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- Established in 1872 as one of the founding colleges of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Auburn University.
- Offers 13 undergraduate majors, 11 undergraduate minors and 23 graduate programs.
- Features seven academic departments and one school.
- Offers Auburn University’s top pre-veterinary tracks through the Department of Animal Sciences.
- Offers more than 20 student organizations to enhance student leadership skills, provide opportunities to network with alumni and faculty, and develop professional skills.
- Posts nearly a 100% job-placement rate through several high-demand majors, such as food science, horticulture and poultry science.
- Offers online Master of Science and Master of Agriculture degrees in crop, soil and environmental sciences.
- Secured a record $64 million in grants and contracts in 2023, followed by a second-all-time-record $53.4 million in 2024.
- Completed the poultry industry’s first comprehensive research, teaching and outreach facility, the Miller Poultry Research and Education Center, in 2020.
- Home to one of the world’s leading fisheries and aquaculture programs, which has helped develop aquaculture industries in more than 100 countries and built a 1,400-acre research and teaching complex, the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center, dedicated to fresh and saltwater research.
- Partners with Auburn University Campus Dining to offer the campus community fresh foods through on-campus and near-campus hydroponic and aquaponic farms.