School Name | American University (American) |
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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 |
School Type | Private, 4 years |
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Tuition & Fees | $38,456 |
Student Population | 6,024 |
Offered Degrees/Programs | Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), Doctorate (Professional Practice) |
Number of Programs | 114 graduate programs (9 programs available online learning) |
Student to Faculty Ratio | 12 to 1 |
Tuition & Fees | |
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Tuition | $37,447 |
Required Fees | $1,009 |
Tuition per Credit Hour | |
Tuition | $2,067 |
Distance Learning (Online Classes) | 9 Online Programs Available |
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Special learning Opportunities |
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On-Campus Student Services |
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Tuition | Fees | |
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2017-2018 | $29,556 | $690 |
2018-2019 | $30,744 | $702 |
2019-2020 | $30,351 | $762 |
2020-2021 | $34,533 | $991 |
2021-2022 | $37,447 | $1,009 |
Residents | Out-of-State | |
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American University | $38,456 | |
All Graduate Schools | $11,040 | $19,187 |
Public | $11,040 | $20,146 |
Private | $19,294 | |
District of Columbia Graduate Schools | $10,094 | $25,330 |
Public | $10,094 | $18,608 |
Private | $29,496 |
Living On-Campus | Living Off-Campus | |||
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Room & Board | Other Expense | Room & Board | Other Expense | |
2017-2018 | $15,898 | $921 | $15,898 | $921 |
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 |
Tuition | |
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2017-2018 | $1,642 |
2018-2019 | $1,708 |
2019-2020 | $1,861 |
2020-2021 | $1,906 |
2021-2022 | $2,067 |
Award Level | Total Number of Programs | Available Online Class | Number of Completers |
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Master's Degree | 70 | 16 | 1,620 |
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship | 12 | 1 | 49 |
Doctor's degree - other | 1 | 0 | 370 |
Post Bachelor's Degree | 38 | 4 | 55 |
Total | 121 | 21 | 2,094 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Accounting | ✕ | 11 | - |
Mathematics and Statistics (other) | ✕ | 8 | - |
Language Interpretation and Translation | ✕ | 5 | - |
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | ✕ | 4 | - |
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other) | ✕ | 4 | - |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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International Relations and Affairs | ✔ | 332 | $57,500 |
Public Administration | ✔ | 163 | $69,600 |
Business Administration and Management | ✔ | 117 | $89,900 |
Mass Communication/Media Studies | ✔ | 98 | - |
International Law and Legal Studies | ✕ | 84 | - |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Law | ✕ | 370 | - |
Economics | ✕ | 12 | - |
Anthropology | ✕ | 6 | - |
Neuroscience | ✕ | 5 | - |
Clinical Psychology | ✕ | 5 | - |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Natural Resources And Conservation [+] | ✕ | 16 completers | $53,000 |
Environmental Studies | ✕ | 9 | - |
Environmental Science | ✕ | 7 | - |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
African Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
Latin American Studies | ✕ | 5 | - |
Communication and Journalism [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 156 completers | $64,400 |
Speech Communication and Rhetoric | ✔ | 0 | $64,400 |
Mass Communication/Media Studies | ✔ | 98 | - |
Communication and Media Studies (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
Journalism | ✕ | 25 | - |
Political Communication | ✕ | 16 | - |
International and Intercultural Communication | ✕ | 13 | - |
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs (other) | ✕ | 4 | - |
Communications Technologies [+] | ✕ | 20 completers | - |
✕ | 0 | - | |
Recording Arts Technology/Technician | ✕ | 20 | - |
Education [+] | ✔ (6 completers) | 78 completers | - |
Education | ✔ | 0 | - |
Educational Leadership and Administration | ✔ | 18 | - |
Learning Sciences | ✔ | 0 | - |
International and Comparative Education | ✕ | 15 | $55,900 |
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities | ✕ | 17 | - |
Elementary Education and Teaching | ✔ | 4 | - |
Secondary Education and Teaching | ✕ | 9 | - |
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | ✕ | 1 | - |
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | ✕ | 5 | - |
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | ✕ | 9 | - |
Work and Family Studies [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 36 completers | - |
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | ✔ | 0 | - |
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies | ✔ | 36 | - |
Legal Studies [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 113 completers | - |
Law | ✔ | 0 | - |
Advanced Legal Research/Studies | ✔ | 0 | $58,900 |
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence | ✕ | 15 | - |
International Law and Legal Studies | ✕ | 84 | - |
Intellectual Property Law | ✕ | 7 | - |
Legal Professions and Studies (other) | ✕ | 7 | - |
English Language And Literature [+] | ✕ | 22 completers | - |
English Language and Literature | ✕ | 0 | - |
Creative Writing | ✕ | 13 | - |
General Literature | ✕ | 9 | - |
Biological And Biomedical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 13 completers | - |
Biology/Biological Sciences | ✕ | 8 | - |
Biostatistics | ✕ | 1 | - |
Biotechnology | ✕ | 4 | - |
Mathematics And Statistics [+] | ✕ | 9 completers | - |
Mathematics | ✕ | 2 | - |
Statistics | ✕ | 7 | - |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | ✕ | 41 completers | - |
Biological and Physical Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | ✕ | 40 | $52,500 |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) | ✕ | 1 | - |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 0 completers | - |
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | ✔ | 0 | - |
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | ✔ | 0 | - |
Philosophy And Religious Studies [+] | ✕ | 27 completers | $41,900 |
Philosophy | ✕ | 4 | $41,900 |
Ethics | ✕ | 23 | - |
Physical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
Physical Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Chemistry | ✕ | 3 | - |
Psychology [+] | ✕ | 23 completers | - |
Psychology | ✕ | 23 | - |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 48 completers | $54,000 |
✔ | 0 | $54,000 | |
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | ✕ | 12 | - |
Homeland Security | ✔ | 36 | - |
Human Services [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 202 completers | - |
✔ | 0 | - | |
Public Administration | ✔ | 163 | $69,600 |
Public Policy Analysis | ✕ | 39 | $57,200 |
Social Sciences [+] | ✔ (4 completers) | 418 completers | - |
Social Sciences | ✔ | 0 | - |
Anthropology | ✕ | 17 | - |
Economics | ✔ | 39 | $68,000 |
Development Economics and International Development | ✕ | 7 | - |
International Economics | ✕ | 6 | - |
International Relations and Affairs | ✔ | 332 | $57,500 |
Political Science and Government | ✕ | 13 | - |
Sociology | ✕ | 4 | - |
Visual And Performing Arts [+] | ✕ | 85 completers | - |
Visual and Performing Arts | ✕ | 0 | - |
Game and Interactive Media Design | ✕ | 6 | - |
Film/Cinema/Video Studies | ✕ | 18 | $36,100 |
Cinematography and Film/Video Production | ✕ | 33 | - |
Art/Art Studies | ✕ | 0 | $27,500 |
Fine/Studio Arts | ✕ | 7 | - |
Art History, Criticism and Conservation | ✕ | 7 | - |
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management | ✕ | 14 | $44,500 |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 10 completers | - |
Chiropractic | ✔ | 0 | - |
Health/Health Care Administration/Management | ✔ | 0 | - |
Public Health Education and Promotion | ✕ | 10 | - |
Business [+] | ✔ (8 completers) | 275 completers | - |
Business/Commerce | ✔ | 0 | - |
Business Administration and Management | ✔ | 117 | $89,900 |
Project Management | ✔ | 0 | - |
Accounting | ✕ | 35 | $65,300 |
Finance | ✕ | 24 | - |
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | ✔ | 0 | - |
Management Science | ✔ | 57 | - |
Business Statistics | ✕ | 0 | - |
Marketing/Marketing Management | ✕ | 19 | - |
Real Estate | ✕ | 9 | - |
Taxation | ✕ | 14 | $90,600 |
History [+] | ✕ | 19 completers | - |
History | ✕ | 19 | - |
Total | 1,620 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Communication and Journalism [+] | ✕ | 4 completers | - |
Mass Communication/Media Studies | ✕ | 4 | - |
Education [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 0 completers | - |
Education | ✔ | 0 | - |
Educational Leadership and Administration | ✔ | 0 | - |
Legal Studies [+] | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
Law | ✕ | 0 | - |
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence | ✕ | 3 | - |
Biological And Biomedical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
Biology/Biological Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Neuroscience | ✕ | 5 | - |
Psychology [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
Psychology | ✕ | 0 | - |
Clinical Psychology | ✕ | 5 | - |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting [+] | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
✕ | 0 | - | |
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | ✕ | 3 | - |
Human Services [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
✕ | 0 | - | |
Public Administration | ✕ | 5 | - |
Social Sciences [+] | ✕ | 23 completers | - |
Social Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Anthropology | ✕ | 6 | - |
Economics | ✕ | 12 | - |
International Relations and Affairs | ✕ | 3 | - |
Political Science and Government | ✕ | 2 | - |
History [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
History | ✕ | 1 | - |
Total | 49 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Legal Studies | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Total | 370 |
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
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Natural Resources And Conservation [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
Environmental Science | ✕ | 1 | - |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
African Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
Latin American Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
Women's Studies | ✕ | 1 | - |
Communications Technologies [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
✕ | 0 | - | |
Recording Arts Technology/Technician | ✕ | 1 | - |
Education [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 1 completers | - |
Education | ✔ | 0 | - |
Learning Sciences | ✔ | 0 | - |
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | ✕ | 1 | - |
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | ✕ | 0 | - |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics [+] | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
Foreign Languages and Literatures | ✕ | 0 | - |
Language Interpretation and Translation | ✕ | 5 | - |
Work and Family Studies [+] | ✕ | 1 completers | - |
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies | ✕ | 1 | - |
Biological And Biomedical Sciences [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Biology/Biological Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Biostatistics | ✕ | 0 | - |
Mathematics And Statistics [+] | ✕ | 9 completers | - |
Mathematics | ✕ | 0 | - |
Statistics | ✕ | 1 | - |
Mathematics and Statistics (other) | ✕ | 8 | - |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | ✕ | 4 completers | - |
Biological and Physical Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | ✕ | 4 | - |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 1 completers | - |
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | ✔ | 0 | - |
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | ✔ | 1 | - |
Philosophy And Religious Studies [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Philosophy | ✕ | 0 | - |
Applied and Professional Ethics | ✕ | 0 | - |
Human Services [+] | ✕ | 4 completers | - |
✕ | 0 | - | |
Public Administration | ✕ | 0 | - |
Public Policy Analysis | ✕ | 0 | - |
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other) | ✕ | 4 | - |
Social Sciences [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 7 completers | - |
Social Sciences | ✔ | 0 | - |
Anthropology | ✕ | 0 | - |
Medical Anthropology | ✔ | 1 | - |
Development Economics and International Development | ✕ | 0 | - |
International Economics | ✕ | 3 | - |
Economics (other) | ✕ | 2 | - |
International Relations and Affairs | ✕ | 1 | - |
Political Science and Government (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
Sociology | ✕ | 0 | - |
Social Sciences (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
Visual And Performing Arts [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
Visual and Performing Arts | ✕ | 0 | - |
Game and Interactive Media Design | ✕ | 0 | - |
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management | ✕ | 2 | - |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Chiropractic | ✕ | 0 | - |
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
Business [+] | ✔ | 18 completers | - |
Business/Commerce | ✔ | 0 | - |
Business Administration and Management | ✕ | 0 | - |
Project Management | ✔ | 0 | - |
Accounting | ✕ | 11 | - |
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | ✕ | 1 | - |
International Business/Trade/Commerce | ✕ | 3 | - |
Management Science | ✕ | 0 | - |
Real Estate | ✕ | 1 | - |
Taxation | ✕ | 2 | - |
Total | 55 |
Total | Male | Female | |
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Total | 6,048 | 2,243 | 3,805 |
Full-time | 2,943 | 1,092 | 1,851 |
Part-tme | 3,105 | 1,151 | 1,954 |
Total | Male | Female | |
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Total | 6,048 | 2,243 | 3,805 |
American Indian/Native American | 15 | 6 | 9 |
Asian | 304 | 108 | 196 |
Black/African American | 790 | 249 | 541 |
Hispanic | 579 | 190 | 389 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 6 | 3 | 3 |
White | 2,705 | 1,066 | 1,639 |
Two More | 304 | 109 | 195 |
Un-Known | 705 | 244 | 461 |
Non-resident Alien | 640 | 268 | 372 |
Number of Graduate Students | |
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Total | 6,048 |
Enrolled Online Exclusively | 1,592 |
Enrolled Some Online Courses | 783 |
Not in Online Courses | 3,673 |
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