Student Population at American

The following chart compares American's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in District of Columbia.

American has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 11,329 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in District of Columbia average (6,265 students).

The below chart compares the student population between American University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,592 male and 7,729 female students attending American. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.59 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at American.

At American University, 2,717 students (22.05% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 895 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 45 students live in District of Columbia where American University is located in and 691 students have enrolled from other states.