Livin' Large

Based on recently released enrollment data for fall 2009, engineering is officially the largest college at Auburn University. Engineering boasts 4,352 total students, with 3,598 undergraduate students and 754 enrolled in graduate programs. The College of Liberal Arts and the College of Business are the second and third largest, respectively.

This year’s engineering freshman class received an average ACT score of 27.8. In total, engineering students received more than $5,648,397 in scholarship funding for the 2009-2010 school year.

University-wide, enrollment is 24,602 among all students groups – undergraduates, graduate students and those enrolled in professional schools – up from 24,530 in fall 2008. New freshman enrollment consists of 3,918 students, who compiled an average score of 26.2 on the ACT college entrance exam, outpacing last year’s then-record of 25.9. This year 477 new minority students are enrolled, up 15 percent from last year’s 416.