Auburn University at Montgomery

Ranked among the South’s best and most innovative universities by U.S. News & World Report and among the best colleges in the Southeast by The Princeton Review, Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and certifications. Founded in 1967 and located in Alabama’s vibrant state capital, AUM is a four-year regional institution accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. With a faculty-to-student ratio of16:1 and nearly 50 percent of classes including fewer than 20 students, AUM offers a high quality and highly personalized educational experience.

Website:

https://www.aum.edu/

Category:

Small public

Why you should attend?

The campus is in close proximity to many military installations to include Maxwell Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama's oldest base and largest by population. Auburn University at Montgomery has a staffed Veteran and Military Resource Center, and its Veteran Services Offices assists veterans, reservists, National Guardsmen and dependents of disabled or deceased veterans. AUM makes education affordable through its Military and Dependent Scholarship, Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty Scholarship, Green to Gold Scholarship and ROTC Campus-Based Scholarship programs. It also offers the AUM Guard Card, a first-of its kind initiative in Alabama that offers Alabama National Guard member students $1,000 per academic year for books, supplies and campus meals.