<p>Auburn offers some really great scholarships to out of state students. My daughter is interested in some of the engineering degrees. Problem is, the scholarships are only for 4 years and I hear many engineering degrees can take 5 years. We really don’t want to pay for a full year of out of state tuition. Can some engineering majors let me know how long it takes to earn a degree in engineering?</p>
<p>The full tuition scholarships pay for a max of 120 credit hours and 8 semesters. Many of the engineering degrees require 128 to 134, and sometimes more, credit hours. I believe auburn tries to structure it so that these extra credits are in the summer of either the 2nd or 3rd year, not an entire extra year. </p>
<p>Of course, Auburn is great about giving out extra scholarships. It’s not uncommon for a student with good grades to pick up an extra $2-$10K in various scholarships handed out from and threw Auburn, after being enrolled into the school.</p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>
<p>I would recommend checking out the Engineering department’s website. Most of Auburn’s departments have scholarships you can earn once you are there that can help you out. I will also be an OOS, and from what I can gather the Scholarship department will try their hardest to match you with all the aid you can get to help you become a Tiger.</p>
<p>Have you also looked into taking some local summer classes at a community college, or opting out of core classes? I don’t know if that’s included in the credit hours you discussed, but it might allow you to get rid of some of the cost, or atleast diminish it.</p>
<p>[Departmental</a> Scholarships](<a href=“http://eng.auburn.edu/admin/ess/schfi/dept/index.html]Departmental”>http://eng.auburn.edu/admin/ess/schfi/dept/index.html)</p>
<p>Thanks to all</p>