Auburn University
Auburn, AL · Public45.9%
Acceptance rate
1,318
SAT Average
$23,897
Avg net price
25,732
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 6,090Master’s 1,482Doctoral 550 |
| Bachelor’s 1,674Master’s 441Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 969Master’s 246Doctoral 82 |
| Bachelor’s 716Master’s 82Doctoral 35 |
| Bachelor’s 349Master’s 78Doctoral 145 |
| Bachelor’s 234Master’s 9Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 231Master’s 88Doctoral 140 |
| Bachelor’s 216Master’s 152Doctoral 59 |
| Bachelor’s 210Master’s 53Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 207Master’s 20Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 195Master’s 3Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 183Master’s 36Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 169Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 145Master’s 8Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 131Master’s 37Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 117Master’s 53Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 74Master’s 28Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 69Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 46Master’s 27Doctoral 14 |
| Bachelor’s 41Master’s 19Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s 6Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s 45Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 11Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s 10Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 30Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Southeastern Conference
Projected sponsored sports21
Athletic participation
555 unique student-athletes · 17 varsity teams
Round 1
Passed
Round 2
Passed
Round 3
Early Action Round 4
Regular Decision
FAFSA due Feb 12
· Apply with Common App or the college's application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $11,016
- Required fees
- $1,874
- Food and housing
- $16,626
- Books and supplies
- $1,200
- Other expenses
- $6,166
- Total
- $36,882
- $32,1962019–2019–20
- $32,6782020–2120–21
- $33,6502021–2221–22
- $34,4022022–2322–23
- $35,2982023–2423–24
- $36,8822024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $23,897 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 36%
- Average share of need met
- 60%
- Average need-based grant
- $12,038
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Auburn University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Auburn University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Auburn University runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Auburn University withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
6,112 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 14% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
19% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
72% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 34% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
among first-years who submitted test scores
High-school class rank
Among the 34% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Auburn University rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- First generation
- Important
- Alumni/ae relation
- Important
- Geographical residence
- Important
- State residency
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Work experience
- Important
- Level of applicant's interest
- Important
- Interview
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Auburn University leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7)
Auburn University's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $23,897 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 2,108 of 5,935 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. Auburn University reports institutional aid is not available to international students.
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed93.2% of Auburn University’s first-years return for a second year and 79.2% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03