Editing Alabama A&M University (section)

==Academics==
The university awards 41 Baccalaureate, 23 Master's, one EdS, and five PhD degrees.  A selective honors program is available for academically exceptional undergraduate students.

===Colleges and schools===
* College of Agricultural, Life and Natural Sciences<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aamu.edu/academics/pages/default.aspx |title=Home |publisher=Aamu.edu |date=2011-04-07 |access-date=2016-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604115054/http://www.aamu.edu/academics/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2016-06-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* College of Business and Public Affairs
* College of Education, Humanities, and Behavioral Sciences
* College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences
* School of Graduate Studies

===Faculty===
* 20:1 student-faculty ratio
* Fewer than 40 students in 86 percent of courses
* 348 faculty members across all undergraduate, graduate and professional programs

===Students===
* From 44 states and 11 foreign countries
* 6,108 students, 1,521 first time freshmen; 3.01 average GPA (Fall 2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocketcitynow.com/news/alabama-am-university-sees-increase-in-enrollment/ |title=Alabama A&M University sees increase in enrollment |publisher=WZDX |date=2018-09-26 |access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref>
* 42 percent first-time college students
* Middle 50th percentile on ACT: 17–18
* 93 student clubs and organizations
* 75 percent student participation in community service projects

===National Space Science and Technology Center===
The [[National Space Science and Technology Center]] (NSSTC) is a joint research venture between NASA, Alabama A&M and six other research universities of the state of Alabama, represented by the Space Science and Technology Alliance. The aim of the NSSTC is to foster collaboration in research between government, academia, and industry.

===Alabama Cooperative Extension System===
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established The [[Alabama Cooperative Extension System]]. The system provides educational outreach to the citizens of [[Alabama]] on behalf of the state's two [[land grant university|land grant]] universities: Alabama A&M University and [[Auburn University]].<ref name="2004 Highlights">[http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/E/EX-0036-G/EX-0036-G.pdf "2004 Highlights," Alabama Cooperative Extension System.]</ref> The system employs more than 800 faculty, professional educators, and staff members operating in offices in each of Alabama's 67 counties and in nine urban centers covering the major regions of the state.<ref name="2003 Annual Report">[http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/E/EX-0036-F/EX-0036-F.pdf "2003 Annual Report," Alabama Cooperative Extension System]</ref><ref name="Urban Centers">{{cite web|url=https://www.aces.edu/search/Centers.html/|title=You searched for Centers.html|website=Alabama Cooperative Extension System}}</ref> In conjunction with the Alabama [[Agricultural Experiment Station]], the system also staffs six extension and research centers located in the state's principal geographic regions.<ref name="2003 Annual Report"/> Since 2004, "Alabama Extension" has functioned primarily as a regionally based system in which the bulk of educational programming is delivered by agents operating across a multi-county area and specializing in specific fields. County extension coordinators and county agents work with regional agents and other extension personnel to deliver services to clients within their areas.<ref name="2003 Annual Report"/>

=== Tuition and financial aid ===
In the 2017–2018 award year, 3,701 Alabama A&M University students received financial assistance from Pell Grants, totaling $18,323,395.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.ed.gov/finaid/prof/resources/data/pell-institution.html|title=Distribution of Federal Pell Grant Program Funds by Institution and Award Year|date=2020-02-26|website=www2.ed.gov|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>