QUALITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS
· The only 1890 land grant university offering four Ph.D. degree programs
· Home to one of the largest graduate schools among HBCUs (1000 + students)
· Listed among the Top 50 in Black Enterprise/Day Star’s first rating
· Home to a nationally accredited family and consumer sciences program, offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees
· Home to nationally accredited site in rehabilitative counselor education
· AAMU is a leading producer of African-American Ph.D.’s in Physics and the nation’s leading producer for African-American Ph.D.’s in Plant and Soil Science
· Its nearly 30-year-old MBA program offers more than 120 students concentrations in finance, accounting economics, logistics, management of information systems and marketing
· Nationally accredited program in Speech Pathology since 1994
· A Nobel Laureate has visited the campus every year since 1997
· One of few HBCUs offering a baccalaureate degree program in telecommunications
· North Alabama’s only source for the accredited master’s degree in social work
· Five AAMU students were listed on USA Today Academic Teams for four consecutive years, 1997 – 2000.
· Site of a concentration in Space Physics.
· In only a few short years, its athletic programs have become a formidable presence in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
· AAMU biotechnologists are making headway in the production of an “allergy-free” peanut
