Auburn University-Montgomery

Auburn University at Montgomery began as an extension center of the University of Alabama, which was established in 1936. AUM was founded in 1967 by the Alabama Legislature, and began its first session in 1969. It moved to a new 500 acre campus in 1971.

The student population at AUM is comprised of 63% females and 37% males, and the student-faculty ratio stands at 16:1. AUM has the following five schools and colleges:

• Business
• Education
• Liberal Arts
• Nursing
• Science

AUM offers bachelors, masters and specialist degrees from the above schools and colleges. It also provides facilities for continuing education through community education, certificate programs, computer training, corporate education, languages, youth programs and online training.

Auburn University-Montgomery Highlights

Where Auburn University-Montgomery stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Many students concentrating in business and management, security and law enforcement, and science.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Large number of students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.

Other important characteristics:

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

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Auburn Students

The student enrollment at Auburn was 5,138 in 2007 (3,856 full-time equivalent).

About 38% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 62% of the class.

Undergrads are 83% of enrolled students and graduate students are 17%.

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

Among freshmen students, 80% are full-time and 20% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

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

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

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Housing and Meals

Auburn provides on-campus housing for 673 of its 3,856 (full-time) students (as of 2007).

Auburn Athletics

Auburn is in the Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference for major sports.

Auburn offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 99 male students received the aid (men were 61% of those receiving aid) and 62 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 39% of students receiving such aid) .

Auburn Admissions (2007)