Graduate Programs at American University

Graduate School Overview

American University (referred to as American) is a Private, 4 years school located in Washington, DC. American University is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Research University (high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1928 - Current).

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

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at American University is $39,126 in average. The school has 6,389 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 14,852 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 195 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 14 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$39,126
Student Population	6,389
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	195 graduate programs (14 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at American University is $39,126 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,955.

American University offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

American University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	14 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial 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 $39,126. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.74% 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

The graduate school tuition & fees of American is relatively expensive compared to private graduate schools in District of Columbia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the District of Columbia graduate tuition is $18,608 (public) / $30,251 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
American University	$39,126
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
District of Columbia Graduate Schools	$23,494	$25,875
Public	$10,094	$18,608
Private	$30,251

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,955 at American University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.72% 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	$1,955

Graduate Programs at American

American University offers 121 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, 2,385 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	71	8	1,829
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	12	1	38
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	413
Post Bachelor's Degree	37	4	105
Total	121	13	2,385

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 24 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the International Relations and Affairs program with 317 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 413 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at American University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Management Science	✕	24	-
Accounting	✕	23	-
Mathematics and Statistics (other)	✕	21	-
Mathematics and Statistics (other)	✕	18	-
Accounting	✕	16	-

Popular Master's Programs at American University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
International Relations and Affairs	✕	317	$57,500
International Relations and Affairs	✕	279	$57,500
Business Administration and Management	✕	212	$89,900
Public Administration	✕	166	$69,600
Public Administration	✕	163	$69,600

Popular Doctorate Programs at American University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	413	-
Law	✕	382	-
Economics	✕	11	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	9	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✕	8	-

American University offers 121 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,385 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,829 students have earned/completed Master's program.
413 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
105 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 [+]	✕	40 completers	$53,000
Environmental Studies	✕	29	-
Environmental Science	✕	11	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Latin American Studies	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	129 completers	$64,400
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	71	-
Journalism	✕	33	-
Political Communication	✕	20	-
International and Intercultural Communication	✕	5	-
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs (other)	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	14	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	32	-
Computer Science	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	170 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	101	-
Learning Sciences	✔	2	-
International and Comparative Education	✕	12	$55,900
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	✕	11	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	23	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	0	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	4	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	15	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	55 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✔	55	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	90 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✔	31	$58,900
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✕	11	-
International Law and Legal Studies	✕	40	-
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law	✕	3	-
Intellectual Property Law	✕	2	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	20	-
General Literature	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	4	-
Biostatistics	✕	0	-
Biotechnology	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	1	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	2	-
Statistics	✕	17	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	✕	36	$52,500
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	25 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	25	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	25 completers	$41,900
Philosophy	✕	4	$41,900
Ethics	✕	21	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	6	-
Psychology [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Psychology	✕	22	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	69 completers	$54,000
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	22	-
Homeland Security	✕	47	-
Human Services [+]	✕	213 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	166	$69,600
Public Policy Analysis	✕	47	$57,200
Social Sciences [+]	✕	349 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	8	-
Economics	✕	34	$68,000
Development Economics and International Development	✕	5	-
International Economics	✕	4	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	279	$57,500
Political Science and Government	✕	13	-
Sociology	✕	6	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	78 completers	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	16	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	9	$36,100
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	15	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	4	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	14	-
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	✕	20	$44,500
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	23 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	15	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✔ (3 completers)	382 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	117	$89,900
Project Management	✔	9	-
Accounting	✕	88	$65,300
Finance	✕	38	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✔	27	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✔	2	-
Management Science	✕	61	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	20	-
Real Estate	✕	8	-
Taxation	✕	12	$90,600
History [+]	✕	17 completers	-
History	✕	17	-
	Total	1,829

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Neuroscience	✕	6	-
Psychology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	3	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	1	-
Economics	✕	7	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	2	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	4 completers	-
History	✕	4	-
	Total	38

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	413 completers	-
Law	✕	413	-
	Total	413

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Asian Studies/Civilization	✕	1	-
Latin American Studies	✕	0	-
Women's Studies	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	1	-
Learning Sciences	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	3	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Statistics	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics (other)	✕	18	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	4	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	3	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	0	-
Medical Anthropology	✔	0	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	0	-
International Economics	✕	1	-
Economics (other)	✕	1	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	4	-
Political Science and Government (other)	✕	0	-
Sociology	✕	0	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	1	-
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✔	63 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Project Management	✔	7	-
Accounting	✕	23	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	0	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✔	1	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	3	-
Management Science	✕	24	-
Real Estate	✕	2	-
Taxation	✕	3	-
	Total	105

Graduate Student Population at American

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 6,389 students enrolled into American University graduate schools where it has total 14,852 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,116 full-time and 3,273 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,368 male and 4,021 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	6,389	2,368	4,021
Full-time	3,116	1,139	1,977
Part-tme	3,273	1,229	2,044

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

There are 2,975 White (46.56%), 829 Black/African American (12.98%), 680 Hispanic (10.64%), 349 Asian (5.46%), and 1,556 students with other races. 574 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,389	2,368	4,021
American Indian/Native American	10	3	7
Asian	349	110	239
Black/African American	829	250	579
Hispanic	680	244	436
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	5	2
White	2,975	1,153	1,822
Two More	279	99	180
Un-Known	686	255	431
Non-resident Alien	574	249	325

American University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,873 graduate students (29.32% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,236 graduate students (19.35% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	6,389
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,873
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,236
Not in Online Courses	3,280

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at American University. 2,036 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.87% of total students), 184 students are aged above 50 (2.88%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at American University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,389	2,368	4,021
Age 20-21	91	27	64
Age 22-24	1,945	622	1,323
Age 25-29	2,400	903	1,497
Age 30-34	959	420	539
Age 35-39	429	178	251
Age 40-49	381	151	230
Age 50-64	169	61	108
Over 64	15	6	9

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