American University Graduate Programs

American University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Washington, District of Columbia. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

2,199 Master's Degrees

394 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is American University?

Contact details for The American University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4400 Massachusetts Ave Nw, Washington, DC 20016-8001
Phone:	202-885-1000
Website:	www.american.edu

American University Graduate Student Diversity

6,048 Graduate Students

63% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,048 graduate students at The American University, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of American University graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	304
Black or African American	790
Hispanic or Latino	579
White	2,705
International Students	640
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,030

Geographic Diversity

District of Columbia students aren't the only ones who study at American University. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 134 countries are represented at The American University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

American University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
International Relations & National Security	16	486	7	509
Law	0	0	317	317
Public Administration	0	220	3	223
Educational Administration	0	111	28	139
Legal Research	0	124	2	126
Public Policy	0	105	0	105
Homeland Security	0	104	0	104
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	21	66	0	87
Business Administration & Management	2	81	0	83
Communication & Media Studies	0	78	5	83
Economics	2	50	10	62
Natural Resources Conservation	0	50	0	50
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	0	45	0	45
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	42	0	42
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	0	42	0	42
Information Science	0	38	0	38
Human Resource Management	5	32	0	37
Philosophy	0	36	0	36
Public Relations & Advertising	0	33	0	33
Political Science & Government	3	27	2	32
History	0	27	4	31
Health & Physical Education	2	29	0	31
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	25	4	29
Journalism	0	28	0	28
Accounting	6	21	0	27
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	26	0	26
Marketing	0	25	0	25
Fine & Studio Arts	0	25	0	25
Writing Studies	0	23	0	23
Special Education	0	18	0	18
General Psychology	0	17	0	17
Audiovisual Communications	0	16	0	16
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	14	0	14
Anthropology	1	13	0	14
Security Science and Technology	13	0	0	13
Public Health	0	12	0	12
Computer Science	0	10	0	10
International Education	2	8	0	10
Other Statistics	10	0	0	10
General Biology	0	9	0	9
Finance & Financial Management	0	9	0	9
Statistics	3	6	0	9
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	8	8
Sociology	0	8	0	8
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	3	4	7
International Business	0	7	0	7
Taxation	0	7	0	7
Arts & Media Management	1	6	0	7
Real Estate	0	6	0	6
Data Science	0	6	0	6
Design & Applied Arts	0	6	0	6
Biotechnology	0	5	0	5
Literature	0	4	0	4
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	3	0	3
Teaching English or French	0	2	0	2
Legal Professions (Other)	0	2	0	2
Chemistry	0	2	0	2
Other Public Administration	2	0	0	2
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	1	0	0	1
Applied Mathematics	0	1	0	1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0	0
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Computational Science	0	0	0	0
Data Analytics	0	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0
Other Social Sciences	0	0	0	0
Dance	0	0	0	0
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	0
Music	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	90	2,199	394	2,683

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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