Auburn University Main Campus

Auburn University, also referred to as "AU" or "Auburn", is a public, co-educational school located in Auburn, Alabama.

Established in 1858 as the East Alabama Male College only 20 years after the founding of the City of Auburn, the school underwent several name changes until it was awarded university status in 1960 and given its present moniker.

AU's campus stretches over more than 1800 acres of suburban land. In 1967, Auburn University at Montgomery was established as a separately administered branch campus

One of the largest universities in the South, Auburn offers degrees in 13 colleges and schools at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. These schools are:

College of Agriculture
College of Architecture, Design and Construction
College of Business
College of Education
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
School of forestry and Wildlife Sciences
College of Liberal arts
School of Nursing
James Harrison School of Pharmacy
College of Sciences and Mathematics
College of Veterinary Medicine
Graduate School

AU's Technical Assistance Center, a collaborative engineering/business outreach unit, performs hundreds of projects each year for state industries.

Notable Auburn University alumni include Richard Myers, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity; James Voss and Kathryn Thornton, astronauts; Cynthia Tucker, Pulitzer Prize winner and editorial page editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia; Bo Jackson, 985 Heisman trophy winner, former football and baseball players; Toni Tennille, half of the singing group, "The Captain & Tennille"; Gen. Holland Smith of the U.S. Marine Corps, father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare; and Jim Phillips, three-time NFL Pro-Bowler.

Among the school's many firsts and accomplishments are:

First to offer a program in software engineering in the Southeast.
First to offer a bachelor's of wireless engineering degree in the Southeast.
A consistent leader in aviation education and research.
Second-most-admired Bachelor of Architecture program in the nation, according to other university deans and departments as reported by DesignIntelligence Magazine.
AU-developed technologies and research include:
A micorscope system NASA is using on Antarctic expeditions.
Germ-killing rubber material.
A new egg-injected avian flu vaccine.
A widely used flea pill for dogs.

Auburn University is home to many fraternities and sororities. Over 15 percent of males and more than 30 percent of females belong. The sororities are located in dormitories on a hill within the campus; each of these dormitories has a sorority chapter.

Campus Location

Auburn University, AL 36849
USA
Main Tel: (334) 844-4000
Web Site

The campus is in a small city.

Auburn University Main Campus Highlights

Where Auburn University Main Campus stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in construction trades, landscaping and horticulture, engineering, design, business and management, and conservation and resource management.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Large number of students.
High faculty salary.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
High male/female ratio.
Affordable tuition & fees.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	3,799	91
Master	816	55
First-professional degree	207	2
Doctorale	204	37
Post-master's certificate	11	1

Auburn Students

The student enrollment at Auburn was 24,137 in 2007 (21,941 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 81% of enrolled students, graduate students are 15%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 4%.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

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

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 5,834
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 16,334
Room	$ 3,380
Board	$ 4,086
Books and supplies	$ 1,100
Other	$ 2,350

Financial Aid: Auburn participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Auburn:

School	Location	Enrollment
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	41,042
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	34,940
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	University Park, PA	43,252
Texas A & M University	College Station, TX	46,542
University of Maryland-College Park	College Park, MD	36,014
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, CA	27,020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	42,326
Clemson University	Clemson, SC	17,585
SUNY at Buffalo	Buffalo, NY	28,054
University of California-Irvine	Irvine, CA	26,483

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		804
Without tenure; working toward tenure		234
Without tenure; tenure not available		94

Housing and Meals

Auburn provides on-campus housing for 2,780 of its 21,941 (full-time) students (as of 2007).

Auburn Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Auburn is in the Southeastern Conference for major sports.

Auburn offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 213 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 162 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Auburn Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	68%
Women	70%
All	69%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	500-610
Math	520-630

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (57 awarded)

Agricultural Economics
Aquaculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (67 awarded)

Animal Sciences
Poultry Science

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (127 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Environmental Design/Architecture
Interior Architecture
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,072 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business/Managerial Economics
Finance
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Logistics and Materials Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing/Marketing Management
Operations Management and Supervision

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (82 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (64 awarded)

Environmental Science
Forest Sciences and Biology
Forestry
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (88 awarded)

Apparel and Textile Marketing Management

DESIGN (111 awarded)

Design and Visual Communications
Industrial Design
Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (11 awarded)

Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (631 awarded)

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Education
Educational Leadership and Administration
Educational/Instructional Media Design
Elementary Education and Teaching
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Foreign Language Teacher Education
Health Teacher Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Secondary Education and Teaching
Social Science Teacher Education
Special Education and Teaching
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
Technical Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (634 awarded)

Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
Architectural Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Textile Sciences and Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (152 awarded)

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
Public Administration
Social Work

FINE ARTS (37 awarded)

Fine/Studio Arts

HOSPITALITY (26 awarded)

Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (108 awarded)

Horticultural Science
Plant Sciences

LIBERAL ARTS (495 awarded)

Anthropology
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
Geography
German Language and Literature
History
Political Science and Government
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (51 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (130 awarded)

Journalism
Public Relations/Image Management
Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (21 awarded)

Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (93 awarded)

Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions

MEDICINE (226 awarded)

Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)

MUSIC (1 awarded)

Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (95 awarded)

Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (43 awarded)

Nutrition Sciences

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (16 awarded)

Philosophy

SCIENCE (334 awarded)

Biology/Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Geology/Earth Science
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Molecular Biology
Physics
Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (94 awarded)

Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (171 awarded)

Clinical Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Psychology