Salaries, Buildings and Sports Drive One College’s High Costs

FILE - In this April 14, 2012, photo, Auburn mascot Aubie performs with the Auburn University Marching Band during their annual spring A Day game at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala.

The Wall Street Journal analyzed spending at Auburn University, a public university in the American South renowned for its football programs.

Surprisingly, relatively little of Auburn’s spending surge was educational. Instead, administrators took home higher salaries, new buildings were rapidly constructed and sports programs were lavishly funded.

Read the analysis from Andrea Fuller, Tawnell D. Hobbs, Stephanie Stamm and Andrew Mollica. (December 2023)