American University

Washington, DC

american.edu
47%Admission RateSelective
1392Avg SATAbove Average
78%Graduation RateVery Good
86%Retention RateVery Good
13%Pell Recipients
162Programs

Programs162

Bachelor's Degree

Accounting$65,381*$24,875 debt*Anthropology$27,806*$27,000 debtApplied Mathematics$60,930*$25,421 debt*Area Studies$43,671$27,000 debtAudiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians$19,337$20,980 debtBiochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$38,037*$25,489 debt*Biology$33,917$19,866 debtBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$58,299$24,697 debtChemistry$42,581*$24,994 debt*Communication and Media Studies$36,980$22,611 debtComputational ScienceComputer Science$92,974*$25,000 debt*Criminal Justice and Corrections$37,147$23,250 debtDance$21,879*$27,000 debt*Design and Applied Arts$33,563*$27,000 debt*Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$23,979$24,989 debtEconomics$58,151$22,625 debtEthnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies$46,206$25,000 debtFilm/Video and Photographic Arts$26,767$23,250 debtFinance and Financial Management Services$83,505$22,625 debtFine and Studio Arts$35,115$23,250 debtHistory$43,809$26,000 debtInternational Relations and National Security Studies$47,551$23,250 debtJournalism$44,387$25,000 debtLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$36,340*$27,000 debt*Literature$23,164$26,105 debtMathematics$48,772*$21,750 debt*Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies$49,486$23,000 debtMusic$26,036*$26,524 debt*Natural Resources Conservation and Research$46,780$26,905 debtNeurobiology and Neurosciences$31,687*$24,100 debt*Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)$45,790$24,375 debtPhilosophy$31,652*$23,000 debt*Physics$47,670*$23,120 debt*Political Science and Government$48,034$23,250 debtPsychology$25,773$23,799 debtPublic Health$42,194$23,452 debtPublic Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$50,026$26,442 debtReligion/Religious Studies$25,450*$26,160 debt*Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$34,497*$25,490 debt*Sociology$40,119$26,000 debt*Statistics$59,718*$16,875 debt*Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$55,625$27,000 debt

Master's Degree

Accounting$78,613Anthropology$37,519*Applied Mathematics$78,058*Area Studies$44,276*Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management$51,426Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansBilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education$69,833*Biology$43,317*Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology$87,769*Biotechnology$83,470*Business Administration, Management and Operations$99,051Chemistry$60,750*Communication and Media Studies$68,299Communication, Journalism,$55,975*Computer Science$107,251*Criminal Justice and Corrections$62,067Curriculum and Instruction$55,185*Design and Applied Arts$47,217*Economics$86,903Educational Administration and Supervision$71,635Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research$58,787*Film/Video and Photographic Arts$51,449Finance and Financial Management Services$77,804*Fine and Studio Arts$35,278Foods, Nutrition,$48,321Health and Medical Administrative Services$71,020*Health and Physical Education/Fitness$58,019History$47,616Homeland Security$70,939Human Resources Management and Services$70,943*Information Science/Studies$71,873*International Business$88,745*International Relations and National Security Studies$69,872International and Comparative Education$65,008Journalism$49,973Legal Professions and Studies$56,335*Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies$65,919LiteratureManagement Sciences and Quantitative Methods$94,453Marketing$61,077*Mathematics$59,896*Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies$58,992*Natural Resources Conservation and Research$73,531Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution$63,685Philosophy$58,030Political Science and Government$60,976Psychology$49,123*Public Administration$78,068Public Health$63,620Public Policy Analysis$67,929Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$63,727Real Estate$90,414*Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$41,249*Sociology$53,226*Special Education and Teaching$56,893*Statistics$89,500*Taxation$79,313*Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$63,886Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language$59,070*

First Professional Degree

* Estimated from similar programs