American University Student Population

How many students at American? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 13,885 students have enrolled in American University with 7,917 undergraduate and 5,968 graduate students.

By gender, 5,105 male and 8,780 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

1,516 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,507 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

American University has a total of 13,885 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,917 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,968 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,105 male and 8,780 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,072 White, 1,328 Black, and 859 Asian students out of a total of 13,885 are attending at American University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, American has 28 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 10,358 students under 25 years old, and 4,494 students over 25 years old out of 14,852 total students.

American has 8,322 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 141 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,036 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,353 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At American University, 1,516 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,507 students are enrolled in some online courses.

137 students lived in District of Columbia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,379 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,917 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 15 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.19%.14 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1 students transferred in as part-time status.