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Auburn acceptance rate

Auburn University · Auburn, Alabama · Public · 26,816 undergraduates

45.9%
accepted, fall 2024
55,056
applications
25,284
offers of admission
6,103
enrolled (24% of those admitted)

Getting in has become much harder. In fall 2014 Auburn admitted 83% of applicants; in fall 2024, 46%. Applications tripled between 2014 and 2024, reaching 55,056. Clemson is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Auburn in size and selectivity (38%); Virginia Tech is the easiest (55%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 76%2002 83%2003 78%2004 84%2005 82%2006 72%2007 69%2008 71%2009 80%2010 79%2011 70%2012 77%2013 83%2014 83%2015 78%2016 81%2017 84%2018 75%2019 81%2020 85%2021 71%2022 44%2023 50%2024 46%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202455,05625,28445.9%6,103
202348,17824,31450.5%5,935
202245,69319,98843.7%5,303
202127,61919,66071.2%5,311
202017,94615,26685.1%4,914
201920,20516,30080.7%4,808
201820,74215,64575.4%4,783
201718,07215,16883.9%4,836
201618,25614,70480.5%4,529
201519,41415,07777.7%4,902
201416,95814,15483.5%4,592
201315,74513,02782.7%3,726
201217,46313,48677.2%3,852
201118,32312,82770.0%4,202
201015,78412,41778.7%4,204
200914,86211,81679.5%3,918
200817,06812,08570.8%3,984
200717,68812,20069.0%4,191
200615,91911,53872.5%4,092
200514,24911,61681.5%4,197
200412,82710,79684.2%3,594
200312,4399,65377.6%3,706
200213,26410,99482.9%4,184
200113,64510,36275.9%3,755

Applications and offers

020k40k60k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 14k Admitted: 10k2002 Applied: 13k Admitted: 11k2003 Applied: 12k Admitted: 10k2004 Applied: 13k Admitted: 11k2005 Applied: 14k Admitted: 12k2006 Applied: 16k Admitted: 12k2007 Applied: 18k Admitted: 12k2008 Applied: 17k Admitted: 12k2009 Applied: 15k Admitted: 12k2010 Applied: 16k Admitted: 12k2011 Applied: 18k Admitted: 13k2012 Applied: 17k Admitted: 13k2013 Applied: 16k Admitted: 13k2014 Applied: 17k Admitted: 14k2015 Applied: 19k Admitted: 15k2016 Applied: 18k Admitted: 15k2017 Applied: 18k Admitted: 15k2018 Applied: 21k Admitted: 16k2019 Applied: 20k Admitted: 16k2020 Applied: 18k Admitted: 15k2021 Applied: 28k Admitted: 20k2022 Applied: 46k Admitted: 20k2023 Applied: 48k Admitted: 24k2024 Applied: 55k Admitted: 25k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women32,85614,69844.7%
Men22,20010,58647.7%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
630 to 690 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
630 to 700
ACT composite
26 to 31

Colleges similar to Auburn

The six public four-year colleges closest to Auburn in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		55%30,923$25,808$88,716
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT		52%19,835$24,342$82,098
Clemson
Clemson, SC		38%23,300$22,032$79,064
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN		42%30,418$18,314$65,090
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC		42%27,371$16,486$77,810
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI		45%36,902$16,600$80,330

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Auburn to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Auburn on College Scorecard