Main Address
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016-8001 (202) 885-1000
www.american.edu
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Admission Office4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016-8001 (202) 885-6000 Fax: (202) 885-6014 Contact: Sharon Alston Director of Admissions
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Type of School
- Private
- University
- Four-year
- United Methodist Church
- Coed
- Percent applicants admitted: 51%
- Regionally accredited
- Unspecified Regional Accreditation
- College Board member
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Calendar:
Semester
Degrees offered:
- Associate
- Bachelor's
- Master's
- Doctoral
- First Professional
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Setting
- Suburban setting
- Very large city (over 500,000)
- Residential campus
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- Degree-seeking undergrads: 5,788
- First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,223
- Graduate enrollment: 3,693
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1st-year students:
- 12% In-state students
- 88% Out-of-state students
- 0% Part-time students
- <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
- 5% Asian/Pacific Islander
- 5% Black/Non-Hispanic
- 4% Hispanic
- 67% White/Non-Hispanic
- 2% Non-Resident Alien
- 16% Race/ethnicity unreported
- 47% in top 10th of graduating class
- 82% in top quarter of graduating class
- 98% in top half of graduating class
- 30% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
- 23% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
- 23% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
- 17% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
- 7% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
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