Student Population at American University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
13,885	7,917	5,968

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, 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.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	13,885	7,917	5,968
Men	5,105	2,875	2,230
Women	8,780	5,042	3,738

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 the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	13	3	10
Asian	859	248	611
Black	1,328	383	945
Hispanic	1,603	551	1,052
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	11	6	5
White	7,072	2,631	4,441
Two or more races	625	206	419
Race Unknown	881	320	561

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	1	2
Asian	519	143	376
Black	586	167	419
Hispanic	939	324	615
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	2	3
White	4,339	1,563	2,776
Two or more races	416	132	284
Race Unknown	272	97	175

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	0	0	0
Asian	1	0	1
Black	1	0	1
Hispanic	0	0	0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	9	2	7
Two or more races	1	0	1
Race Unknown	0	0	0

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 Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	13,885	1,516	2,507
Undergraduate	7,917	45	1,834
Graduate	5,968	1,471	673

Online Student Population by Locality
	District of Columbia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	137	1,319	60
Undergraduate	18	21	6
Graduate	119	1,298	54

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.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	7,586
Transfer-in Full-time	14
Regular Part-time	316
Transfer-in Part-time	1