Auburn University at Montgomery is a 10-minute drive from downtown Montgomery, Alabama. A thriving and diverse city with more than 230,000 residents, Alabama’s capital city has a rich history and offers a vast assortment of cultural experiences and recreational opportunities.
The Montgomery Regional Airport is serviced by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Via Air, with non-stop flights to Atlanta, Charlotte, Washington D.C., Orlando, and Dallas-Fort Worth connecting passengers to the world.
Military and high-tech manufacturing are important to the region, with Maxwell Air Force Base to the west and Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama to the south.
Sports and Entertainment
Blues and jazz clubs, brewpubs, and Alabama’s only indoor ice rink are just a few of the cool places to recharge your batteries after a long school week. Take a stroll in Montgomery’s recently renovated Riverwalk district or meet 7,000 of your closest friends for a Biscuits AA baseball game. Or, play some of the best and most affordable public golf in the country at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
Arts and Culture
The city’s aura of “Capital Cool” is fueled by painters and poets, authors and actors, ballet dancers and musicians.
Montgomery’s thriving arts scene includes the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the largest professional theatre in Alabama and the closest thing to London’s Globe Theater that you’ll find in the U.S.
Browse the collection of the 19th- and 20th-Century paintings and sculptures at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts or check out a community-based production at the Cloverdale Playhouse. Get in touch with the Jazz Age at the F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum or learn about one of country music’s most transformational artists at the Hank Williams Museum.
Civil Rights Landmarks
From the Rosa Parks Museum to the pews of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, you have an opportunity to trace the evolution of the civil rights movement from its point of origin. Learn more about where Parks stood up and where the late Martin Luther King Jr. spoke up for civil rights. Must-see places include the Freedom Rides Museum, the Civil Rights Memorial & Center, the Legacy Museum, and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
Cuisine
Whether you’re craving the slow-cooked comfort of barbecued ribs or an upscale dining experience, Montgomery can appeal to all palates. The city offers an assortment of Southern-style “meat-and-threes” and quality casual dining experiences, as well as a vast assortment of international flavors – Indian, Thai, Japanese, Mexican, Mediterranean and more!
Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) is recognized by U.S. News and World Report, as well as, The Princeton Review as one of the best colleges in the Southeast. What else do we have going for us?
- AUM offers a close-knit community; designed for only 7,000 students. Nearly half of the classes at AUM include 20 or fewer students, so your professors are likely to know you by name.
- AUM is your first stop for a career that matters. You’ll get a personalized, real-world learning experience in one of our five colleges — either on our wooded, 600-acre campus, in an online setting or through a blend of both.
- We celebrate our diverse student body. Our close-knit campus community includes students of all ages, abilities, cultures, and backgrounds. Our students come from all over the world!
- We have award-winning faculty members. U.S. News & World Report ranked AUM No. 22 among regional universities in the South for the quality of undergraduate teaching.
- We think a high-quality education should be affordable. Nearly 40 percent of our students earn scholarship assistance, including scholarships for freshmen, transfer students, international students, and veterans and their dependent
- Contact us about taking a campus tour. We are ready to help you unlock your potential and start achieving your goals!
AUM ranked 33rd among public regional universities in the South and 79th overall in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Colleges guide. Both positions represent significant improvement over 2019, with AUM improving by five spots among regional public institutions and 16 positions in the overall ranking. Auburn University at Montgomery also earned the distinction of being one of the most ethnically diverse campuses among regional universities in the South, tying for 13th in the category and topping the list of Alabama schools.
AUM also ranked 73rd in the region among top performers for “social mobility,” a category in which U.S. News & World Report evaluates the effectiveness of universities in enrolling and graduating economically disadvantaged students. AUM ranked 88th nationally in the category of “First-Year Experiences,” which evaluates seminars and similar programs that regularly bring small groups of students together with faculty or staff in support of student success.
AUM’s College of Business also ranked among the top undergraduate business programs in the nation.
