Auburn University Business Programs

Located in Auburn, Alabama, Auburn University is a public institution. The location of Auburn is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Auburn University Rankings

Auburn is ranked #112 out of 1,477 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #1 out of 21 schools in Alabama.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Auburn has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#39	Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#77	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#103	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Auburn.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Value Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Management Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#41	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#56	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Auburn has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#13	Best Business/Managerial Economics Schools	College Factual
#46	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#47	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#57	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#89	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#91	Best Schools	Grad Degree

Where Is Auburn University?

Contact details for Auburn are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Auburn, AL 36849
Phone:	334-844-4000
Website:	www.auburn.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/auburnu
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/auburnu

How Do I Get Into Auburn?

You can apply to Auburn online at: www.auburn.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for Auburn

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Auburn?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, Auburn is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to Auburn submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 650. Math scores were between 570 and 670.

Auburn received ACT scores from 83% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 23 and 29. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

Can I Afford Auburn University?

The overall average net price of Auburn is $44,446. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Auburn, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $9,177 a year. That adds up to $36,708 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Auburn is 2.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Auburn University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 24,505 undergraduate students at Auburn, with 22,458 being full-time and 2,047 being part-time.

There are also 6,232 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,458 full-time undergraduates at Auburn, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Auburn University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	532
Black or African American	1,003
Hispanic or Latino	778
White	18,187
International Students	1,249
Other Races/Ethnicities	709

Geographic Diversity

Alabama students aren't the only ones who study at Auburn University. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 103 countries are represented at Auburn. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Auburn University

In 2019-2020, 10,530 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Auburn has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Alabama for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Auburn

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Auburn University was $11,796 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $31,956. The following table shows how Auburn is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Management Information Systems	#28	#53
General Management Information Systems	#28	#53
Accounting	#32	#92
Accounting	#35	#103

Online Growth Rankings of Auburn

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Auburn University was 16.7%. This is the #1,026 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Auburn regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Auburn ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Auburn.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Management Information Systems	#42
Management Science	#54
Management Information Systems	#60
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#83
Accounting	#232
Accounting	#394

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Auburn University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	309	0	246	5	560
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	301	0	0	0	301
Finance	0	264	0	0	0	264
Accounting	2	153	3	98	0	256
Supply Chain Management	0	207	16	0	0	223
Management Science	0	103	63	0	0	166
Public Relations	0	70	0	0	0	70
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	57	0	1	0	58
Agricultural Economics	0	44	0	3	0	47
General Management Information Systems	0	0	21	23	0	44
General Economics	0	34	0	1	0	35
Real Estate Development	0	0	0	16	0	16
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	4	0	0	0	4
Business Economics	0	0	0	0	3	3
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	2	1,548	103	388	8	2,049

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.