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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.

1,917 Master's Degrees
388 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is American University?

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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

6,389 Graduate Students
63% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,389 graduate students at The American University, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 349
Black or African American 829
Hispanic or Latino 680
White 2,975
International Students 574
Other Races/Ethnicities 982

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.

Online Learning at American University

1,516 Took All Classes Online
4,023 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 4,023 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at The American University has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 4th most popular in District of Columbia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of The American University majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions 3%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 51%
Social Sciences 1%

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 15 349 3 367
Law 0 0 320 320
Public Administration 1 155 8 164
Legal Research 3 128 5 136
Educational Administration 0 117 13 130
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 27 93 0 120
Business Administration & Management 9 83 0 92
Economics 6 49 14 69
Communication & Media Studies 0 65 1 66
Homeland Security 0 64 0 64
Public Policy 1 63 0 64
Health & Physical Education 2 51 0 53
Information Science 0 51 0 51
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 44 0 44
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 42 0 42
Accounting 9 30 0 39
Human Resource Management 2 34 0 36
History 0 30 6 36
Natural Resources Conservation 0 35 0 35
Public Relations & Advertising 0 34 0 34
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 1 32 0 33
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 29 0 29
Finance & Financial Management 0 26 0 26
Philosophy 0 26 0 26
Political Science & Government 1 19 3 23
Marketing 0 20 0 20
General Psychology 0 19 0 19
Fine & Studio Arts 0 19 0 19
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 16 2 18
Arts & Media Management 1 17 0 18
Audiovisual Communications 0 17 0 17
Anthropology 2 10 5 17
Journalism 0 16 0 16
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 16 0 16
Public Health 0 16 0 16
International Business 1 13 0 14
Taxation 3 8 0 11
Writing Studies 0 11 0 11
Special Education 0 10 0 10
International Education 3 6 0 9
Teaching English or French 0 9 0 9
Other Statistics 9 0 0 9
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 5 3 8
Statistics 2 6 0 8
Communication & Journalism (Other) 0 5 0 5
Computer Science 0 5 0 5
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 5 5
Sociology 0 5 0 5
Biotechnology 0 4 0 4
Real Estate 2 2 0 4
Educational Assessment 0 4 0 4
Security Science and Technology 4 0 0 4
Design & Applied Arts 0 3 0 3
General Biology 0 2 0 2
Literature 0 2 0 2
Ethnic Studies 2 0 0 2
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 1 0 1
Area Studies 1 0 0 1
Chemistry 0 1 0 1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 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
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 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
Other Public Administration 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Music 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 107 1,917 388 2,412

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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