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Auburn University Overview

Auburn University is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. Auburn is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Auburn University Known For?

5,753 Undergraduate Awards
$44,446 Avg Cost After Aid
44% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Auburn.
  • In a recent academic period85% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Auburn makes roughly $65,337 a year. This is 60% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Auburn University?

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Contact details for Auburn are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-4000
Website: www.auburn.edu

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How Do I Get Into Auburn?

You can apply to Auburn online at: www.auburn.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for Auburn

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Auburn?

44% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
17% Submit SAT Scores
Auburn has a fairly low acceptance rate of 44%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 45%, and the acceptance rate for women is 43%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to Auburn submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 680. Math scores were between 610 and 700.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Auburn University  ( 610 to 680 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Auburn University  ( 610 to 700 )
200
800
Auburn received ACT scores from 86% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 22 and 0. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

ACT English Scores for Auburn University  ( 24 to 33 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Auburn University  ( 24 to 30 )
1
36

Can I Afford Auburn University?

$44,446 Net Price
30% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Auburn is $44,446. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Auburn, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $9,579 a year. That adds up to $38,316 over four years for those students.

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Auburn University Undergraduate Student Diversity

22,458 Full-Time Undergraduates
49% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 24,505 undergraduate students at Auburn, with 22,458 being full-time and 2,047 being part-time.

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There are also 6,232 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,458 full-time undergraduates at Auburn, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Auburn University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 532
Black or African American 1,003
Hispanic or Latino 778
White 18,187
International Students 1,249
Other Races/Ethnicities 709

Geographic Diversity

Alabama students aren't the only ones who study at Auburn University. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 103 countries are represented at Auburn. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Auburn University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 562 27 337 9 935
General Biology 0 302 0 34 17 353
Finance & Financial Management 0 323 0 0 0 323
Marketing 0 284 0 0 0 284
Mechanical Engineering 0 230 4 27 16 277
Nursing 0 222 4 46 4 276
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 204 2 38 16 260
Architectural Engineering 0 147 58 34 0 239
Accounting 0 141 3 82 0 226
General Psychology 0 203 0 8 0 211
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 120 10 54 8 192
Civil Engineering 0 113 2 35 17 167
Computer Information Systems 0 156 0 0 0 156
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 0 1 153 154
Computer Engineering 0 89 0 39 24 152
Industrial Engineering 0 86 8 33 8 135
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 75 57 0 0 132
Air Transportation 1 131 0 0 0 132
Design & Applied Arts 0 116 0 8 5 129
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 0 0 126 126
Animal Science 0 103 0 16 5 124
Communication Sciences 0 83 0 24 11 118
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 95 0 17 4 116
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 60 9 38 6 113
Communication & Media Studies 0 93 1 13 0 107
Electrical Engineering 0 70 3 17 13 103
Human Development & Family Studies 0 72 2 25 2 101
Chemical Engineering 0 76 0 7 14 97
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 95 0 0 0 95
Public Relations & Advertising 0 86 0 0 0 86
Plant Sciences 0 45 5 32 3 85
Political Science & Government 0 82 0 0 1 83
Hospitality Management 0 70 0 4 2 76
Educational Administration 0 0 32 34 10 76
Special Education 0 55 8 10 2 75
Nutrition Science 0 42 0 21 4 67
Computer Science 0 66 0 0 0 66
Natural Resources Conservation 0 12 12 41 0 65
General Architecture 0 60 0 0 0 60
Biological Engineering 0 50 0 4 3 57
Forestry 0 31 8 16 2 57
Economics 0 41 8 4 4 57
General English Literature 0 44 0 10 2 56
Chemistry 0 36 0 3 17 56
Management Information Systems 0 0 22 33 0 55
History 0 46 0 3 4 53
Information Technology 2 0 40 9 0 51
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 51 0 51
Journalism 0 50 0 0 0 50
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 50 0 0 0 50
Public Administration 1 6 8 25 9 49
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 42 0 6 0 48
Wildlife Management 0 47 0 0 0 47
Natural Resource Management 0 46 0 0 0 46
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 24 21 45
General Education 0 0 44 0 0 44
Environmental Design 0 41 0 0 0 41
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 38 0 0 0 38
Romance Languages 0 26 0 12 0 38
Social Work 0 19 0 19 0 38
Student Counseling 0 0 0 27 9 36
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 36 0 0 0 36
Agricultural Production 0 12 0 16 4 32
Mathematics 0 18 0 2 11 31
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 27 0 0 0 27
Real Estate Development 0 0 0 26 0 26
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 19 6 0 25
Materials Engineering 0 10 0 7 7 24
Applied Mathematics 0 20 0 3 0 23
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 10 0 5 7 22
General Agriculture 0 21 0 0 0 21
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 21 0 0 0 21
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 21 0 0 0 21
Drama & Theater Arts 0 21 0 0 0 21
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) 2 17 0 0 0 19
Physics 0 8 0 5 6 19
Sociology 0 13 0 5 0 18
Interior Architecture 0 17 0 0 0 17
Geography & Cartography 1 5 4 7 0 17
Computer Software & Applications 0 0 0 15 0 15
Genetics 0 13 0 0 0 13
Music 0 13 0 0 0 13
Landscape Architecture 0 0 0 12 0 12
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 10 0 10
Fine & Studio Arts 0 10 0 0 0 10
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 9 0 9
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 9 0 0 0 9
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 9 0 0 9
Statistics 0 0 0 9 0 9
Biotechnology 0 8 0 0 0 8
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 7 0 0 7
Philosophy 0 7 0 0 0 7
Anthropology 0 7 0 0 0 7
Agricultural Public Services 0 6 0 0 0 6
General Engineering 0 0 0 6 0 6
Writing Studies 0 0 0 6 0 6
Food Science Technology 0 5 0 0 0 5
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 0 0 1 3 4
Liberal Arts General Studies 2 2 0 0 0 4
Other Engineering 0 3 0 0 0 3
Zoology 0 1 0 0 0 1
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0 1 1
Instructional Media Design 0 0 1 0 0 1
Germanic Languages 0 1 0 0 0 1
Human Resource Management 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0 0 0
Criminology 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 9 5,744 417 1,471 590 8,231

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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