periodicals as well as more than 227 electronic databases and more than 10 million archival and manuscript items.
Student Housing
Auburn’s on-campus housing is made up of four complexes: The Quad, The Hill, The Village and South Donahue. The Quad is the oldest of the four, dating back to the Great Depression.
General Information
| AdmissionOffice Quad Center Auburn, AL 36849-5111 (334) 844-4080 (800) 282-8769 Fax: (334) 844-6436 [email protected] Contact: Cindy Singley Director of University Recruitment | MainAddress Quad Center Auburn, AL 36849 (334) 844-4000 www.auburn.edu |
| Size
Total undergrads: 20,037 First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 3,984 Degree-seeking undergrads: 20,031 Graduate enrollment: 3,519 Setting Suburban setting Large town (10,000 – 49,999) Commuter campus | Degreesoffered: Bachelor's Master's Doctoral First Professional |
Admissions Information
| ApplicationFee College has an application fee: Yes Regular application fee: $40 Online application fee: $40 | EnrollmentRates Percent applicants admitted: 71% Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 87% |
Tuition & Fees
| Estimated Expenses for Academic Year | 2008-'09 | 2009-'10 | 2010-'11 | 2011-'12 | % change 2010-'12 |
| Tuition and fees | $5,834 | $6,500 | $6,972 | $7,900 | +13.31% |
| Books and Supplies | $1,100 | $1,100 | $1,100 | $1,100 | 0.00% |
| Living Arrangement – On Campus | | | | | |
| Room and Board | $7,466 | $7,968 | $8,972 | $9,630 | +7.33% |
| Other | $2,350 | $2,398 | $2,446 | $2,510 | +2.62% |
| Living Arrangement – Off Campus | | | | | |
| Room and Board | $7,466 | $7,968 | $8,972 | $9,630 | +7.33% |
| Other | $2,350 | $2,398 | $2,446 | $2,510 | +2.62% |
| Total Expenses | 2008-'09 | 2009-'10 | 2010-'11 | 2011-'12 | % change 2010-'12 |
| In-state On Campus | $16,750 | $17,966 | $19,490 | $21,140 | +8.47% |
| In-state Off Campus | $16,750 | $17,966 | $19,490 | $21,140 | +8.47% |
| In-state with Family | $6,934 | $7,600 | $8,072 | $9,000 | +11.50% |
| Average Graduate School Tuition & Fees | |
| Tuition for In-state Students | $7,002 |
| In-state Student Fees | $892 |
| Tuition for Out-of-state Students | $21,006 |
| Out-of-state Student Fees | $892 |
Financial Aid
| Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students | ||||
| Type of Aid | Students | Percent | Amount | Average Per Student |
| All students financial aid | 2,962 | 75% | | |
| Grant or scholarship aid | 2,216 | 56% | $16,456,865 | $7,426 |
| – Federal grants | 469 | 12% | $2,768,441 | $5,903 |
| – Pell grants | 375 | 9% | $1,290,639 | $3,442 |
| – Other federal grants | 387 | 10% | $1,477,802 | $3,819 |
| Local and state government scholarships or grants | 91 | 2% | $554,564 | $6,094 |
| Institutional scholarships or grants | 2,057 | 52% | $13,133,860 | $6,385 |
| Student loan financial aid | 1,134 | 29% | $7,123,350 | $6,282 |
| – Federal student loans | 1,111 | 28% | $5,718,135 | $5,147 |
| – Other student loans | 104 | 3% | $1,405,215 | $13,512 |
All Degrees and Programs
| Program Completions for Most Recent Year | BA/BS | MA/MS | Doctor | AA/AS | CERT | |||
| Grand Total of All Programs | 4173 | 963 | 430 | – | 36 | |||
| Agriculture | 162 | 52 | 17 | – | – | |||
| Agricultural Economics | 32 | 6 | – | – | – | |||
| Animal Sciences | 48 | 15 | 3 | – | – | |||
| Aquaculture | 10 | 9 | 6 | – | – | |||
| Horticultural Science | 48 | 10 | – | – | – | |||
| Plant Sciences, Other | 13 | 12 | 8 | – | – | |||
| Poultry Science | 11 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Architecture and Related Programs | 75 | 30 | – | – | – | |||
| Architecture | 47 | – | – | – | – | |||
| City/urban, Community and Regional Planning | – | 13 | – g | 557 | 168 | 53 | – | – |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/space Engineering | 32 | 9 | – | – | – | |||
| Architectural Engineering | 111 | 22 | – | – | – | |||
| Biological/biosystems Engineering | 20 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Chemical Engineering | 34 | 6 | 6 | – | – | |||
| Civil Engineering | 79 | 20 | 2 | – | – | |||
| Computer Engineering | 30 | 20 | 10 | – | – | |||
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 72 | 29 | 11 | – | – | |||
| Engineering, Other | 27 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Industrial Engineering | 52 | 28 | 8 | – | – | |||
| Materials Engineering | 4 | 10 | 6 | – | – | |||
| Mechanical Engineering | 87 | 18 | 3 | – | – | |||
| Polymer/plastics Engineering | 9 | 6 | – | – | – | |||
| Textile Sciences and Engineering | – | – | 7 | – | – | |||
| English Language and Literature/letters | 79 | 13 | 5 | – | – | |||
| English Language and Literature | 79 | 11 | 5 | – | – | |||
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | – | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 67 | 14 | – | – | – | |||
| French Language and Literature | 10 | – | – | – | – | |||
| German Language and Literature | 7 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 50 | 14 | – | – | – | |||
| Health Services/allied Health/health Sciences | 187 | 38 | 238 | – | – | |||
| Audiology/audiologist and Speech-language Pathology/pathologist | 45 | 21 | 9 | – | – | |||
| Clinical Laboratory Science/medical Technology/technologist | 5 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Clinical/medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other | 13 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Health/health Care Administration/management | 36 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design | – | 4 | 3 | – | – | |||
| Pharmacy | – | – | 126 | – | – | |||
| Registered Nursing/registered Nurse | 88 | 5 | – | – | – | |||
| Veterinary Medicine | – | – | 96 | – | – | |||
| Veterinary Sciences/veterinary Clinical Sciences | – | 8 | 4 | – | – | |||
| History | 91 | 10 | 5 | – | – | |||
| History | 91 | 10 | 5 | – | – | |||
| Human Services Programs | 90 | 10 | 4 | – | – | |||
| Public Administration | 71 | 10 | 4 | – | – | |||
| Social Work | 19 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Mathematics and Statistics | 47 | 21 | 9 | – | – | |||
| Applied Mathematics | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | |||
| Mathematics | 39 | 7 | 9 | – | – | |||
| Statistics | – | 9 | – | – | – | |||
| Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies | 37 | 4 | 3 | – | – | |||
| Nutrition Sciences | 37 | 4 | 3 | – | – | |||
| Natural Resources and Conservation | 54 | 7 | 5 | – | – | |||
| Environmental Science | 8 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forest Sciences and Biology | 24 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forestry and Related Services | – | 7 | 5 | – | – | |||
| Natural Resources/conservation | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management | 22 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Physical Sciences | 30 | 13 | 12 | – | – | – | – | |
| Environmental Design/architecture | 16 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Interior Architecture | 12 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Landscape Architecture | – | 17 | – | – | – | |||
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 282 | 13 | 9 | – | – | |||
| Biology and Biological Sciences | 194 | 13 | 9 | – | – | |||
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 7 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 34 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Molecular Biology | 4 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Zoology/animal Biology | 43 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Programs | 1058 | 277 | 11 | – | – | |||
| Accounting | 160 | 50 | – | – | – | |||
| Business Administration and Management | 260 | 204 | 6 | – | – | |||
| Business/managerial Economics | 53 | 8 | 5 | – | – | |||
| Finance | 214 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Hospitality Administration/management | 43 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Human Resources Management/personnel Administration | 38 | – | – | – | – | |||
| International Business/trade/commerce | 49 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management | 93 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Management Information Systems | – | 15 | – | – | – | |||
| Marketing/marketing Management | 148 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 251 | 9 | – | – | – | |||
| Communication and Media Studies, Other | 76 | 9 | – | – | – | |||
| Journalism | 45 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Public Relations/image Management | 67 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Radio and Television | 63 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | 20 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Computer and Information Sciences | 20 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Education | 382 | 231 | 34 | – | 36 | |||
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | 2 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Counselor Education/school Counseling and Guidance Services | – | 14 | 4 | – | – | |||
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 66 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Education | – | – | – | – | 25 | |||
| Educational Leadership and Administration | – | 31 | 10 | – | – | |||
| Educational/instructional Technology | – | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 80 | – | – | – | – | |||
| English/language Arts Teacher Education | 3 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Foreign Language Teacher Education | 4 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Health Teacher Education | 26 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 19 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Music Teacher Education | 13 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 99 | 31 | 5 | – | – | |||
| Science Teacher Education/general Science Teacher Education | 5 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Secondary Education and Teaching | – | 25 | 2 | – | – | |||
| Social Science Teacher Education | 28 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Special Education and Teaching, Other | 32 | 65 | 6 | – | – | |||
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | – | 37 | 5 | – | 3 | |||
| Technical Teacher Education | 5 | 26 | 2 | – | 8 | |||
| Engineerin | ||||||||
| Chemistry | 12 | – | 7 | – | – | |||
| Geology/earth Science | 9 | 5 | – | – | – | |||
| Physics | 9 | 8 | 5 | – | – | |||
| Psychology | 135 | 23 | 22 | – | – | |||
| Clinical Psychology | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | |||
| Counseling Psychology | – | – | 10 | – | – | |||
| Psychology | 135 | 21 | 6 | – | – | |||
| Social Sciences | 217 | 6 | – | – | – | |||
| Anthropology | 15 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Criminology | 52 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Economics | 2 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Geography | 8 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Political Science and Government | 118 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Sociology | 22 | 6 | – | – | – | |||
| Visual and Performing Arts | 194 | 11 | – | – | – | |||
| Design and Visual Communications | 38 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Drama and Dramatics/theatre Arts | 24 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Fine/studio Arts | 37 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Industrial and Product Design | 50 | 11 | – | – | – | |||
| Interior Design | 28 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Music | 17 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Work and Family Studies | 158 | 13 | 3 | – | – | |||
| Apparel and Textile Marketing Management | 60 | 5 | – | – | – | |||
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Other | 98 | 8 | 3 | – | – |
Above data represent
first majors only.
(-) Indicates that
program is not offered at this award
level.
Undergraduate Majors
| Agriculture& Related Sciences AgriculturalEconomics B Animal Sciences B AquacultureB HorticultureScience B Poultry Science B Soil Science and Agronomy B Architecture & Related Programs ArchitectureB EnvironmentalDesign B Interior Architecture B Arts, Visual & Performing Design/VisualCommunications B Drama/TheaterArts B Fine/StudioArts B IndustrialDesign B Biological & Biomedical Sciences BacteriologyB BiochemistryB Biology B Botany B EntomologyB Marine/AquaticBiology B MolecularBiology B Zoology B Business, Management, & Marketing AccountingB Business Administration/Management B Business Communications B Business/ManagerialEconomics B Finance/BankingB Human Resources Management B InternationalBusiness B Logistics/MaterialsManagement B MarketingManagement B OperationsManagement B Communications & Journalism JournalismB Public Relations B Radio/TelevisionB Computer & Information Sciences Computer/InformationSciences – General B Education Adult/ContinuingTeacher Education B Early Childhood Education B ElementaryEducation B English Teacher Education B Foreign Language Teacher Education B Health Teacher Education B MathematicsEducation B Music Teacher Education B Physical Education B Science Teacher Education B Social Science Teacher Education B Special Education B Engineering Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering B AgriculturalEngineering B ArchitecturalEngineering B Chemical Engineering B Civil Engineering B Computer Engineering – General B Electrical/CommunicationsEngineering B MaterialsEngineering B MechanicalEngineering B Software Engineering B Textile Sciences/Engineering B English Language & Literature English Language & Literature – General B Family & Consumer Sciences Apparel/TextileMarketing Management B Foods/NutritionStudies B Housing Studies B Human Development/Family Studies B Foreign Language & Literature French B German B Spanish B Health Professions & Clinical Sciences CommunicationDisorders B Health System Administration B Nursing (RN) B PremedicineB Speech-LanguagePathology/Audiology B History History – General B Mathematics Applied Mathematics B Mathematics– General B Natural Resources & Conservation EnvironmentalScience B Forest Sciences/Biology B Wildlife/WildernessManagement B Parks, Recreation & Fitness Exercise Sciences B Philosophy & Religion PhilosophyB Religion/ReligiousStudies B Physical Sciences ChemistryB Geology B Physics B Psychology Psychology– General B Public Administration & Services Public Administration B Social Work B Science Technologies Biology Technician B Social Sciences AnthropologyB EconomicsB GeographyB PoliticalScience/Government B SociologyB Transportation & Materials Moving Aviation Management B | Degree
levels for each major are
designated by the following
letters:
B = Bachelor's degree C = Certificate or diploma |