SCHOOLS / AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

American University

WASHINGTON, DCIPEDS 131159CARNEGIE CLASS 16
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th1,300
Median1,370
75th1,430
§ 22% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th29
Median31
75th32
§ 8% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 62%SAT SUBMIT 22%ACT SUBMIT 8%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants17,147reported count
Admits10,60762%
Class seats1,66116% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants17,14710,60762%1,661School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 16%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Wait list attrition

23% joined after being offered a spot. 35% of students who joined were admitted. 24% of applicants were offered the wait list.

Exact wait-list data
Wait-list data
MetricValue
Offered a wait-list spot4,079
Accepted a wait-list spot948
Admitted from wait list328
Joined after being offered23%
Admitted after joining35%

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ Factors this school weighs
First generation: Very ImportantLegacy: Very ImportantGeography: Very ImportantState residency: Very ImportantDemonstrated interest: Very Important
§ Demonstrated interest

This school marks applicant interest as Very Important. Read yield and wait-list behavior with that policy in mind.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Limited merit profile
No-need grant recipients463Average no-need grant reported; recipient count not reported
Avg no-need grant$13,691H2A first-year full-time students with no financial need
Avg net price$41,943Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio10EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
10640ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate62%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
17173ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
1655ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
1662ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate16%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile29ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile31ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile32ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate8%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile660ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile700ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile740ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile620ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile670ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile720ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate22%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded1793DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded84DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded1940DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$819COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$57,952COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$819COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$57,952COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$79,371DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$79,371DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment7220DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment4845DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment256DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment12321DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment7476DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate83%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$6,023SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$7,551SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$5,837SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate16%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate47%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate16%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityWashingtonHD2024.CITY
ControlPrivate not-for-profitHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameAmerican UniversityHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category10,000 - 19,999HD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPrivate not-for-profit, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleCity: LargeHD2024.LOCALE
StateDistrict of ColumbiaHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years68%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years74%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years75%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate88%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time75%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate63%EF2024D.RET_PCP
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$77,370
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
75%
6-year completion
Average net price
$41,943
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$22,750
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$51,260$51k
MEDIAN
$77,370$77k
P75
$112,884$113k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$23,233
$30,001 – $48,000
$20,444
$48,001 – $75,000
$26,035
$75,001 – $110,000
← MODAL BRACKET$30,063
$110,001 and up
$53,673
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
68%
6-yr grad
75%
8-yr grad
80%
Retention
88%
Pell grad
75%
Transfer
0%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.