Alabama A & M University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Alabama A&M University is a historically black university. It was established in 1875 as the Colored Normal School at Huntsville. Prior to gaining university status, the university was renamed several times. It became the State Normal and Industrial School of Huntsville in 1885, The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes in 1896, and Alabama A&M College in 1949. AAMU is divided into the following schools:

• School of Agricultural
• School of Arts & Science
• School of Business
• School of Education
• School of Engineering

AAMU has an active Greek life. Some of the fraternities and sororities of the university are Delta Mu Delta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Beta Kappa Chi, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Zeta, Eta Kappa Tau, Alpha Kappa Mu, Kappa Alpha Psi, Lambda Sigma Pi, Alpha Phi Alpha and Omega Psi Phi.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in family and social work, science, agricultural science and management, computer science and engineering, and conservation and resource management.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.
• Selective admissions.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Alabama A & M is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 5,124 in 2009-2010 (5,051 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 81% of enrolled students and graduate students are 19%.

Students under 25 years old represent 77% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Alabama A & M provides on-campus housing for 3,292 of its 5,051 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Southwestern Athletic Conference), basketball (Southwestern Athletic Conference), baseball (Southwestern Athletic Conference), and track (University Athletic Association).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 139 male students received the aid (men were 74% of those receiving aid) and 49 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 26% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Alabama A & M offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (42 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
• Agriculture
• Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (8 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (11 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (9 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (152 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (39 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (13 awarded)

• Forestry

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (161 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Speech or Language Impairments
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (50 awarded)

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (35 awarded)

• Civil Engineering Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
• Industrial Technology/Technician
• Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (104 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Social Work

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (6 awarded)

• Plant Sciences

LIBERAL ARTS (38 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (9 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (29 awarded)

• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (11 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Office Management and Supervision

SCIENCE (96 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (66 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology