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American University is one of the leading colleges in Washington D.C. with the acceptance rate of 64%. Deadlines for application are Early Decision - November 15 and Early Decision II - January 15 and Regular - January 15 . For more information, call 202-885-6000 or send email at admissions@american.edu.

19650 Enrolled 64% Acceptance Rate 29 - 33 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 19,650
    • Average HS GPA: N/A
    • Acceptance Rate: 64%

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    660 - 730
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    620 - 710
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    29 - 33

  • Deadlines

    Early Decision
    November 15
    Early Decision II
    January 15
    Regular
    January 15

Academics

  • Majors

    AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
    African-American/Black Studies.
    American/United States Studies/Civilization.
    Asian Studies/Civilization.
    Ethnic Studies.
    French Studies.
    German Studies.
    Latin American Studies.
    Near and Middle Eastern Studies.
    Russian Studies.
    Women's Studies.
    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biochemistry.
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
    Neuroscience.
    BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Accounting.
    Business Administration and Management, General.
    Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other.
    Finance, General.
    International Business/Trade/Commerce.
    Management Information Systems, General.
    Marketing/Marketing Management, General.
    Real Estate.
    Taxation.
    COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Journalism.
    Mass Communication/Media Studies.
    Public Relations/Image Management.
    COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES/TECHNICIANS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Recording Arts Technology/Technician.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Computer Science.
    EDUCATION.
    Elementary Education and Teaching.
    Secondary Education and Teaching.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    General Literature.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    Arabic Language and Literature.
    Chinese Language and Literature.
    French Language and Literature.
    Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
    Language Interpretation and Translation.
    Russian Language and Literature.
    Spanish Language and Literature.
    HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Public Health Education and Promotion.
    Public Health, General.
    HISTORY.
    History, General.
    HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
    Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other.
    Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.
    LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND STUDIES.
    Law.
    Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate).
    LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES.
    Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other.
    Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Applied Mathematics.
    Mathematics, General.
    Statistics, General.
    Statistics, Other.
    MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
    Computational Science.
    Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
    Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Science.
    Environmental Studies.
    PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
    Ethics.
    Jewish/Judaic Studies.
    Philosophy.
    Religion/Religious Studies.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Chemistry, General.
    Physics, General.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Anthropology.
    Development Economics and International Development.
    Econometrics and Quantitative Economics.
    Economics, General.
    International Relations and Affairs.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Sociology.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation.
    Cinematography and Film/Video Production.
    Dance, General.
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
    Film/Video and Photographic Arts.
    Fine/Studio Arts, General.
    Graphic Design.
    Music History, Literature, and Theory.
    Music, General.
    Musical Theatre.
    Painting.
    Photography.
    Printmaking.
    Sculpture.
    Visual and Performing Arts, General.

  • Degrees

    • Associate
    • Bachelor's
    • Certificate
    • Doctoral/Professional
    • Doctoral/Research
    • Master's
    • Post-Bachelor's certificate

  • Prominent Alumni

    Thomas Secunda
    Founding partner & CTO of Bloomberg LP
    Hakeem Jeffries
    US Congressman, 8th Congressional District
    David Zaslav
    President and CEO of Discovery Communications
    Sunny Hostin
    co-host of The View and senior legal correspondent for ABC News
    Steven Canals
    screenwriter/producer, co-creator/producer of Pose
    Bill T. Jones
    choreographer, director, author, dancer
    Karthik Sivakumar
    Indian actor

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Apr 1

  • Required Forms

    • FAFSA
    • Forms CSSProfile

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    $53070
    Required Fees
    $819
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    $800
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    $5306
    Transportation for Commuters
    $1156
    On-Campus Room and Board
    $15706

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Institutional
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based Private Scholarships
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • Direct PLUS Loans
    • Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
    • Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • College/university loans from institutional funds
    • Federal Perkins Loans
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    Yes

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 92/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    8463
    Foreign Countries Represented
    99

  • Demographics

    • Asian 6.83%
    • African-American 7.78%
    • Hispanic 11.65%
    • Caucasian 55.39%
    • Male 37%
    • Female 63%
    • Аre out of state 84

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    0%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    Yes
    Quality of life rating 91/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    0%
    Campus Environment
    Large Urban
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    Yes
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    200
    Number of Honor Societies
    0
    Number of Social Sororities
    0

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    Division I
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (8)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Diving
    • Soccer
    • Swimming
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Wrestling
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (10)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Diving
    • Field Hockey
    • Lacrosse
    • Soccer
    • Swimming
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Day Care
    Health
    Womens Center
    LGBT Support Groups
    Minority Support Groups
    Army ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: Georgetown University Air Force ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: Howard University

  • Sustainability

    American University knows that “the American Dream is Green”—and is taking serious steps to bring that dream to campus. AU is taking a series of practical steps to make sure that its students are green-equipped all the way from the classroom to Congress. A signatory of both ACUPCC and the Talloires Declaration, and a STARS Charter Participant, the university has established a Green Teaching Certification Program to reward professors for incorporating sustainability content into the curriculum and has a climate plan that targets neutrality by 2020. Three full-time and twenty part-time sustainability staff oversee efforts to integrate sustainability across all campus activities, including the implementation of zero-waste, sustainable purchasing, and green building policies. More than twenty-five buildings on campus are participating in a LEED Volume Existing Building certification project. These twenty-five buildings are part AU’s Office of Sustainability’s more impressive goal: to get the majority of existing campus buildings LEED-certified. As part of that effort, AU installed more than 2,150 solar photovoltaic panels on six American University buildings resulting in the largest solar power system in the District of Columbia. In addition, 174 solar thermal energy panels were added to four campus buildings, providing hot showers to more than 2,000 students living on campus and hot water to the university’s largest dining hall. In the past year AU also started composting paper towels, an act estimated to divert about 13 percent of the total campus waste from the landfill. AU has an “incredibly active and successful” environmental group called Eco-Sense that has been in place for ten years. Eco-Sense works hand-in-hand with departments across campus to implement sustainability initiatives

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    73%
    Graduate in 5 years
    78%
    Graduate in 6 years
    79%

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Network
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    • Regional Alumni
    Opportunities at School
    • Coop
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Percent High Job Meaning
    N/A
    Percent STEM
    N/A
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 0/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Monday-Friday
      • Select Saturdays
      • 9am-5pm
      • 9am-2:00pm Select Saturdays in Fall & Spring
      • 202-885-6000
      Campus Tours
      • Appointment Required: Yes
      • Dates: Year-round
      • Times: Weekdays 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturdays 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m.
      • Average Length: 2 hours

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      Yes
      Information Sessions
      Available
      Times
      http://www.american.edu/admissions/experience-au/index.cfm
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