by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Auburn University at Montgomery was awarded 15 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is instructional media design.
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AUM landed the #1,937 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,238 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when AUM held the #1,963 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
AUM also holds the #35 spot on the Best Colleges in Alabama ranking.
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Because it has a high acceptance rate of 97%, some consider AUM to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
About 4% of students accepted to AUM submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 595. Math scores were between 470 and 565.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Auburn University at Montgomery, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Auburn University at Montgomery is 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Auburn University at Montgomery is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 9% for first-time, full-time students at AUM, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,375 undergraduates at AUM with 3,374 being full-time and 1,001 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,134 | $13,246 | $15,400 | $17,204 | $16,341 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of AUM, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At AUM, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $5,292 a year. That adds up to $21,168 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at AUM is 8.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for AUM are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 7440 East Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117-3596 |
| Phone: | 334-244-3000 |
| Website: | www.aum.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/auburnmontgomery |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/aumontgomery |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 134 | $54,141 |
| General Biology | 49 | $25,628 |
| Computer Information Systems | 48 | $33,422 |
| General Psychology | 47 | $19,003 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 44 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 41 | $36,753 |
| Health & Physical Education | 39 | $30,492 |
| Accounting | 28 | $38,814 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 26 | $24,957 |
| Chemistry | 25 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 3,055 students took at least one online class at Auburn University at Montgomery. This is a decrease from the 3,118 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,055 | 976 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,118 | 881 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,458 | 642 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,483 | 610 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,919 | 403 |
Learn more about online learning at Auburn University at Montgomery.
Footnotes
*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.
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