DrBanneker
Space is the Place
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We last looked and Philander Smith College of Little Rock which got a great score of 7.7.
See the updated leaderboard here
Alabama A&M is the final school we are covering of what I would consider the superfecta of top engineering HBCUs including North Carolina A&T, Florida A&M, and Prairie View A&M. Located near Huntsville in northern Alabama it has been well-known as a science and engineering hub as well as a top band. Alabama A&M also has unique partnerships with NASA due to the nearby NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center including a space science program and undergrad robotics and high powered rocketry options. It also has one of the better physics labs for HBCUs with specialties such as nonlinear optics.
Alabama A&M was founded by former slave William Hooper Councill in 1875 using a $1,000 grant from the Alabama state legislature. It originally started as a teaching college but soon adopted the industrial education model of Tuskegee before transforming into a modern university with engineering at its core.
Basic data (all data 2021 unless otherwise noted)
Founded: 1875
City, State: Normal, AL (basically Huntsville)
Type: 4-year, Public
Nickname: Bulldogs
Enrollment and percent Black enrollment: 5,969 (5,107 undergraduate), 90% Black
Out of State Percentage: 46% (top states Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, Florida, California)
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 18:1
Admissions Acceptance Rate: 72%
4-yr/6-yr graduation rates: 11% / 28%
Transfer out rate: 34%
Male/Female percentages (Female:Male Ratio): 41% male / 59% female (1.4:1)
Tuition: In-state: $10k Out-of-state: $19k
Median Debt After Graduation: $31,000
Median Earning 10-Years after 10 years from freshman year: $36,339
Median Earnings for specific majors after 3 years after graduation:
Electrical Engineering: $71k, Computer Science: $65k, Mechanical Engineering: $63k, Finance: $53k, Business Administration: $44k
Top Majors by Degrees:
Business Administration, Biology, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Construction Engineering, Finance
Endowment: $52M
Alumni Engagement: 11.6% of alumni donate
Athletic Conference: SWAC (NCAA Div 1)
Mascot: Butch the Bulldog
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Notable Alumni:
Sun Ra - Jazz composer (did not graduate)
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Mandela Barnes - former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
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Shelia Nash Stevenson - PhD physicist at NASA
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Lisa S. Jones - former NASA engineer and tech entrepreneur
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Main Campus
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College of Engineering
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Louis Crews Stadium
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New Alabama A&M Event Center
Alabama A&M University Marching Maroon & White
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Dancin' Divas
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Miss Alabama A&M
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