CAMPUS ADDRESS- 4900 N. Meridian Street
Huntsville, AL 35811
- ADMISSIONS ADDRESS
- PO Box 908
Normal, AL 35762
Phone: (256) 851-5000 or (256) 851-5245
Toll-free: 800-553-0816
Fax: (256) 851-5249
Total Enrollment: 5,475
Level of Selectivity: Slightly competitive
Motto: Service is Sovereignty
Location: Huntsville, Alabama, is a city of 170,000 people. Located 100 miles north of Birmingham, Huntsville is the home of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and the US Space Camp, and is served by major airlines and bus companies. Social and cultural activities and entertainment are easily accessible to Alabama A&M students on campus and in the nearby city. The campus is located in a suburb just two miles from downtown Huntsville.
HISTORY
Alabama A&M is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts institution. Organized through the passage of a bill by the Alabama State Legislature, Alabama A&M opened as the Huntsville Normal School in 1875. The first president was William Hooper Councill, a former slave. The name was changed to State Normal Industrial School at Huntsville in 1878.
An appropriation from the Morrill Act, the second land grant act that Congress passed in 1890, gave the school the status of a land grant institution. It was renamed The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes in 1891, and its present campus was established at Normal, Alabama, where it has grown from 200 acres to more than 2,000.
The attainment of junior college status in 1919 resulted in a new name, The State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute for Negroes. Authorized to offer senior college work in 1939, the first bachelor’s degrees were conferred in 1941. The name changed again in 1948 to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the present name, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, was established in 1969.
Alabama A&M University’s mission is to serve as a land grant institution, providing a setting for the formation of scholars, leaders, and others who can contribute to society. It operates in the three-fold function of teaching, research, and public service, including extension.
The 2,000-acre hillside campus has 30 major buildings including a new 21,000-seat stadium and 11 dormitories.
- COSTS PER YEAR
- Tuition: $2,400 (in-state); $4,800 (out-of-state)
- Room and board: $2,600 (room); $2,000 (board)
- Special fees: $400
- Books: $700
- Estimated total cost: $8,100 (instate); $10,500 (out-of-state)
- FINANCIAL AID-INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING
- Percent of the student body that received financial aid:62%
- Number of scholarships and grants: 429
- Total amount of scholarships and grants: $706,854
- Range of scholarships and grants: $500 – $1,600
Financial Aid Specific to the School
- American Legion Auxiliary Programs pays tuition, fees and board for families of veterans of World Wars I or II, Korean and Vietnam Wars. Contact the Legion, PO Box 10009, Montgomery, AL 36192.
- Army ROTC provides two to three year scholarships that pay tuition, fees, books, and a monthly stipend.
- Athletic scholarships in football, golf, baseball, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.
- Computational science scholarships from the Department of Energy for $3,000 each year in program.
- Louis Stokes Award: Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering or Environmental Science.
- Consumer Science Abigail K. Hobson Memorial Scholarship Cash Award for $500.
- Family & Consumer Sciences Mozelle Davis Cash Award for $200. Contact Merchandise & Design Department.
- Family & Consumer Sciences Eliza P. Patton Memorial Award of $125 twice annually.
- Human Development Award for two students in Human Development Department.
- Food and Agricultural Science Multicultural Scholarship. Must have high school GPA of 3.0 and average ACT score of 21. Must have letter or recommendation and write an essay.
- Food Science General Mills Award. Must have a 3.0 GPA in Food Sciences.
- Mathematics Scholarship to qualifying freshmen in Science Engineering and Mathematics. Covers full tuition, books, room & board. Additional $750 during summer program.
- Musicianship grants awarded in choir and band.
- Police and Firefighters’ Survivors Educational Assistance grants pay tuition, fees, books and supplies to dependents and eligible spouses of firefighters killed while on duty.
- Physics Crest Award. Contact Physics Department
- Performing arts exemplary students award provides four-year scholarships that pay tuition, fees, room and board through the Thurgood Marshal Black Education Fund. Must have a GPA of 3.0 or better and SAT score of 1,000 or ACT score of 24 or more. Recommendation required.
- Nutrition and Hospitality Management Wayne Hendrick Award of $1000 annually.
- Transportation-related degree award from Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship. Must be upper level student. Contact Community Planning Department.
- Urban Planning L.L. Crump Scholarship. Must write essay stating reasons for Urban Planning Major. Contact department.
- Wallace Folsom Prepaid College Tuition Program awards a four-year fully paid tuition scholarship.
- Work-study HUD Award pays full tuition for two years in exchange for two-year internship. Scholarship based on merit, leadership potential, and good citizenship.
Financial Aid Deadline: March 1 (for fall admissions)
- Financial Aid Contact:
- Director of Student Financial Aid,
Alabama A&M,
Normal, AL 35762
(256) 851-5400 (undergraduate)
(256)-851-5266 (graduate)
(256)-851-5407 (fax)
Financialaid@aamu.edu (e-mail) -
Admissions
Open admissions.
Entrance Requirements: A high school graduate (or equivalent ) with a 2.0 GPA and completion of the following 20 units: 4 English, 2 mathematics, 2 science (including biology), 3 social science, and 9 electives; history, and political science required. $25 nonrefundable application fee. SAT or ACT required.
Admission Application Deadline: Undergraduate: July 15th (fall); December 1 (spring); May 15 (summer). Rolling admission.
Admission Contact: Director of Admissions, Alabama A&M University, PO Box 908, Normal, AL 35762; (256) 851-5245 or 800-553-0816 or fax (256) 851-5249
Graduation Requirements: Completion of the school’s curriculum with a minimum 2.00 GPA. Candidate must earn half or more of the credits toward his/her major at Alabama A&M University. No more than 25 semester hours of work from other institutions will apply. Last two semesters of classes must be taken from Alabama A&M. Some courses of study may require completion of the National Teacher Examination or the Graduate Record Examination during the senior year. Attendance at commencement exercises is mandatory.
- CLASS OF 2000 STUDENT BODY PROFILE
- Total enrollment (male/female): 2,567/2,930
Instate: 3,408
Full-time undergraduates (male/female): 1,934/2,002
Part-time undergraduates (male/female): 143/173
Graduate students (male/female): 490/755
Ethnic/Racial Makeup: African American, 4,477; Caucasians, 656; Hispanic, 16; Native American, 14; Internationals, 305;
Others/Unclassified, 8
Number of applicants: 3,376
Number accepted: 1,954
Number enrolled: 1,098
Median SAT score:
Median ACT score: 17.4
Average high school GPA: 2.5
Transfer applicants: 578
Transfers accepted: 284
Transfers enrolled: 185
- FACULTY PROFILE
- Number of faculty: 372
Student-teacher ratio: 16:1
Full-time faculty: 299
Part-time faculty: 73
Tenured faculty: 187
Faculty with doctorates or other terminal degrees: 60%
- SCHOOL CALENDAR
- August-May
Commencement and conferring of degrees: May
One summer session. -
Degrees Offered
AA Certification: Agribusiness education, educational specialist
Bachelor of Arts: English, French, History, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology
Bachelor of Science: Accounting, agribusiness, agribusiness education, agribusiness management, agricultural economics, agricultural science, animal science, art education, biology, botany, business administration, business marketing, business-general, chemistry, child development associate, city/urban community planning, civil engineering, civil engineering technology, clothing apparel, commercial and advertising art, computer and information science, dietetics, early childhood education, economics, electrical engineering technology, elementary education, engineering technology, environmental science, family resource management, fashion design, fashion merchandising, finance, food and nutrition studies, food science and technology, forest operations management, graphic and printing equipment operator, graphic design, home economics education, home economics-general, horticulture, hospitality food systems, industrial manufacturing technology, industrial technology education, instrumental music, interior design, logistics, management, marketing, mathematics, mechanical engineering related technology, mechanical engineering technology, medical technology, middle school education, military science, multidisciplinary studies, music education, office systems management, physical education, physics, plant science, political science, printing production management, radio and television broadcasting technology, secondary education, soil science, special education, speech pathology, technical studies, telecommunications, trade and industrial education, urban planning, zoology
Master’s Degree: Agricultural business, agriculture education, animal industries, art education, biology, business administration, business education, business management economics, city/urban community planning, clinical psychology, computer and information science, counseling psychology, early childhood education, economics, education, administration and supervision, elementary education, food science technology, home economics education, home economics-general, industrial and organizational psychology, industrial manufacturing technology, industrial technology education, music education, physical education, physics, plant science, reading teacher, secondary education, social work, sociology, soil science, special education, speech pathology
Preprofessional: Nursing, veterinary medicine
Doctorate: Agricultural sciences, education-administration and supervision, food science technology, physics, plant and soil science
Athletics and Student Life
ATHLETIC PROGRAMS
Alabama A&M is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, Division I), National Athletic Intercollegiate Association (NAIA), and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).
Intercollegiate Sports: men’s baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, soccer, and track; women’s basketball, tennis, track and volleyball.
Intramural Sports: basketball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball.
Athletic Contact: Vann Pettaway, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35762; (205) 851-5360.
STUDENT LIFE
Campus Regulations: Class attendance required. Boarding freshmen cannot have cars on campus. All boarding students must purchase a meal card. Mandatory health protection plan is necessary for all full-time undergraduate students. Mandatory ROTC enrollment is required during first two semesters of freshman year.
Campus Services: Health center, personal/psychological counseling, career planning and placement, career awareness laboratory, writing laboratory, reading laboratory, mathematics laboratory, special education center, and testing services for LSAT, NTE, ACT, CLEP, NSA, DOT, and TOEFL.
Campus Activities: Group activities include concert, theater, band, and choir. Students can get involved in the student-run newspaper or the yearbook. The campus has a student-run radio station. Leadership opportunities can be found in the more than 21 departmental organizations including the Malcolm X Historical Society. Greek-letter societies include Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Zeta Phi Beta sororities, as well as Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Phi Beta Sigma fraternities. Honor societies include Alpha Kappa Mu, Beta Kappa Chi National Scientific Honor Society, and Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society. Social and service organizations are governed by the Inter-Club Council and the La Congo Council.
Housing Availability: 2,500 housing spaces; freshman housing guaranteed; 47% of the students choose to live on campus.
Handicapped Services: Wheelchair accessibility and services for the visually impaired.
Website: http://www.aamu.edu