Graduate Programs at American University

American Directory Information
School Name	American University (American)
Address	4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016-8001
Phone	202-885-1000
Web	https://WWW.AMERICAN.EDU
Online Application	https://www.american.edu/admissions/apply/index.cfm
Financial Info	https://www.american.edu/financialaid

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$33,239
Student Population	5,968
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	201 graduate programs (15 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$38,139
Required Fees	$987
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$1,971

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	15 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of American University is $33,239. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -15.05% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$30,744	$702
2019-2020	$30,351	$762
2020-2021	$34,533	$991
2021-2022	$37,447	$1,009
2022-2023	$38,139	$987
2023-2024	$32,224	$1,015

The graduate school tuition & fees of American is average compared to private graduate schools in District of Columbia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the District of Columbia graduate tuition is $18,608 (public) / $30,405 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
American University	$33,239
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
District of Columbia Graduate Schools	$23,494	$25,986
Public	$10,094	$18,608
Private	$30,405

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,416 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at American.

On-campus living costs are increased by 9.51% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $17,116. Off-campus living costs are increased by 0.60% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$16,100	$909	$16,100	$909
2019-2020	$16,096	$909	$16,096	$909
2020-2021	$16,196	$1,009	$16,129	$1,009
2021-2022	$15,150	$1,228	$15,150	$1,228
2022-2023	$15,706	$1,308	$15,706	$1,308
2023-2024	$17,012	$1,620	$14,712	$2,404

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,674 at American University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -15.07% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,708
2019-2020	$1,861
2020-2021	$1,906
2021-2022	$1,922
2022-2023	$1,971
2023-2024	$1,674

The law school tuition at American University is $60,994 for academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school at American.

Law School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at American University
	Tuition	Fees
Law	$59,842	$1,152

Graduate Programs at American

American University offers 125 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,412 students have completed their study at American University.

Offered Degrees at American University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	72	8	1,917
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	13	1	68
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	320
Post Bachelor's Degree	39	5	107
Total	125	14	2,412

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at American University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Management Science program with 27 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the International Relations and Affairs program with 349 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 320 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at American University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Management Science	✕	27	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	15	-
Mathematics and Statistics (other)	✕	9	-
Accounting	✕	9	-
Project Management	✔	7	-

Popular Master's Programs at American University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
International Relations and Affairs	✕	349	$57,500
Public Administration	✕	155	$69,600
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	117	-
Management Science	✕	93	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	75	$89,900

Popular Doctorate Programs at American University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	320	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	13	-
Economics	✔	13	-
Public Administration	✔	8	-
History	✔	6	-

American University offers 125 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,412 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,917 students have earned/completed Master's program.
320 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
107 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	35 completers	$53,000
Environmental Studies	✕	17	-
Environmental Science	✕	18	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	120 completers	$64,400
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	65	-
Journalism	✕	16	-
Political Communication	✕	34	-
International and Intercultural Communication	✕	-	-
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs (other)	✕	5	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	17	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	51	-
Computer Science	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	175 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	117	-
Learning Sciences	✔	4	-
International and Comparative Education	✕	6	$55,900
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	✕	10	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	18	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	9	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	9	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	42 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✔	42	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	128 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✔	46	$58,900
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✕	9	-
International Law and Legal Studies	✕	58	-
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law	✕	7	-
Intellectual Property Law	✕	8	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	11	-
General Literature	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	2	-
Biostatistics	✕	1	-
Biotechnology	✕	4	-
Neuroscience	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	-	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	-	-
Statistics	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	✕	32	$52,500
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	51 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	51	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	26 completers	$41,900
Philosophy	✕	2	$41,900
Ethics	✕	24	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Psychology	✕	19	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	80 completers	$54,000
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	16	-
Homeland Security	✕	64	-
Human Services [+]	✕	218 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	155	$69,600
Public Policy Analysis	✕	63	$57,200
Social Sciences [+]	✕	432 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	10	-
Economics	✕	31	$68,000
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	4	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	7	-
International Economics	✕	7	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	349	$57,500
Political Science and Government	✕	19	-
Sociology	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	83 completers	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	3	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	20	$36,100
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	24	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	9	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	10	-
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	✕	17	$44,500
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	32 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	16	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	16	-
Business [+]	✔ (3 completers)	309 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	75	$89,900
Project Management	✔	8	-
Accounting	✕	30	$65,300
Finance	✕	26	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✔	34	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✔	13	-
Management Science	✕	93	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	20	-
Real Estate	✕	2	-
Taxation	✕	8	$90,600
History [+]	✕	30 completers	-
History	✕	30	-
	Total	1,917

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	13 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	13	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✕	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Neuroscience	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	8	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Economics	✕	13	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	1	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	3	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	68

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	320 completers	-
Law	✕	320	-
	Total	320

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	-	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Learning Sciences	✕	-	-
International and Comparative Education	✕	3	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Statistics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	1	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	-	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	-	-
International Economics	✕	-	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	15	-
Sociology	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	-	-
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✔	53 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	2	-
Project Management	✔	7	-
Accounting	✕	9	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✔	2	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	1	-
Management Science	✕	27	-
Real Estate	✕	2	-
Taxation	✕	3	-
	Total	107

Graduate Student Population at American

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 5,968 students enrolled into American University graduate schools where it has total 13,885 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,240 full-time and 2,728 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,230 male and 3,738 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,968	2,230	3,738
Full-time	3,240	1,210	2,030
Part-tme	2,728	1,020	1,708

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,733 White (45.79%), 742 Black/African American (12.43%), 664 Hispanic (11.13%), 340 Asian (5.70%), and 1,489 students with other races. 655 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,968	2,230	3,738
American Indian/Native American	10	2	8
Asian	340	105	235
Black/African American	742	216	526
Hispanic	664	227	437
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	4	2
White	2,733	1,068	1,665
Two More	209	74	135
Un-Known	609	223	386
Non-resident Alien	655	311	344

American University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,471 graduate students (24.65% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 673 graduate students (11.28% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.