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Auburn University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Auburn, AL
Population 180,000
Website http://www.auburn.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 25,732
Men / Women 49% / 51%
White 76%
Black 5%
Hispanic 5%
Asian 3%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%
From State 53%
From Region 21%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 28%
Humanities & Social Sciences 16%
Engineering 15%
Life & Natural Sciences 12%
Health Sciences 10%
Arts 6%
Computer Science 4%
Education 4%
Professional 4%
Physical Sciences & Math 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $12,890
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $34,922
Est. In-State Cost $16,675
Est. Out-of-State Cost $45,175
10-Year ROI $177,000
ROI Percentile 72th

Retention & Graduation

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

Weather

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

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 47%
Yield (Unbound) 24%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $137M #47
Life & Natural Sciences $190M #85
Humanities & Social Sciences $9M #140
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 99 #59
Life & Natural Sciences 354 #71
Humanities & Social Sciences 120 #170

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 2,229 (9%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 90%
SAT Range 1280 – 1370
SAT Math Range 630 – 700
SAT RW Range 630 – 690
ACT Range 26 – 31

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).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture 228 45% / 55% 1% $62,636 97%
Agriculture 14 +5 71% / 29% 0% $60,439 57 100%
Agronomy and Soils 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $57,885 50 94%
Animal Science 84 — 20% / 80% 1% $66,404 69 97%
Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 6 — 100% / 0% 0% $59,828 55 —
Biotechnology 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $67,498 71 —
Environmental Science 18 — 44% / 56% 0% $49,150 25 —
Food Science 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $62,154 61 —
Horticulture 13 — 69% / 31% 8% $57,885 50 94%
Poultry Science 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $66,404 69 97%
Agribusiness 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $62,519 62 96%
Agricultural Business and Economics 50 — 72% / 28% 0% $62,519 62 96%
Agricultural Communications 11 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,876 58 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture, Design and Construction 159 49% / 51% 8% $66,712 97%
Architecture 62 — 53% / 47% 3% $75,187 82 100%
Industrial Design 44 — 50% / 50% 5% $58,793 53 89%
Interior Architecture 15 — 20% / 80% 0% $68,264 72 100%
Building Construction Management 38 — 53% / 47% 21% $61,443 59 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 440 24% / 76% 1% $49,969 97%
Kinesiology 202 +2 35% / 65% 2% $51,022 30 100%
Career and Technical Education 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $52,004 33 98%
Early Childhood Education 49 — 4% / 96% 0% $46,730 19 95%
Elementary Education 72 — 3% / 97% 0% $46,730 19 95%
English Language Arts Education 15 — 27% / 73% 0% $52,004 33 98%
Foreign Language Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,004 33 98%
Mathematics Education 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $52,004 33 98%
Physical Education/Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,004 33 98%
Science Education 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $52,004 33 98%
Social Science Education 24 — 58% / 42% 0% $52,004 33 98%
Special Education 45 — 11% / 89% 0% $50,705 29 92%
Music Education 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $52,004 33 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Human Sciences 365 7% / 93% 2% $54,313 92%
Nutrition 43 +1 7% / 93% 2% $58,072 51 100%
Hospitality Management 71 — 18% / 82% 6% $53,091 36 91%
Human Development and Family Science 7 +1 0% / 100% 0% $44,084 13 93%
Human Development and Family Studies 86 — 3% / 97% 0% $44,084 13 93%
Human Sciences 17 — 12% / 88% 0% $46,722 19 —
Apparel Design and Production Management 97 +1 3% / 97% 2% $62,650 62 90%
Interior Design 44 — 7% / 93% 0% $58,793 53 89%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 1,074 31% / 69% 2% $54,876 95%
Geographic Information Systems 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $80,316 86 —
Communication Disorders 71 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,812 41 100%
Public Health 40 — 12% / 88% 0% $70,747 76 98%
Economics 35 — 83% / 17% 17% $71,165 77 94%
Anthropology 8 +1 12% / 88% 0% $49,117 25 —
Communication 67 — 24% / 76% 4% $62,643 62 97%
English 31 +15 26% / 74% 0% $50,686 29 90%
French 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $53,010 36 92%
Geography 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $57,705 50 —
German 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $53,096 36 —
History 32 +24 66% / 34% 3% $47,668 21 93%
Interdisciplinary University Studies 32 — 81% / 19% 0% $49,480 26 90%
Journalism 44 — 61% / 39% 0% $51,515 32 91%
Law and Justice 66 — 42% / 58% 0% $55,050 42 —
Media Studies 45 +2 44% / 56% 7% $62,643 62 97%
Philosophy 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $52,129 33 —
Political Science 78 — 53% / 47% 0% $63,805 64 90%
Psychology 212 +6 19% / 81% 3% $48,338 23 95%
Public Administration 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $54,761 41 95%
Public Relations 110 — 12% / 88% 1% $53,562 38 97%
Social Work 27 — 4% / 96% 0% $52,381 34 89%
Sociology 19 +5 42% / 58% 11% $51,298 31 100%
Spanish 22 +3 27% / 73% 0% $53,010 36 92%
University Studies 10 — 20% / 80% 0% $50,931 30 —
Design and Applied Arts — — — — $58,502 52 —
Graphic Design 45 — 13% / 87% 0% $58,793 53 89%
Music 9 +12 67% / 33% 0% $51,177 31 100%
Studio Art 23 — 35% / 65% 0% $38,393 6 94%
Theatre 15 — 13% / 87% 0% $38,775 6 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 234 9% / 91% 0% $71,237 99%
Nursing 234 — 9% / 91% 0% $71,237 77 99%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Sciences and Mathematics 461 33% / 67% 2% $74,654 95%
Applied Mathematics 14 — 64% / 36% 0% $82,066 88 100%
Chemistry 18 +1 50% / 50% 17% $64,018 65 —
Geosciences 7 +6 71% / 29% 14% $62,032 61 100%
Mathematics 10 +8 50% / 50% 0% $55,525 44 95%
Physics 13 — 100% / 0% 0% $70,047 75 —
Biology 24 — 17% / 83% 0% $78,788 85 96%
Biomedical Sciences 297 — 29% / 71% 1% $78,788 85 96%
Genetics 17 — 18% / 82% 6% $68,675 73 —
Marine Biology 10 — 10% / 90% 0% $55,163 42 —
Microbiology 27 +1 30% / 70% 0% $61,323 59 87%
Neuroscience 12 +2 33% / 67% 0% $65,955 68 —
Zoology — — — — $56,615 47 —
Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions 7 — 14% / 86% 14% $63,083 63 100%
Medical Laboratory Sciences 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $63,083 63 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Harbert College of Business 1,608 65% / 35% 4% $74,996 96%
Accounting 156 +1 53% / 47% 3% $79,838 86 98%
Business Analytics 67 +2 57% / 43% 7% $94,019 95 95%
Finance 326 +13 78% / 22% 4% $83,481 89 98%
Management 409 +8 69% / 31% 7% $76,513 83 95%
Marketing 303 +4 32% / 68% 3% $67,766 72 94%
Supply Chain Management 194 +1 83% / 17% 4% $76,513 83 95%
Aviation Management 88 — 84% / 16% 0% $51,991 33 100%
Professional Flight 65 — 88% / 12% 0% $51,991 33 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering 1,133 80% / 20% 4% $95,883 97%
Aerospace Engineering 94 — 79% / 21% 12% $95,997 95 95%
Architectural Engineering 160 — 91% / 9% 1% $99,989 97 98%
Biosystems Engineering 38 — 42% / 58% 0% $75,397 82 100%
Chemical Engineering 76 — 67% / 33% 0% $108,040 98 98%
Civil Engineering 115 — 79% / 21% 2% $81,856 87 99%
Computer Engineering 23 — 91% / 9% 4% $98,999 96 96%
Electrical Engineering 66 — 89% / 11% 6% $94,383 95 98%
Industrial and Systems Engineering 97 — 68% / 32% 3% $96,383 95 91%
Materials Engineering 11 — 64% / 36% 0% $88,746 92 —
Mechanical Engineering 197 — 86% / 14% 3% $91,940 94 95%
Pre-Engineering 6 — 83% / 17% 17% $96,237 95 —
Computer Science 143 — 85% / 15% 12% $104,342 98 100%
Computer Science and Software Engineering 45 — 64% / 36% 0% $100,976 97 —
Software Engineering 62 — 84% / 16% 0% $98,999 96 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences 110 71% / 29% 0% $49,391 100%
Forest Operations 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $60,170 56 100%
Forestry 26 — 92% / 8% 0% $60,170 56 100%
Natural Resources Management 14 — 71% / 29% 0% $39,274 7 100%
Wildlife Sciences 37 — 41% / 59% 0% $52,409 34 100%
Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging 29 — 93% / 7% 0% $39,274 7 100%

Rankings

Engineering

Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Field Tested
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Sustainability Squad
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Hot Pocket PhDs
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Back 40
Puppies Over People Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
Aggies with Stethoscopes (Veterinary Sciences)
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Read the Slides

Health Sciences

Where Diagnoses Begin Laboratory Sciences
Sample Slingers

Business & Economics

Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Bushels and Balance Sheets
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
The Aggie-Econ & Applied Regressions Guild
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
Currently Fetching Coffee

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Nap Time Navigators
Gym Class Heroes Physical Education
Picked First in Gym
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Coaches and Conductors

Professional

Top Gun II Generation Aviation
The Flight Line
The Hard Hat Caste Construction
The Owners of the Site Trailer