Tuskegee University Overview

Located in Tuskegee, Alabama, Tuskegee University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Tuskegee is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Tuskegee University Known For?

• Tuskegee has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 7 to 1.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Tuskegee.
• In a recent academic period85% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Tuskegee with a bachelor's degree make about $49,641 a year. That's 22% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Tuskegee University?

Contact details for Tuskegee are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Kresge Center, 3Rd Floor, Tuskegee, AL 36088-1920
Phone:	334-727-8011
Website:	www.tuskegee.edu

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How Do I Get Into Tuskegee?

You can apply to Tuskegee online at: www.applyweb.com/apply/tusk/

Admission Requirements for Tuskegee

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Tuskegee?

With an acceptance rate of 30%, Tuskegee is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 30%, and the acceptance rate for women is 30%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% of students accepted to Tuskegee submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 495 and 620. Math scores were between 475 and 595.

Tuskegee received ACT scores from 85% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Tuskegee University?

The overall average net price of Tuskegee is $40,273. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Tuskegee, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $5,826 a year. That adds up to $23,304 over four years for those students.

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Tuskegee University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,280 undergraduate students at Tuskegee, with 2,170 being full-time and 110 being part-time.

There are also 467 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,170 full-time undergraduates at Tuskegee, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	1,968
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	148

Geographic Diversity

Alabama students aren't the only ones who study at Tuskegee University. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 27 countries are represented at Tuskegee. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, and Nigeria.

Tuskegee University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Animal Science	62	11	0	73
Veterinary Medicine	0	0	57	57
General Biology	43	5	5	53
Nursing	40	0	0	40
Business Administration & Management	31	0	0	31
Mechanical Engineering	25	2	0	27
Health Sciences & Services	23	0	0	23
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	22	0	22
General Psychology	20	0	0	20
Chemical Engineering	14	1	0	15
Communication & Media Studies	14	0	0	14
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	14	0	0	14
Building Management & Inspection	12	0	0	12
Electrical Engineering	12	0	0	12
Architectural Sciences & Technology	10	0	0	10
Finance & Financial Management	10	0	0	10
Political Science & Government	10	0	0	10
Accounting	8	0	0	8
Chemistry	6	2	0	8
Teacher Education Grade Specific	7	0	0	7
Information Technology	0	6	0	6
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	4	2	0	6
Social Work	6	0	0	6
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	0	5	0	5
General Sales & Marketing	5	0	0	5
Computer Science	5	0	0	5
Natural Resources Conservation	4	1	0	5
Agricultural Economics & Business	4	0	0	4
Computer Information Systems	4	0	0	4
General English Literature	4	0	0	4
History	4	0	0	4
Plant Sciences	0	3	0	3
Materials Engineering	0	1	2	3
Public Health	0	3	0	3
Natural Resource Management	0	3	0	3
Public Policy	0	0	3	3
Student Counseling	0	2	0	2
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	0	0	2
Sociology	2	0	0	2
Fine & Studio Arts	2	0	0	2
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	1	1
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	0	0	1
Mathematics	1	0	0	1
Economics	1	0	0	1
Hospitality Management	0	0	0	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	0
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	0	0
Forestry	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0
Music	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	410	69	68	547

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Skegeepedia under License

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