100-767: Hutsell-Rosen Track (originally named Wilbur Hutsell Track) is an outdoor track and field facility located in Auburn, Alabama on the campus of Auburn University . It is the official outdoor track and field facility for the Auburn Tigers track and field teams . Along with John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas , Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon , Icahn Stadium in New York City and Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas , Hutsell-Rosen
200-670: A Master of Real Estate Development program. one of the few in the Southeast. The program has filled a void of professional real estate education in Alabama. Modern Healthcare ranked Auburn University's Physicians Executive M.B.A. (PEMBA) program in the College of Business ninth in the nation among all degree programs for physician executives, according to the Journal's May 2006 issue. Among M.B.A. programs tailored specifically for physicians, AU's program
300-470: A council-manager government led by an eight-member city council, a mayor, and an appointed city manager. The city council acts as a legislative body of the city, passing laws and regulations and appointing citizens to the city's various boards, including the Auburn City Board of Education. Each member of the city council is elected for a four-year term from one of eight geographic wards. Members of
400-779: A few other older buildings, is the Shelby Center for Engineering Technology. Phase I of the Shelby Center opened in the Spring of 2008, with regular classes being held starting with the Summer 2008 term. A new Student Center opened in 2008. In recent years, the university has been replacing or renovating older buildings. Completed in August 2017, the Mell Classroom Building was attached to the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, offering
500-623: A hospital for Confederate wounded. To commemorate Auburn's contribution to the Civil War, a cannon lathe used for the manufacture of cannons for the Confederate Army and recovered from Selma, Alabama , was presented to the college in 1952 by brothers of the Delta Chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. It sits today on the lawn next to Samford Hall . The school reopened in 1866 after
600-738: A major university. In 1967, the Alabama legislature chartered an additional campus in Montgomery which is governed by the Auburn University Board of Trustees as a member of the Auburn University system. The Alabama Legislature chartered the institution as the East Alabama Male College on February 1, 1856, coming under the guidance of the Methodist Church in 1859. Its first president was Reverend William J. Sasnett , and
700-587: A new flexible learning space. A brand-new 89,000 square foot building for the school of nursing was also finished in 2017; it features active learning classrooms, skill and simulation labs, and public gathering areas. In 2019, two significant projects were finished: the Brown Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center, which includes classrooms, student study spaces, a wind-tunnel laboratory, meeting spaces, and departmental spaces for professional development and labor relations; and
800-497: A noted U.S. pioneer in wireless communication and Auburn alumnus, made a $ 25 million gift to the college and announced plans to spearhead an additional $ 150 million in support. This gave Auburn the first Bachelor of Wireless Engineering degree program in the United States. Auburn University was the first university in the Southeast to offer the bachelor of software engineering degree and the master of software engineering degree. Auburn
900-437: A plan with more declining balance to use at standalone restaurants and food trucks, or a combination of both. Campus dining utilizes the popular mobile food ordering application, Grubhub . Auburn campus dining is engaged in sustainability practices such as minimizing food waste and reducing food packaging , and campus dining also participates in a local campus community garden for both sustainability and freshness. Auburn
1000-478: A result of these three varied physical environments, Auburn has an extremely diverse geology. The southwest and west regions of the city on the plateau are marked by rolling plains and savannahs , with the undeveloped portion primarily being used for cattle grazing and ranching . South of this region sits the coastal plain, with sandy soil and pine forest. Parts of north Auburn have much more rugged topographies, with thick forests in high hills and deep hollows of
1100-501: A result, in 1872 the school was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Under the act's provisions, land-grant institutions were also supposed to teach military tactics and train officers for the United States military. In the late 19th century, most students at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama were enrolled in the cadet program, learning military tactics and training to become officers. Each county in
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#17328770298491200-618: A second high school is in the Auburn City Schools facilities master plan, slated to open in the mid-2020s. Auburn is located in the southeastern part of Alabama and is accessible by Interstate 85 , US 29 , and US 280 . The city also has a general aviation airport, the Auburn University Regional Airport ( AUO ) (formerly Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport), which is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of downtown Auburn. The major commercial airports closest to Auburn are
1300-478: A total enrollment of more than 34,000 students with 1,330 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 ". Auburn was chartered in 1856, as East Alabama Male College , a private liberal arts college affiliated with
1400-478: A total of 4,800 residents. On-campus residents are served by 79 resident assistants, 13 housing ambassadors and many other graduate assistants and full-time university employees. Auburn's one-of-a-kind campus recreation center features a five-story cardio tower, one-third of a mile indoor running track, basketball courts, an outdoor leisure pool, cardio and fitness zones, a rock climbing wall, weight training areas and outdoor recreation spaces. Athletic Business named
1500-411: Is 103 °F (39 °C), set on July 15, 1980 (needs updating), and August 10, 1980, while the record low was −7 °F (−22 °C), set on February 13, 1899 , and January 21, 1985 . Auburn first appeared on the 1870 U.S. Census as an incorporated town. See precinct below. As of the census of 2020, there were 76,143 people, 26,156 households, and 13,269 families residing in the city. As of
1600-479: Is Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan area and the 19th-fastest-growing metro area in the United States as measured since 1990. U.S. News ranked Auburn among its top ten list of best places to live in the United States for the year 2009. The city's unofficial nickname is "The Loveliest Village on the Plains," taken from a line in the poem The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith : "Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of
1700-464: Is a land-grant university and a sea and space grant university with traditionally strong programs in business, engineering, agriculture, and veterinary medicine . The university is largely focused on undergraduate education, with a graduate program of 5,000. Auburn University is a research institution, with primary areas of research focus including wireless engineering, molecular biosciences, transportation, aquaculture, and forest sustainability. Auburn
1800-488: Is a heavily car-dependent community. It has received an award for being a bike friendly town from the League of American Bicyclists . The Auburn Bike Committee posts a list of bike rides and events. Auburn University Auburn University ( AU or Auburn ) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama , United States. With more than 26,800 undergraduate students, over 6,100 post-graduate students, and
1900-476: Is a leading institution nationally as it pertains to addressing and solving student food insecurity . All Auburn students have access to the Campus Food Pantry in the event students face food insecurity. Auburn's initial Campus Master plan was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. in 1929. For most of the early history of Auburn, boarding houses and barracks made up most of the student housing. Even into
2000-458: Is also home to several research centers, including the Ludwig von Mises Institute . Auburn's public school system includes eight elementary schools, two middle schools , one junior high school , and one high school . Auburn's school system has repeatedly been ranked among the top public school systems in the state and nation. Auburn City Schools has been ranked among the top 100 school districts in
2100-756: Is also part of the complex. Completed in August 2022, the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center combines instructional and laboratory space with operational food venues and hotel spaces in which students can obtain experiential real-world training. The new college of education building, scheduled to open in 2024 and located on the site of the former Hill dorms, is one of the projects currently under construction. This building will include collaborative classrooms, instructional laboratories, up-to-date technology, and administrative spaces for faculty and staff. The new 265,000 square foot $ 200 million STEM+Ag Complex will replace older STEM-related and agricultural science facilities on
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#17328770298492200-471: Is also the second oldest university flight program in the United States. The Old Rotation on campus is the oldest continuous agricultural experiment in the Southeast, and third oldest in the United States, dating from 1896. In addition, the work of David Bransby on the use of switchgrass as a biofuel was the source of its mention in the 2006 State of the Union Address . The university recently began
2300-759: Is bordered by the city of Opelika to the northeast and by Chambers County to the north. The city stretches south to the Macon County line in the southwest. Auburn sits on the Fall Line at the juncture of the piedmont plateau and the coastal plain . Portions of Auburn also include the southernmost exposure of rocks indicating the Appalachian orogeny —as such, the last foothill of the Appalachian Mountains lies in Chewacla State Park in southern Auburn. As
2400-863: Is common from the late winter through early summer. There is the risk of tornadoes. Owing to its proximity to the Gulf, Auburn is also subject to fringe effects from tropical storms and hurricanes in the summer and fall. Hurricanes Opal in 1995 and Ivan in 2004 are among two of the most notable tropical systems to affect the Auburn area in recent memory, bringing torrential rains and high winds. Winters are typically mild, with an average 0.7 inches (1.8 cm) of snowfall, though more than three-fourths of all seasons do not have any measurable snow. Most days have 50 °F (10 °C)+ highs, and from December to February, an average total of 10–11 days of 70 °F (21 °C)+ highs, while it rarely stays below freezing all day. However,
2500-699: Is drained by three main creek systems: in the south, by the Chewacla/Opintlocco Creek system; in the north, by the Saugahatchee Creek system; and in the extreme northern reaches of Auburn by Sandy Creek. The dividing line between the Chewacla and Saugahatchee watersheds roughly follows railroad line east–west through the center of town. Auburn is located at 32°35′52″N 85°28′51″W / 32.59778°N 85.48083°W / 32.59778; -85.48083 (32.597684, −85.480823) and according to
2600-409: Is due to the large number of students living in the area. The Auburn Beat (Lee County 2nd Beat) first appeared on the 1870 U.S. Census. In 1890, "beat" was changed to "precinct." In 1870, 1930 and 1940 when racial demographics were reported, it showed a Black majority. In 1960, the precinct was changed to "census division" as part of a general reorganization of counties. The city boundaries and that of
2700-427: Is multi-day series of programs taking place over the first days of each semester period designed to welcome both new and returning students. Hey Day is one of Auburn's most longstanding traditions, dating back to World War II, where the entire campus community wears nametags and greet one another. Only 11% of Auburn students qualify for a federal Pell grant , even though Alabama has one of the highest poverty rates in
2800-469: Is one of only five International Association of Athletics Federations Class 1-certified track and field complexes in the United States. After being constructed in 1970, the facility was originally named Wilbur Hutsell Track, in honor of Wilbur Hutsell , the first track coach at Auburn. After major renovations in 2006, the facility was officially renamed on April 22, 2008 to honor both Hutsell and Mel Rosen , Auburn's second track and field coach, who coached
2900-485: Is primarily arranged in a grid-like pattern with several distinct building groups. The northern section of the central campus (bounded by Magnolia Ave. and Thach Ave.) contains most of the College of Engineering buildings, the Lowder business building, and the older administration buildings. The middle section of the central campus (bounded by Thach Ave. and Roosevelt Dr.) contains the College of Liberal Arts (except fine arts) and
3000-763: Is ranked second. One of the leading literary journals in the region, the Southern Humanities Review has been published at the university by members of the English faculty, graduate students in English, and the Southern Humanities Council since 1967. Auburn hosts the Encyclopedia of Alabama ' s editorial offices and servers and the Alabama Humanities Foundation holds copyright to the encyclopedia's original content. In 2019, Auburn
3100-416: Is recognized nationally for its 21st Century Laptop Learning Initiative, which places laptops in the hands of students in grades 8 and 9. Auburn High School has strong International Baccalaureate , widely offered Advanced Placement , and renowned music programs, and was ranked in 2006 by Newsweek as the top non- magnet public high school in Alabama, and one of the top 30 in the United States. Auburn has
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3200-760: The City of Miami . There is daily ground transportation between Auburn and the Atlanta airport. Tiger Taxi, Eagle Town Taxi, Spirit Town Taxi all provide both local taxi service and flat-rate transportation service to other cities. Auburn University provides the Tiger Transit bus system, which runs near the campus and to area apartment complexes part of the year. Lee-Russell Public Transit (LRPT) offers Dial-A-Ride services in Lee and Russell counties. Hail-a-ride apps available: Gata Hub. There are few sidewalks and no city bus system in Auburn. It
3300-441: The G.I. Bill . Primarily due to this influx of students, Auburn began a period of growth that lasted through the 1950s and 1960s. A considerable amount of residential and business construction pushed Auburn's growth outside of the original boundaries of the city, leading to a series of large annexations which expanded Auburn to nearly 24 square miles (62 km ). Construction of Interstate 85 beginning in 1957 connected Auburn to
3400-701: The Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ( ATL ) ( Atlanta ) and the Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport ( BHM ) ( Birmingham ). Each of these airports is within 2 hours driving distance from Auburn and together they offer air service to most of the world's major airports. There are also two regional airports close to Auburn: Montgomery Regional Airport ( MGM ) ( Montgomery ) and Columbus Airport ( CSG ) ( Columbus ). Until 1971, neighboring Opelika saw daily passenger train service on
3500-621: The Methodist Episcopal Church, South . In 1872, under the Morrill Act , it became the state's first land-grant university and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama . In 1892, it became the first four-year coeducational school in Alabama and in 1899 was renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute . In 1960, its name was changed to Auburn University to acknowledge the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of
3600-591: The United States Census Bureau in 2000, the city has a total area of 39.6 square miles (103 km ), of which, 39.1 square miles (101 km ) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km ) of it (1.11%) is water. The elevation of Auburn at City Hall is 709 ft (216 m) above sea level; though due to Auburn's diverse topography, elevation ranges from 386 ft (118 m) above sea level where Chewacla Creek crosses Sand Hill Road to 845 ft (258 m) above sea level in northern Auburn near
3700-490: The census of 2010, there were 53,380 people, 22,111 households, and 9,939 families residing in the city. The population density was 919.3 inhabitants per square mile (354.9/km ). There were 20,043 housing units at an average density of 512.2 per square mile (197.8/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 75.1% White , 16.5% Black or African American , 0.3% Native American , 5.3% Asian , 0.00% Pacific Islander , 1.10% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. 2.9% of
3800-630: The 1860s and 1870s gutted the downtown area. East Alabama Male College was turned over to the state in 1872, and with funds from the federal Morrill Act was renamed Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College with a new mission as a land grant college . Passage of the Hatch Act in 1887 allowed for expansion of agricultural research facilities on campus. In 1892, the college became the first four-year college in Alabama to admit women . This, combined with increased interest in scientific agriculture and engineering and new funding from business licenses, allowed
3900-573: The 1970s, boarding houses were still available in the community. It was not until the Great Depression that Auburn began to construct the first buildings on campus that were residence halls in the modern sense. As the university gradually shifted away from agricultural and military instruction to more of an academic institution, more and more dorms began to replace the barracks and boarding houses. Auburn's on-campus student housing consists of 30 residence halls in nine residential neighborhoods, housing
4000-435: The 21st century, both organically within the city and through annexation and incorporation of surrounding portions of Lee County. Auburn's population has grown over 77% from 2000 to the latest 2020 decennial census figures. With the continued rapid growth comes issues of urban sprawl and expansions to infrastructure , which have become two of Auburn's primary political issues. The city of Auburn lies in western Lee County and
4100-480: The 93rd best national university overall in the U.S., tied for 47th among public universities, and 164th in "Best Value Schools". USNWR graduate school rankings USNWR departmental rankings Auburn is a charter member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), currently composed of 15 of the largest Southern universities in the U.S. Among the other 12 pre-2024 merger peer public universities, Auburn
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4200-658: The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, and football was played as a school sport. Eventually, football replaced polo as the main sport on campus. The college was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1899, largely because of Broun's influence. On October 1, 1918, nearly all of API's able-bodied male students 18 or older voluntarily joined the United States Army for short-lived military careers on campus. The student soldiers numbered 878, according to API President Charles Thach, and formed
4300-491: The Auburn Public Library. The Auburn City Schools public school system is currently served by one high school for the entire city, a 350,000 square-foot, $ 72 million facility that opened in 2017 and houses students in 10th through 12th grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the student population at Auburn High is the most of any high school in the state of Alabama. After the completion of the new high school facility,
4400-567: The CEO. As such, the position of mayor in Auburn is primarily symbolic . The current mayor of Auburn is Ron Anders , elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022 . The day-to-day operations of Auburn are run by the City Manager . The City Manager is appointed by and serves at the leisure of the City Council. The City Manager is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of all department heads, advises
4500-657: The Chambers County line. Typical of the Deep South , Auburn has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), marked by mild winters, early springs, long, hot, muggy summers, and warm autumns. Due to its position near the Gulf of Mexico , the city receives a significant amount of rainfall—on average, 52.6 inches (1,340 mm) per year—though there is a distinct dry season in the late summer and early fall. Severe storm activity – thunderstorms producing damaging winds and/or large hail –
4600-560: The City of Auburn and the campus of Auburn University. Construction activities in the city are monitored and inspected by the Codes Enforcement Division. Ambulance services are provided via a contract with East Alabama Medical Center. Auburn, as a college town, is largely driven by the influence of education. Auburn has one post-secondary school, Auburn University , which has an enrollment of 31,526 as of 2021–2022. Auburn University
4700-512: The College of Education, mostly within Haley Center. The southern section of the central campus (bounded by Roosevelt Dr. and Samford Ave.) contains most of the buildings related to the College of Science and Mathematics, as well as fine arts buildings. Several erratic building spurts, beginning in the 1950s, have resulted in some exceptions to the subject clusters as described above. Growing interaction issues between pedestrians and vehicles led to
4800-874: The MRI Research Center which features both a 3 Tesla and a 7 Tesla MRI scanner. Overall, the manufacturing sector accounts for some 5,000 jobs in Auburn. Auburn is located between the Kia and Hyundai automobile manufacturing facilities with the Kia Motors manufacturing plant about 35 miles (56 km) east on I-85 and the Hyundai Motors manufacturing plant about 55 miles (89 km) west on I-85/I-65. The Public Safety Department has five divisions: Police, Fire, Communications, Codes Enforcement, and Administration. The department provides all law enforcement, public safety services, and emergency 911 response and dispatch services for
4900-599: The U.S. Marine Corps . Auburn is one of only seven universities in the Nuclear Enlisted Commissioning Program, and has historically been one of the top ROTC producers of Navy nuclear submarine officers. In addition to the ROTC graduates commissioned through Auburn, two master's degree alumni from Auburn, four-star generals Hugh Shelton and Richard Myers , served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in
5000-491: The United States by Parenting magazine and as the best educational value in the Southeast by The Wall Street Journal . Auburn's Early Education Center has specialized programs for autism education, has been recognized as a national Blue Ribbon school, and is an Intel and Scholastic School of Distinction. Wrights Mill Road Elementary School was recognized as a national Blue Ribbon school in 2009, while Auburn Junior High School
5100-962: The United States. Less than 5% of the student population is Black, even though 30% of the college-age population in Alabama is Black. In 2021, Auburn opened the $ 26 million Central Dining Hall spanning 48,000 square feet with capacity for more than 800 seats and eight different meal stations. Outside of the Central Dining Hall, Auburn students have a wide array of dining options including other dining halls in Foy Hall and The Village residential neighborhood. Students may also visit popular restaurant chains like Chick-fil-A and Starbucks in addition to locally owned and operated food trucks at various locations across campus. All Auburn students have access to meal plans, accessible to use at all on-campus dining locations. Students may choose to purchase plans with meal swipes for access to campus dining dollars or opt for
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#17328770298495200-620: The academic section of the Student Army Training Corps. The vocational section was composed of enlisted men sent to Auburn for training in radio and mechanics. The students received honorable discharges two months later following the Armistice that ended World War I . API struggled through the Great Depression , having scrapped an extensive expansion program by then-President Bradford Knapp . Faculty salaries were cut drastically, and enrollment decreased along with state appropriations to
5300-417: The census division were contiguous by that census. In 1980, the census divisions of Auburn and Opelika, along with parts of Loachapoka-Roxana, Opelika Rural-Pepperell were consolidated into the new division of Auburn-Opelika. The Auburn-Opelika Census Division was created in 1980 by the merger of Auburn and Opelika census divisions and parts of Loachapoka-Roxana, Opelika Rural-Pepperell divisions. Auburn has
5400-437: The city administration reached record levels, Auburn began very rapid residential growth. A series of reports in the 1980s and 1990s ranking the Auburn public school system among the top in the state and nation convinced thousands of new residents to move to Auburn over the past 25 years. Between 1980 and 2003, Auburn's population grew by 65%, and Auburn's economy expanded by 220%. The population growth has only accelerated into
5500-446: The city in a tenuous position. Backlash against what was seen as an ineffectual city council led to the election of Jan Dempsey as mayor in 1980 and the removal of the previous city government system in favor of a council-manager system . With a new government in place, the city began aggressively pursuing industry, leading to a nearly 1,200% increase in the number of industrial jobs over the next twenty years. As public satisfaction with
5600-455: The city straddles the border between USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 7B and 8A, and there are an average of 5.6 nights with sub-20 °F (−7 °C) lows. On the other end, summers are long, hot, and humid, with 57 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs. Although the actual air temperature reaching 100 °F (38 °C) is uncommon (1.2 days annually), high humidity can push daytime heat indices over that mark. The record high for Auburn
5700-414: The city to start expanding again. By 1910, Auburn's population had returned to its antebellum level. SIAA Conference championships won by the Auburn college's football team brought attention and support to Auburn, and helped fill the city's coffers. Fortunes were quickly reversed with the collapse of cotton prices in the early 1920s and the subsequent Great Depression a decade later. Due to these events,
5800-406: The city was $ 35,857, and the median income for a family was $ 72,771. Males had a median income of $ 51,644 versus $ 36,898 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 24,656. About 9.2% of families and 25.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over. The reason for this enormous inequality between households and families
5900-423: The city's total workforce. In addition, 2,400 Auburnites are employed by the federal and state government in positions which are generally connected with the university. Some 8,500 are employed in service sector jobs. Auburn's industrial base is built around mid-sized, high tech manufacturing and research firms. Auburn has one industrial park and four technology parks where main areas of industrial focus are on
6000-489: The closure of a significant portion of Thach Avenue to vehicular traffic in 2004. A similarly sized portion of Roosevelt Drive was also closed to vehicles in 2005. In an effort to make a more appealing walkway, these two sections have been converted from asphalt to concrete. The general movement towards a pedestrian only campus is ongoing, but is often limited by the requirements for emergency and maintenance vehicular access. The current period of ongoing construction began around
6100-648: The college ranked 67th among all engineering programs. Auburn's Economics Department (formerly in the College of Business, now in the College of Liberal Arts) was ranked 123rd in the world in 1999 by the Journal of Applied Econometrics . Auburn was rated ahead of such international powerhouses as INSEAD in France (141st) and the London Business School (146th). Auburn's MBA Program in the College of Business has annually been ranked by U.S. News & World Report magazine in
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#17328770298496200-545: The college. By the end of the 1930s, Auburn had essentially recovered but then faced new conditions caused by World War II . As war approached in 1940, there was a great shortage of engineers and scientists needed for the defense industries. The U.S. Office of Education asked all American engineering schools to join in a "crash" program to produce what was often called "instant engineers". API became an early participant in an activity that eventually became Engineering, Science, and Management War Training (ESMWT). Fully funded by
6300-403: The council on policy matters, and creates and administers the city budget. The current City Manager of Auburn is Megan McGowen Crouch. The United States Postal Service operates a post office at 300 Opelika Road, Auburn, Alabama. Auburn's economy is centered on Auburn University and providing university-affiliated services. Auburn University employs 4,300 people, which is roughly one-quarter of
6400-521: The current Auburn City Council are: The mayor of Auburn is elected in the city at-large to a four-year term. The duties of the mayor are, per State Code: 1) ceremonial, 2) to serve as the Governor's contact in the event of an emergency and 3) to conduct Council meetings, and to be the tie breaking vote for the city council legislative body. The Mayor has no administrative duties, as the City Manager serves as
6500-455: The education of engineers at the undergraduate level, and in recent years has been ranked as high as the 10th largest undergraduate engineering program in the U.S. in terms of the number of undergraduate degrees awarded on annual basis. The Ginn College of Engineering is now focused on expanding the graduate programs, and was recently ranked 60th nationally university with doctoral programs in engineering by U.S. News & World Report . Last year,
6600-679: The end of the Civil War, its only closure. In 1872, control of the institution was transferred from the Methodist Church to the State of Alabama for financial reasons. The Reconstruction-era Alabama government placed the school under the provisions of the Morrill Act as a land-grant institution , the first in the South to be established separately from the state university. This act provided for 240,000 acres (971 km ) of Federal land to be sold to provide funds for an agricultural and mechanical school. As
6700-435: The first African-American student, Harold A. Franklin, who had to sue the university to gain admission to the graduate school and who was denied a degree after he completed his master's thesis; he was belatedly awarded the master's in history in 2020. The first degree granted to an African-American was in 1967. According to Auburn University's Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, African-Americans comprise 1,828 of
6800-468: The five-year period following the end of the war, enrollment at API more than doubled. Recognizing the school had moved beyond its agricultural and mechanical roots, it was granted university status by the Alabama Legislature in 1960 and renamed Auburn University, a name that better expressed the varied academic programs and expanded curriculum that the school had been offering for years. However, it
6900-479: The former Hill site. It will offer new space for cutting-edge wet and dry research labs, collaboration spaces, shared lab support spaces, and instructional labs for six departments. The complex is scheduled to open in 2025. The STEM + Ag complex represents Auburn's largest-ever investment in academic facilities. Academics at the university are organized into 13 colleges and a graduate school : The 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranks Auburn as tied for
7000-427: The government and coordinated by Auburn's Dean of Engineering, college-level courses were given in concentrated, mainly evening classes at sites across Alabama. Taken by thousands of adults – including many women – these courses were highly beneficial in filling the wartime ranks of civilian engineers, chemists, and other technical professionals. The ESMWT also benefited API by providing employment for faculty members when
7100-662: The last decade. Both officers received their commissions elsewhere, and attended Auburn for an M.S. (Shelton) and M.B.A. (Myers). Auburn has graduated six astronauts (including T.K. Mattingly of Apollo 13 fame) and one current and one former director of the Kennedy Space Center . 1972 Auburn Mechanical Engineering graduate Jim Kennedy, currently director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, was previously deputy director of NASA 's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Several hundred Auburn graduates, primarily engineers and scientists, currently work directly for NASA or NASA contractors. Hundreds of Auburn engineers worked for NASA at MSFC during
7200-410: The major cities of the state. This allowed for Auburn University (renamed in 1960) to schedule more home football games in Auburn rather than in larger cities, creating a strong tourism component in Auburn's economy. Auburn Mall opened as "Village Mall" in 1973. Growth slowed somewhat in the 1970s, and a series of budget cuts made it clear that Auburn's sole economic reliance on Auburn University put
7300-460: The manufacture of small engines, automotive wheels, fuel cells , plastic injection technology, and vehicle armor. The 156-acre (0.63 km ) Auburn Research Park opened in September 2008 and will be anchored by a firm which specializes in research in high-resolution, dark field optical microscopy . The Research Park includes several buildings housing research in many different specialties, including
7400-405: The most successful fundraising campaign in school history. Auburn University is ranked 6th most LGBTQ-unfriendly campus by The Princeton Review in its 2020 rankings of the 386 American campuses that it surveys. Auburn's College of Architecture pioneered the nation's first interior architecture degree program; its dual degree Architecture & Interior Architecture degree was the first in
7500-737: The nation's first FAA approval to operate a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight School as part of the Auburn University Aviation Center. The College of Business's Department of Aviation Management and Supply Chain Management is the only program in the country to hold dual accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI). Created over 65 years ago, Auburn's flight program
7600-456: The nation. Of special mention is the School's Rural Studio program, founded by the late Samuel Mockbee . The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has a 134-year tradition of engineering education, consistently ranking in the nation's largest 20 engineering programs in terms of numbers of engineers graduating annually. The college has a combined enrollment of close to 4,000. In 2001, Samuel L. Ginn ,
7700-498: The old Auburn High School site was converted into a Junior High School, serving students in 8th and 9th grade. The old Auburn Junior High School became East Samford School, a 7th grade academy, while Drake Middle School hosts all 6th graders in the city school system. Elementary school zones are in pairs throughout the city; one school in the zone houses kindergarten through 2nd grade, while the other school serves grades 3 through 5. While official construction plans have yet to materialize,
7800-501: The opening of a new Graduate Business Building, which includes flexible classrooms and lecture halls, student study pods, team areas, and offices for the college's MBA program. Most recent developments include an $ 83 million academic classroom and laboratory complex with a seating capacity of 2,000 students in 20 adaptable classrooms and laboratories, six EASL classrooms, and five lecture halls.A new 800-seat central dining hall with reservable dining and study areas as well as retail options
7900-400: The orientation to college life and Auburn. Successfully Orienting Students is designed for college students transferring into Auburn from another academic institution. First-year Auburn students also have the opportunity to participate in seminars with other first-year students and learning communities. Other prominent campus events and activities include Welcome Week and Hey Day. Welcome Week
8000-605: The peak years of the "space race" in the 1960s, when the Saturn and Apollo moon programs were in full development. Auburn University owns and operates the 423-acre (1.71 km ) Auburn University Regional Airport , providing flight education and fuel, maintenance, and airplane storage. The Auburn University Aviation Department is fully certified by the FAA as an Air Agency with examining authority for private, commercial, instrument, and multiengine courses. In April 2015, Auburn University received
8100-514: The plain..." Inhabited in antiquity by the Creek , the land on which Auburn sits was opened to settlement in 1832 with the Treaty of Cusseta . The first settlers arrived in the winter of 1836 from Harris County, Georgia . These settlers, led by Judge John J. Harper, intended to build a town that would be the religious and educational center for the area. Auburn was incorporated on February 2, 1839, in what
8200-479: The planter class into Auburn in the 1840s and 1850s. By 1858, of the roughly 1,000 free residents of Auburn, some 500 were students. In 1856, the state legislature chartered a Methodist college, the East Alabama Male College in Auburn. This college, now Auburn University , opened its doors in 1859, offering a classical and liberal education. With the advent of the Civil War in 1861, Auburn quickly emptied. All of
8300-435: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 22,111 households, out of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.4% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 55.2% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
8400-522: The school opened its doors in 1859 to a student body of eighty and a faculty of ten. Auburn's early history is inextricably linked with the Civil War and the Reconstruction -era South . Classes were held in "Old Main" until the college was closed due to the war when most of the students and faculty left to enlist. The campus was a training ground for the Confederate Army, and "Old Main" served as
8500-432: The schools closed, and most businesses shuttered. Auburn was the site of a hospital for Texan Confederate soldiers, but only saw direct combat with the raids of Rousseau in 1864 and Wilson in 1865. After the Civil War, Auburn's economy entered a prolonged depression that would last the remainder of the century. Public schools did not reopen until the mid-1870s, and most businesses remained closed. A series of fires in
8600-436: The state government became unable to fund the college, and—as Auburn's economy was completely derived from the college—residents were forced into a barter economy to support themselves. Money began to flow into Auburn again with America's entry into World War II . Auburn's campus was turned into a training ground for technical specialists in the armed forces. After the war, Auburn was flooded by soldiers returning to school on
8700-418: The state was allowed to nominate two cadets to attend the college free of charge. The university's original curriculum focused on engineering and agriculture. This trend changed under the guidance of William Leroy Broun , who taught classics and sciences and believed both disciplines were important for the growth of the university and the individual. In 1892, two historic events occurred: women were admitted to
8800-455: The student body was significantly diminished by the draft and volunteer enlistment. During the war, API also trained U.S. military personnel on campus; between 1941 and 1945, Auburn produced over 32,000 troops for the war effort. Following the end of World War II, API, like many colleges around the country, experienced a period of massive growth caused by returning military personnel taking advantage of their GI Bill offer of free education. In
8900-572: The team for 28 years. Hutsell-Rosen has hosted the Southeastern Conference Track and Field Championships five times since its construction, in 1973, 1980, 1988, 1997, and 2008. 32°35′42″N 85°29′41″W / 32.594878°N 85.494844°W / 32.594878; -85.494844 Auburn, Alabama Auburn is a city in Lee County , Alabama , United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama. The population
9000-592: The top ten percent of the nation's more than 750 MBA Programs. The Ludwig von Mises Institute (LvMI) offices were once located in the business department of Auburn University, and the LvMI continues to work with the university on many levels. ROTC programs are available in three branches of service: Air Force, Army, and Navy/Marine Corps with the latter being the only one in Alabama. Over 100 officers that attended Auburn have reached flag rank (general or admiral), including one, Carl Epting Mundy Jr. , who served as Commandant of
9100-513: The type common to parts of eastern Tennessee . The region surrounded by Chewacla Park in the south of the city contains sharp peaks and sudden drops of elevation as the 1.05 billion-year-old rock of the Appalachians meets the coastal plain. Auburn sits near the divide between the Chattahoochee and Tallapoosa River watersheds, though the vast majority of the city resides in the latter. Auburn
9200-498: The university's 24,864 undergraduates (7.35%) as of 2013 and 49 of the 1,192 full-time faculty (4.1%) as of 2012 . AU has decreased its African American faculty percentage from 4.3% in 2003 to 4.1% today, since the settlement of legal challenges to the underrepresentation of African Americans in AU's faculty in 2006. In 2018, the university began a speaker series to promote racial diversity named Critical Conversations. The Auburn campus
9300-563: The year 2000. All recently constructed buildings have used a more traditional architectural style that is similar to the style of Samford Hall, Mary Martin Hall, and the Quad dorms. The Science Center complex was completed in 2005. This complex contains chemistry labs, traditional classrooms, and a large lecture hall. A new medical clinic opened behind the Hill dorm area. Taking the place of the old medical clinic and
9400-411: Was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.99. In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.5% under the age of 18, 38.0% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 14.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.4 males. The median income for a household in
9500-538: Was 76,143 at the 2020 census . It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area . The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a 2020 population of 193,773, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama , comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA , a region home to 563,967 residents as of 2020. Auburn is a historic college town and is the home of Auburn University . It
9600-540: Was also the only school to offer a degree in the 2000s for Polymer & Fiber Engineering, combining medical research, advanced composites, sustainability and recycling and other disciplines into an advanced material science offering for undergraduates through doctorate degrees. Despite significant corporate sponsorship, such as from Under Armour, the undergraduate offering of the department was disbanded and absorbed into other departments leaving options for higher degrees. Auburn has historically placed much of its emphasis on
9700-462: Was popularly called "Auburn" for many years before the official name change, much like the University of the South has long been popularly called "Sewanee". For example, what is now Jordan-Hare Stadium was called "Auburn Stadium" when it opened in 1939. Auburn University was racially segregated prior to 1963, with only white students being admitted. Integration began in 1964 with the admittance of
9800-468: Was ranked first by The Princeton Review 's list of happiest students on college campuses thanks in part to its wide variety of campus activities and events. Campus activities and events begin with orientation and training sessions for new Auburn students. Auburn offers two orientation programs, Camp War Eagle and Successfully Orienting Students. Camp War Eagle is offered to incoming freshmen and guests of incoming freshmen, helping familiarize students with
9900-399: Was ranked fourth in the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report . By 2018 this had risen to $ 778.2 million, thanks to a $ 500 million "It Begins at Auburn" growth campaign began in 2005, the most successful in school history. By 2017, the university raised over $ 1.2 billion in the "Because This is Auburn" campaign, being the first university in Alabama to raise over $ 1 billion as well as
10000-400: Was then Macon County , covering an area of 2 square miles (5.2 km ). By that time, Methodist and Baptist churches had been established, and a school had been built and had come into operation. In the mid-1840s, separate academies for boys and girls were established in addition to the primary school. This concentration of educational institutions led to a rapid influx of families from
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