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Auburn University

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $16,681 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $34,919.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $65,337 ten years after entering, the 86th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 82% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1856
Enrollment, 2023
35,381
Website
auburn.edu
Campus of Auburn University

J. Glover (AUtiger) · CC BY-SA 2.5

AboutPublic university in Auburn, Alabama, US. Wikipedia ↗

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Auburn University is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 27,900 undergraduate students, over 6,200 graduate students, and a total enrollment of more than 34,100 students with 1,435 faculty members, Auburn is the second-largest university in Alabama. It is one of the state's two flagship public universities. The university is one of 146 U.S. universities classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

From the Wikipedia article “Auburn University”, revision 1359699846, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $34,919 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $16,681 and $29,547 a year depending on income at Auburn University.

Statement of cost · Auburn University

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$34,919
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$16,681
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$24,323
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$12,890

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $16,681; $30–48k: $17,627; $48–75k: $20,558; $75–110k: $25,808; over $110k: $29,547. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$16,681
$30k–$48k$17,627
$48k–$75k$20,558
$75k–$110k$25,808
Over $110k$29,547

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $65,337; the median graduate who borrowed owes $21,000.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$54,629
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$61,406
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
86th percentile among public 4-years
$65,337
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
63rd percentile among public 4-years
$21,000
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$17,750

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $54,629; 8 yrs after entry: $61,406; 10 yrs after entry: $65,337. Median graduate debt: $21,000. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $21,000.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$54,629
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$61,406
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$65,337
Median graduate debt$21,000

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Auburn University
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree562$76,513$22,250
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree337$145,621not reported
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree323$83,481$20,500
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree302$78,788$23,750
MarketingBachelor's Degree284$67,766$20,500
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree230$91,940$24,514
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree222$71,237$20,449
Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesBachelor's Degree204not reported$24,250
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree203$48,338$20,500
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree156$104,342$25,000
Architectural EngineeringBachelor's Degree147$99,989$22,000
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationFirst Professional Degree143$139,069not reported
Show all 27 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree141$79,838$23,250
Air TransportationBachelor's Degree131not reported$21,875
Veterinary MedicineFirst Professional Degree126$120,989not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree120$46,730$22,250
Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's Degree116$58,793$26,000
Civil EngineeringBachelor's Degree113$81,856$23,375
Animal SciencesBachelor's Degree103$66,404$21,625
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringBachelor's Degree95$95,997$20,458
Management Information Systems and ServicesMaster's Degree33$117,240not reported
Architectural EngineeringMaster's Degree34$109,639not reported
Industrial EngineeringMaster's Degree33not reportednot reported
Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree89$98,999$22,125
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree46$113,998not reported
Chemical EngineeringBachelor's Degree76$108,040$23,104
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyDoctoral Degree21not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Auburn University: 26,816 undergraduates; 13% of students receive Pell grants; 46% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

46%

9th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

26,816

92nd percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

13%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

3rd percentile among public 4-years

Completion

82%

finish within 150% of normal time

95th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

17%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$72,031

93rd percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k20%
  • $30k–$48k12%
  • $48k–$75k14%
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k20%
$30k–$48k12%
$48k–$75k14%
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 2,614 people who studied at Auburn University, most often in sports (50%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 29% (684 people); medicine 0.7% (16 people); law 1.9% (45 people); politics & gov 4.6% (109 people); business 1.9% (45 people); engineering & tech 1.9% (44 people); writing & journalism 2.2% (51 people); film & stage 1.8% (43 people); music 0.8% (18 people); visual arts 1.5% (35 people); sports 50% (1,180 people); religion 0.1% (3 people); military 3.1% (74 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia68429.1%
medicine160.7%
law451.9%
politics & gov1094.6%
business451.9%
engineering & tech441.9%
writing & journalism512.2%
film & stage431.8%
music180.8%
visual arts351.5%
sports1,18050.3%
religion30.1%
military743.1%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsbasketball player (590) · researcher (492) · American football player (403) · politician (101) · university teacher (96) · baseball player (67) · swimmer (60) · military officer (53)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 2% for the 1890s to 30% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 6 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1840snot reported3not reported
1850snot reported3not reported
1860snot reported5not reported
1870snot reported19not reported
1880snot reported28not reported
1890s1402%
1900snot reported24not reported
1910s2277%
1920s4498%
1930s3963%
1940s8928%
1950s1510213%
1960s2112614%
1970s1511611%
1980s4618220%
1990s3711824%
2000s174030%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 108,754 in 2017-11.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0619,984
2026-0519,179
2026-0421,929
2026-0317,727
2026-0229,795
2026-0120,407
2025-1222,543
2025-1141,946
2025-1031,921
2025-0935,070
2025-0828,711
2025-0718,635
2025-0617,021
2025-0518,831
2025-0440,547
2025-0368,647
2025-0223,297
2025-0124,701
2024-1225,682
2024-1135,610
2024-1028,582
2024-0937,668
2024-0830,837
2024-0724,832
2024-0618,119
2024-0520,035
2024-0420,482
2024-0330,033
2024-0221,688
2024-0128,518
2023-1227,046
2023-1148,051
2023-1029,682
2023-0948,157
2023-0826,319
2023-0723,236
2023-0621,243
2023-0521,409
2023-0422,714
2023-0329,041
2023-0221,533
2023-0126,149
2022-1224,900
2022-1140,514
2022-1033,877
2022-0935,132
2022-0823,110
2022-0720,247
2022-0620,774
2022-0518,974
2022-0421,191
2022-0326,948
2022-0230,510
2022-0130,422
2021-1224,718
2021-1152,985
2021-1032,687
2021-0936,663
2021-0835,616
2021-0732,868
2021-0617,032
2021-0518,524
2021-0419,888
2021-0320,696
2021-0217,365
2021-0128,263
2020-1229,500
2020-1130,670
2020-1030,573
2020-0919,847
2020-0821,067
2020-0721,571
2020-0618,767
2020-0525,246
2020-0428,434
2020-0327,351
2020-0238,645
2020-0140,344
2019-1256,320
2019-1169,696
2019-1048,760
2019-0960,090
2019-0833,350
2019-0723,830
2019-0625,240
2019-0528,250
2019-0483,633
2019-0387,829
2019-0220,897
2019-0132,945
2018-1231,888
2018-1148,304
2018-1034,206
2018-0951,355
2018-0828,281
2018-0721,646
2018-0621,346
2018-0522,876
2018-0423,768
2018-0329,518
2018-0221,290
2018-0143,121
2017-1253,084
2017-11108,754
2017-1031,453
2017-0934,829
2017-0827,511
2017-0724,982
2017-0626,309
2017-0524,413
2017-0431,456
2017-0330,114
2017-0224,385
2017-0148,041
2016-1229,671
2016-1147,456
2016-1033,863
2016-0949,486
2016-0831,763
2016-0724,154
2016-0628,610
2016-0526,948
2016-0421,959
2016-0323,599
2016-0228,586
2016-0134,759
2015-1227,494
2015-1144,801
2015-1031,414
2015-0938,424
2015-0825,074
2015-0722,730

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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