Auburn University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 180,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%)
Sunshine Hours 2,738 (70%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (66%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 2,229 (9%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 25,912
Men / Women 49% / 51%
From State 53%
From Region 21%
Athletes 555 (2.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 83%
Hispanic 5%
Black 4%
Asian 3%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture 252 41% 86% 1% 3% 6% 2% $74,389 56 +1.34 74 96%
Biotechnology 8 — 38% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $77,206 71 +0.51 78 — — — — —
Agribusiness 7 — 71% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $83,581 75 +0.85 84 100% — — — —
Agricultural Business and Economics 47 — 70% 91% 0% 0% 6% 0% $83,581 75 +0.85 84 100% — — — —
Agriculture 15 — 47% 87% 0% 7% 0% 0% $64,757 65 +0.30 56 100% — — — —
Agronomy and Soils 10 — 70% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,984 23 -0.51 33 92% — — — —
Animal Science 101 — 18% 82% 1% 4% 6% 3% $79,886 99 +2.73 80 96% — — — —
Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $72,890 97 +1.97 72 — — — — —
Environmental Science 13 — 38% 69% 15% 0% 0% 15% $55,252 33 -0.43 31 — — — — —
Food Science — — — — — — — — $71,293 80 +0.70 69 — — — — —
Horticulture 31 +1 52% 84% 0% 3% 13% 0% $55,984 23 -0.51 33 92% — — — —
Poultry Science 10 — 50% 80% 0% 10% 10% 0% $79,886 99 +2.73 80 96% — — — —
Agricultural Communications 8 — 38% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $77,122 68 +0.50 78 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Architecture, Design and Construction 172 45% 76% 5% 1% 6% 10% $73,242 53 +0.16 72 95%
Architecture 65 — 38% 74% 5% 0% 6% 14% $78,252 92 +1.17 79 94% — — — —
Industrial Design 41 — 63% 78% 2% 0% 7% 7% $69,801 82 +0.76 67 93% — — — —
Interior Architecture 17 — 41% 71% 12% 0% 6% 12% $73,141 78 +0.58 72 100% — — — —
Landscape Architecture 15 — 40% 73% 0% 0% 0% 20% $75,411 88 +0.84 75 — — — — —
Building Construction Management 34 — 41% 79% 6% 3% 6% 3% $66,912 1 -2.97 61 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education 447 31% 87% 1% 3% 4% 1% $57,300 5 -0.04 37 98%
Kinesiology 231 +3 44% 83% 0% 4% 6% 2% $59,873 43 -0.22 44 99% — — — —
Career and Technical Education 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,450 48 -0.07 29 98% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 52 — 0% 94% 2% 2% 2% 0% $51,863 51 -0.06 22 94% — — — —
Elementary Education 48 — 2% 96% 2% 0% 0% 0% $51,863 51 -0.06 22 94% — — — —
English Language Arts Education 11 — 27% 91% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,450 50 -0.14 29 98% — — — —
Foreign Language Education 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,450 50 -0.14 29 98% — — — —
Mathematics Education 5 — 20% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,450 39 -0.32 29 98% — — — —
Physical Education/Teacher Education — — — — — — — — $54,450 34 -0.41 29 98% — — — —
Science Education 5 — 40% 40% 0% 20% 40% 0% $54,450 39 -0.32 29 98% — — — —
Social Science Education 14 — 79% 79% 0% 7% 0% 0% $54,450 50 -0.18 29 98% — — — —
Special Education 53 — 11% 91% 2% 4% 4% 0% $59,733 70 +0.58 43 97% — — — —
Music Education 22 — 59% 91% 0% 0% 5% 0% $54,450 85 +0.83 29 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Human Sciences 403 7% 90% 0% 2% 4% 2% $59,016 7 -0.13 41 91%
Nutrition 42 — 7% 88% 2% 2% 5% 0% $59,255 27 -0.45 42 94% — — — —
Hospitality Management 102 — 20% 91% 1% 1% 3% 4% $63,721 68 +0.28 54 92% — — — —
Human Development and Family Science 14 — 0% 71% 0% 0% 21% 0% $47,315 14 -0.70 13 86% — — — —
Human Development and Family Studies 97 +2 1% 92% 0% 5% 2% 0% $47,315 14 -0.70 13 86% — — — —
Human Sciences 10 — 20% 80% 0% 0% 0% 10% $39,992 7 -1.57 5 — — — — —
Apparel Design and Production Management 86 +1 2% 88% 0% 1% 5% 2% $64,116 59 +0.24 55 94% — — — —
Interior Design 52 — 0% 94% 0% 0% 6% 0% $69,801 59 +0.20 67 93% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Liberal Arts 1,038 31% 80% 2% 7% 5% 1% $63,243 20 +0.21 52 95%
Geographic Information Systems 4 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $90,857 36 -0.36 89 — — — — —
Communication Disorders 77 — 1% 88% 1% 3% 5% 0% $61,782 47 -0.04 49 96% — — — —
Public Health 35 — 17% 89% 3% 3% 3% 0% $81,533 91 +1.52 82 92% — — — —
Economics 34 — 76% 74% 6% 3% 6% 9% $87,178 39 -0.41 87 96% — — — —
English 41 +9 24% 90% 0% 2% 5% 2% $53,178 58 +0.09 25 98% — — — —
French 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,251 91 +1.18 69 89% — — — —
German 3 +2 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $70,122 89 +1.08 67 — — — — —
History 30 +9 70% 93% 0% 0% 7% 0% $51,825 32 -0.50 22 94% — — — —
Interdisciplinary University Studies 31 — 58% 58% 3% 35% 0% 3% $61,863 81 +0.44 49 89% — — — —
Philosophy 5 +1 80% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $62,034 58 +0.05 49 — — — — —
Spanish 9 +4 33% 78% 11% 0% 11% 0% $71,251 91 +1.18 69 89% — — — —
University Studies 16 — 12% 75% 12% 6% 0% 0% $61,130 79 +0.37 47 — — — — —
Anthropology 9 — 11% 89% 0% 0% 11% 0% $53,805 43 -0.28 27 — — — — —
Communication 68 +1 32% 84% 1% 3% 6% 1% $65,208 67 +0.31 57 94% — — — —
Geography — — — — — — — — $63,759 64 +0.19 54 — — — — —
Geography and Environmental Studies 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,812 65 +0.19 54 — — — — —
Journalism 64 — 48% 86% 0% 11% 2% 0% $58,542 35 -0.42 40 96% — — — —
Media Studies 21 +2 57% 81% 0% 5% 10% 5% $65,208 67 +0.31 57 94% — — — —
Political Science 70 +2 59% 77% 1% 6% 4% 0% $76,611 69 +0.32 77 94% — — — —
Psychology 210 +5 17% 79% 1% 9% 5% 1% $56,852 63 +0.27 35 94% — — — —
Public Administration 10 — 70% 80% 0% 10% 10% 0% $65,075 32 -0.53 57 91% — — — —
Public Relations 81 — 5% 85% 2% 1% 7% 1% $74,465 58 +0.26 74 96% — — — —
Social Work 19 — 5% 84% 0% 11% 5% 0% $52,959 44 -0.04 25 89% — — — —
Sociology 28 +6 39% 43% 0% 36% 7% 0% $51,698 34 -0.47 22 97% — — — —
Design and Applied Arts 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,801 82 +0.76 67 93% — — — —
Graphic Design 48 — 17% 81% 4% 4% 2% 2% $69,801 82 +0.76 67 93% — — — —
Music 28 +10 71% 71% 11% 7% 0% 0% $54,504 86 +0.83 29 100% — — — —
Studio Art 15 — 33% 80% 7% 13% 0% 0% $36,760 9 -1.08 3 90% — — — —
Theatre 10 — 20% 50% 10% 40% 0% 0% $41,296 38 -0.24 6 100% — — — —
Law and Justice 69 — 32% 77% 4% 4% 7% 0% $63,736 75 +0.53 54 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Nursing 220 9% 91% 1% 2% 2% 0% $84,024 82 -0.82 84 98%
Nursing 220 — 9% 91% 1% 2% 2% 0% $84,024 15 -0.82 84 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Sciences and Mathematics 561 32% 82% 4% 4% 4% 0% $79,914 72 +0.91 81 96%
Applied Mathematics 14 +1 57% 71% 7% 0% 14% 0% $87,429 24 -0.67 87 100% — — — —
Chemistry 25 +1 44% 88% 0% 4% 4% 0% $75,911 77 +0.42 76 — — — — —
Geosciences 4 +1 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,657 58 +0.05 58 100% — — — —
Mathematics 7 +3 86% 86% 14% 0% 0% 0% $59,154 8 -0.99 42 95% — — — —
Physics 17 — 94% 82% 0% 6% 0% 0% $78,498 34 -0.37 79 — — — — —
Biology 29 — 24% 86% 0% 0% 3% 0% $82,221 97 +1.83 83 96% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 357 — 28% 80% 4% 5% 5% 0% $82,221 91 +1.14 83 96% — — — —
Genetics 22 +1 18% 95% 0% 0% 5% 0% $77,023 71 +0.49 77 — — — — —
Microbiology 33 +1 36% 79% 15% 3% 0% 0% $77,766 86 +1.00 78 100% — — — —
Neuroscience 20 +2 30% 90% 0% 5% 0% 0% $71,310 66 +0.38 69 — — — — —
Aquatic Biology/Limnology 3 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,292 93 +1.04 55 — — — — —
Marine Biology 13 — 15% 85% 8% 0% 0% 0% $63,408 92 +0.94 53 — — — — —
Zoology — — — — — — — — $63,663 92 +0.97 54 — — — — —
Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions 9 +1 22% 56% 0% 11% 0% 0% $73,826 32 -0.35 73 95% — — — —
Medical Laboratory Sciences 7 — 14% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,826 32 -0.35 73 96% — — — —
Public Health 1 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $76,376 83 +1.04 77 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Harbert College of Business 1,741 62% 86% 3% 2% 3% 3% $89,590 89 +0.14 88 97%
Accounting 178 +2 46% 91% 4% 0% 2% 1% $99,974 80 +0.84 94 96% — — — —
Business Analytics 81 +8 60% 84% 6% 0% 1% 2% $134,064 99 +2.38 99 96% — — — —
Finance 366 +10 77% 84% 2% 3% 3% 5% $95,618 51 -0.12 92 97% — — — —
Management 394 +4 66% 84% 4% 3% 3% 5% $90,612 84 +0.68 89 96% — — — —
Marketing 355 +8 31% 88% 1% 2% 4% 3% $82,449 68 +0.38 83 96% — — — —
Supply Chain Management 198 +2 78% 88% 3% 2% 2% 4% $90,612 47 -0.10 89 96% — — — —
Aviation Management 99 — 79% 84% 3% 2% 6% 0% $55,705 3 -2.54 32 100% — — — —
Professional Flight 70 — 83% 89% 1% 3% 3% 0% $55,705 3 -2.54 32 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering 1,152 78% 80% 5% 3% 4% 4% $113,187 98 +0.77 98 98%
Aerospace Engineering 97 — 84% 82% 4% 2% 4% 4% $108,537 83 +0.77 97 96% — — — —
Architectural Engineering 148 — 89% 93% 1% 1% 3% 1% $115,619 100 +3.32 98 100% — — — —
Biosystems Engineering 47 — 43% 89% 2% 6% 2% 0% $86,174 15 -0.70 86 100% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 82 — 54% 80% 6% 7% 2% 1% $112,526 74 +0.72 98 96% — — — —
Civil Engineering 118 — 69% 88% 3% 1% 4% 3% $92,097 46 -0.03 90 99% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 76 — 91% 71% 4% 4% 8% 11% $117,497 64 +0.02 98 97% — — — —
Industrial and Systems Engineering 106 — 65% 80% 7% 2% 4% 2% $119,993 76 +0.41 99 100% — — — —
Materials Engineering 15 — 73% 80% 7% 7% 0% 7% $91,814 31 -0.30 90 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 198 — 86% 85% 4% 1% 6% 3% $108,388 90 +1.15 97 99% — — — —
Pre-Engineering 4 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 25% $101,504 68 +0.23 95 — — — — —
Computer Science 126 +3 84% 57% 12% 6% 6% 14% $120,399 51 -0.13 99 98% — — — —
Computer Science and Software Engineering 57 — 72% 74% 9% 11% 4% 0% $154,477 84 +0.86 100 — — — — —
Software Engineering 78 — 88% 79% 9% 6% 3% 1% $124,854 61 -0.00 99 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences 104 62% 90% 1% 2% 4% 0% $57,801 5 -0.56 38 97%
Forest Operations 5 — 40% 80% 20% 0% 0% 0% $70,512 80 +0.84 68 93% — — — —
Forestry 29 — 90% 93% 0% 0% 3% 0% $70,512 80 +0.84 68 93% — — — —
Natural Resources Management 11 — 64% 91% 0% 0% 0% 0% $41,351 1 -2.17 6 100% — — — —
Wildlife Sciences 37 +1 38% 86% 0% 3% 8% 0% $60,793 85 +0.66 46 97% — — — —
Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging 22 — 73% 95% 0% 5% 0% 0% $41,351 0 -3.94 6 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,542
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $37,152
Est. In-State Cost $17,518
Est. Out-of-State Cost $48,060
ROI Percentile 83th

Retention & Graduation

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

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 White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 28.0% 1,708 58% 86% 3% 2% 3% 4% $91,350 76 +0.41 89 96% —
Engineering 14.6% 891 77% 84% 4% 2% 4% 3% $108,505 75 +0.96 97 98% —
Social Sciences 11.7% 710 24% 81% 1% 7% 5% 1% $60,289 57 -0.01 45 93% —
Health Sciences 9.5% 580 22% 87% 1% 3% 4% 1% $71,008 23 -0.32 69 98% —
Life & Natural Sciences 7.7% 469 28% 82% 4% 4% 4% 0% $81,113 96 +1.10 82 96% —
Arts 6.6% 400 28% 81% 3% 3% 4% 5% $66,438 95 +0.55 60 95% —
Agriculture & Food Science 6.2% 376 41% 86% 2% 2% 6% 1% $69,465 88 +0.95 66 96% —
Professional 4.8% 294 64% 84% 3% 3% 5% 0% $57,812 20 -1.97 38 99% —
Computer Science 4.4% 265 83% 68% 10% 7% 4% 7% $128,594 74 +0.12 99 97% —
Education 3.2% 194 13% 91% 2% 3% 3% 0% $54,560 58 +0.08 29 96% —
Humanities 2.2% 136 46% 81% 3% 10% 4% 1% $57,823 65 +0.17 38 94% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.1% 67 66% 84% 3% 3% 4% 0% $76,611 45 -0.18 77 99% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $122M #39 50% $3.7M 89 #40 652 13
Agriculture & Food Science $95.8M #25 43% $1.8M 32 #18 148 78
Life & Natural Sciences $39.4M #91 60% $0.3M 26 #90 182 11
Physical Sciences & Math $32.1M #98 47% $0.2M 40 #76 288 17
Health Sciences $27.0M #97 12% $0.2M 23 #82 46 7
Business & Economics $18.6M #28 0% $3.7M 17 #73 37 —
Humanities & Social Sciences $15.9M #127 13% $0.2M 46 #110 147 3
Computer Science $10.2M #86 45% $0.0M — — — 1
Education $3.9M #118 17% $0 54 #52 — —
Total $365M #81 42% $10.1M 327 #68 1,500 130

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.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 121 $121.4M $58.7M $62.7M
Track & Field (combined) 86 $367K $3.0M -$2.6M
Swimming & Diving 44 $243K $2.7M -$2.5M
Baseball 43 $4.1M $7.6M -$3.4M
Basketball 18 $26.6M $20.5M $6.0M
Golf 10 $544K $2.4M -$1.9M
Tennis 8 $147K $1.6M -$1.4M
Total 282 $153.4M $96.6M $56.9M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 107 $433K $3.4M -$3.0M
Swimming & Diving 46 $284K $2.9M -$2.6M
Equestrian 45 $3.8M $6.3M -$2.5M
Soccer 35 $456K $3.1M -$2.7M
Softball 25 $885K $3.7M -$2.8M
Gymnastics 22 $778K $3.1M -$2.3M
Basketball 21 $847K $5.8M -$5.0M
Volleyball 18 $351K $2.6M -$2.3M
Tennis 10 $257K $2.0M -$1.8M
Golf 8 $250K $1.7M -$1.5M
Total 273 $8.3M $34.6M -$26.3M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 193 $801K $6.4M -$5.6M
Football 121 $121.4M $58.7M $62.7M
Swimming & Diving 90 $528K $5.6M -$5.0M
Equestrian 45 $3.8M $6.3M -$2.5M
Baseball 43 $4.1M $7.6M -$3.4M
Basketball 39 $27.4M $26.3M $1.1M
Soccer 35 $456K $3.1M -$2.7M
Softball 25 $885K $3.7M -$2.8M
Gymnastics 22 $778K $3.1M -$2.3M
Golf 18 $795K $4.2M -$3.4M
Tennis 18 $405K $3.6M -$3.2M
Volleyball 18 $351K $2.6M -$2.3M
Total 555 $205.3M $195.9M $9.3M

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 47%
Yield (non-ED) 24%
Early Action Oct 15
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 47% 47% 47%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 90%
SAT Range 1280 – 1370
SAT Math Range 620 – 700
SAT RW Range 630 – 700