Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
- Public
- City
- 26,816 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 46%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $25,424per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 82%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $73,27310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Before home football games, a trained eagle from the Auburn University Raptor Center flies over Jordan-Hare Stadium; the center rehabilitates injured birds of prey.
Source: War Eagle Flight History | Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 46%About 5 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1260–1390Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 26–31Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Auburn University's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
84% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 4.10. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 47%27,724 admitted of 59,121 first-year applicants
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1280–137019% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 26–3172% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 35%65% were in the top quarter. Based on the 34% whose school ranks.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
Important
- How challenging your classes were
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Showing interest in the school
Considered
- Recommendations
Not considered
- Class rank
- Interview
- Religious affiliation
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Auburn University Common Data Set. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $25,424full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $36,285sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $13,318Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $36,022Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 82%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 95%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $73,27310 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 26,816Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 15%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 17%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL — admits 77%
- Iowa State University Ames, IA — admits 89%
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN — admits 80%
- University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO — admits 78%
Also worth a look
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA — admits 55%
- University of Connecticut Storrs, CT — admits 52%
- Clemson University Clemson, SC — admits 38%
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ — admits 58%
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA — admits 60%
- University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC — admits 60%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Auburn University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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