Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama · Public

Of 86 assessed programs, 85 leave graduates out-earning a typical Alabama high-school graduate (about $32,204/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 161 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$16,681
$30k to $48k	$17,627
$48k to $75k	$20,558
$75k to $110k	$25,808
$110k and up	$29,547
All families (average)	$24,323

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

86 of 247 programs could be assessed 35% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Alabama high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$80,323	+$48,119	clears the bar	$20,750	0.4 yrs	545
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$83,053	+$50,849	clears the bar	$23,250	0.5 yrs	315
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$84,352	+$52,148	clears the bar	$19,500	0.4 yrs	313
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$154,831	+$122,627	clears the bar	$41,000	0.3 yrs	282
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$74,702	+$42,498	clears the bar	$19,500	0.5 yrs	250
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,246	+$61,042	clears the bar	$23,250	0.4 yrs	238
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$73,228	+$41,024	clears the bar	$20,449	0.5 yrs	215
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$52,063	+$19,859	clears the bar	$21,500	1.1 yrs	202
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,633	+$18,429	clears the bar	$19,085	1.0 yrs	159
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$91,087	+$58,883	clears the bar	$25,000	0.4 yrs	145
Pharmacy	First Professional Degree	$136,294	+$104,090	clears the bar	$136,167	1.3 yrs	140
Architectural Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,759	+$65,555	clears the bar	$21,375	0.3 yrs	138
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$61,609	+$29,405	clears the bar	$25,125	0.9 yrs	138
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$56,636	+$24,432	clears the bar	$18,625	0.8 yrs	132
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$86,222	+$54,018	clears the bar	$21,250	0.4 yrs	132
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$79,778	+$47,574	clears the bar	$21,750	0.5 yrs	120
Air Transportation	Bachelor's Degree	$35,856 1-year earnings	+$3,652	clears the bar	$20,500	5.6 yrs	120
Veterinary Medicine	First Professional Degree	$125,529	+$93,325	clears the bar	$157,515	1.7 yrs	119
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$49,258	+$17,054	clears the bar	$21,723	1.3 yrs	118
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$63,178	+$30,974	clears the bar	$20,500	0.7 yrs	115
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$67,413	+$35,209	clears the bar	$23,000	0.7 yrs	114
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$110,927	+$78,723	clears the bar	$20,000	0.3 yrs	112
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$53,117	+$20,913	clears the bar	$19,500	0.9 yrs	100
Industrial Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$99,441	+$67,237	clears the bar	$23,250	0.3 yrs	96
Apparel and Textiles	Bachelor's Degree	$62,807	+$30,603	clears the bar	$20,500	0.7 yrs	94
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$106,726	+$74,522	clears the bar	$22,604	0.3 yrs	93
Accounting	Master's Degree	$100,093	+$67,889	clears the bar	$21,937	0.3 yrs	86
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	$64,841 1-year earnings	+$32,637	clears the bar	$23,250	0.7 yrs	86
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$46,242	+$14,038	clears the bar	$21,500	1.5 yrs	82
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$55,544	+$23,340	clears the bar	$22,000	0.9 yrs	79
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$102,756	+$70,552	clears the bar	$20,417	0.3 yrs	77
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$99,799	+$67,595	clears the bar	$22,500	0.3 yrs	71
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$55,508	+$23,304	clears the bar	$15,000	0.6 yrs	71
Nursing	Master's Degree	$107,325	+$75,121	clears the bar	$46,567	0.6 yrs	66
Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$72,420	+$40,216	clears the bar	$28,000	0.7 yrs	62
English	Bachelor's Degree	$44,158	+$11,954	clears the bar	$22,750	1.9 yrs	62
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$48,474	+$16,270	clears the bar	$21,750	1.3 yrs	57
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$57,994	+$25,790	clears the bar	$28,500	1.1 yrs	56
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$44,704	+$12,500	clears the bar	$19,213	1.5 yrs	50
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$60,666	+$28,462	clears the bar	$25,400	0.9 yrs	45
Biology	Master's Degree	$66,864 1-year earnings	+$34,660	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	44
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$74,392	+$42,188	clears the bar	$24,000	0.6 yrs	43
History	Bachelor's Degree	$46,133	+$13,929	clears the bar	$20,750	1.5 yrs	42
Agricultural Business and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$68,658	+$36,454	clears the bar	$20,500	0.6 yrs	41
Plant Sciences	Master's Degree	$69,054	+$36,850	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$72,617	+$40,413	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$74,411	+$42,207	clears the bar	$25,747	0.6 yrs	40
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$63,419	+$31,215	clears the bar	$24,500	0.8 yrs	40
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$56,579	+$24,375	clears the bar	$25,000	1.0 yrs	38
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Master's Degree	$64,560	+$32,356	clears the bar	$26,225	0.8 yrs	36
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Bachelor's Degree	$40,076	+$7,872	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$54,449	+$22,245	clears the bar	$21,750	1.0 yrs	35
Architectural Engineering	Master's Degree	$115,946	+$83,742	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Agriculture, General	Bachelor's Degree	$41,682 1-year earnings	+$9,478	clears the bar	$17,125	1.8 yrs	34
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$73,265	+$41,061	clears the bar	$35,474	0.9 yrs	34
Industrial Engineering	Master's Degree	$113,866	+$81,662	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$96,904	+$64,700	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Bachelor's Degree	$55,331	+$23,127	clears the bar	$21,750	0.9 yrs	29
Management Information Systems	Master's Degree	$129,171	+$96,967	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Real Estate Development	Master's Degree	$98,116 1-year earnings	+$65,912	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$50,156	+$17,952	clears the bar	$20,500	1.1 yrs	28
Environmental Design	Bachelor's Degree	$62,697	+$30,493	clears the bar	$23,250	0.8 yrs	27
Plant Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$52,104	+$19,900	clears the bar	$17,750	0.9 yrs	26
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$51,504	+$19,300	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$68,939	+$36,735	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$83,741	+$51,537	clears the bar	$19,000	0.4 yrs	25
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$60,041	+$27,837	clears the bar	$34,155	1.2 yrs	25
Forestry	Bachelor's Degree	$64,704	+$32,500	clears the bar	$18,750	0.6 yrs	23
Social Work	Master's Degree	$46,371 1-year earnings	+$14,167	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$39,566	+$7,362	clears the bar	$21,750	3.0 yrs	22
Teacher Education (by subject)	Doctoral Degree	$93,737	+$61,533	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Nutrition Sciences	Master's Degree	$70,100	+$37,896	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$64,370	+$32,166	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$94,863 1-year earnings	+$62,659	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$63,298	+$31,094	clears the bar	$26,000	0.8 yrs	18
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$35,378 1-year earnings	+$3,174	clears the bar	$19,500	6.1 yrs	17
Public Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$66,141	+$33,937	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$49,555	+$17,351	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Agricultural Production Operations	Master's Degree	$52,419	+$20,215	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$31,025	-$1,179	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Interior Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$69,657	+$37,453	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$102,863	+$70,659	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$103,093	+$70,889	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Special Education	Master's Degree	$57,089	+$24,885	clears the bar	$30,750	1.2 yrs	8
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$80,076	+$47,872	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$59,202	+$26,998	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	71
Architectural Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	67
Management Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	47
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$21,750	insufficient data	41
Public Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$16,182	insufficient data	29
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Industrial Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Computer Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Materials Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Animal Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Public Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Management Information Systems	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Natural Resources and Conservation	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Teacher Education (by level)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Computer Software and Media Applications	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Human Development and Family Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Pharmacy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Plant Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Forestry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Industrial Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Agricultural Production Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Agricultural Public Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Landscape Architecture	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($32,204/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.