Enrollment Trends at American

The student population at American University is 13,885 (7,917 undergraduate and 5,968 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 981 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at American is 57.02% which is increased by 618 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 363 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,516 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 643.14% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 13,687 where 13,885 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

57.02% of total students is undergraduate students and 42.98% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 618 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 363 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in American than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at American University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,904	7,299	2,961	4,338	5,605	2,241	3,364
2013-14	12,818 -86	7,340 41	2,885 -76	4,455 117	5,478 -127	2,156 -85	3,322 -42
2014-15	13,061 243	7,706 366	2,944 59	4,762 307	5,355 -123	2,104 -52	3,251 -71
2015-16	13,198 137	7,909 203	2,971 27	4,938 176	5,289 -66	2,023 -81	3,266 15
2016-17	13,346 148	7,900 -9	2,953 -18	4,947 9	5,446 157	2,095 72	3,351 85
2017-18	13,858 512	8,123 223	3,094 141	5,029 82	5,735 289	2,215 120	3,520 169
2018-19	14,311 453	8,287 164	3,189 95	5,098 69	6,024 289	2,291 76	3,733 213
2019-20	14,318 7	8,527 240	3,300 111	5,227 129	5,791 -233	2,111 -180	3,680 -53
2020-21	14,001 -317	7,953 -574	3,044 -256	4,909 -318	6,048 257	2,243 132	3,805 125
2021-22	14,852 851	8,463 510	3,147 103	5,316 407	6,389 341	2,368 125	4,021 216
2022-23	13,885 -967	7,917 -546	2,875 -272	5,042 -274	5,968 -421	2,230 -138	3,738 -283
Average	13,687	7,948	3,033	4,915	5,739	2,189	3,550

American University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,948 where 7,917 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at American University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,299	6,970	2,818	4,152	329	143	186
2013-14	7,340	6,985	2,714	4,271	355	171	184
2014-15	7,706	7,386	2,782	4,604	320	162	158
2015-16	7,909	7,540	2,796	4,744	369	175	194
2016-17	7,900	7,544	2,790	4,754	356	163	193
2017-18	8,123	7,764	2,928	4,836	359	166	193
2018-19	8,287	7,952	3,044	4,908	335	145	190
2019-20	8,527	8,207	3,138	5,069	320	162	158
2020-21	7,953	7,453	2,820	4,633	500	224	276
2021-22	8,463	8,124	2,993	5,131	339	154	185
2022-23	7,917	7,600	2,736	4,864	317	139	178
Average	7,948	7,948	2,869	4,724	7,948	164	190

American University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,739 where 5,968 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at American University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,605	3,181	1,250	1,931	2,424	991	1,433
2013-14	5,478	3,248	1,275	1,973	2,230	881	1,349
2014-15	5,355	3,082	1,165	1,917	2,273	939	1,334
2015-16	5,289	2,921	1,127	1,794	2,368	896	1,472
2016-17	5,446	3,113	1,188	1,925	2,333	907	1,426
2017-18	5,735	3,220	1,189	2,031	2,515	1,026	1,489
2018-19	6,024	3,483	1,286	2,197	2,541	1,005	1,536
2019-20	5,791	2,997	1,060	1,937	2,794	1,051	1,743
2020-21	6,048	2,943	1,092	1,851	3,105	1,151	1,954
2021-22	6,389	3,116	1,139	1,977	3,273	1,229	2,044
2022-23	5,968	3,240	1,210	2,030	2,728	1,020	1,708
Average	5,739	5,739	1,180	1,960	5,739	1,009	1,590

American University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.93%. The percentage was 50.94% 10 years ago and American still has a high percentage of white students. 6.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.56% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at American University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	41	787	964	1,155	15	6,573	381
2013-14	44	749	957	1,169	13	6,306	431
2014-15	42	806	1,045	1,283	18	6,474	470
2015-16	41	794	1,050	1,379	14	6,446	427
2016-17	27	812	1,190	1,470	11	6,886	504
2017-18	22	900	1,285	1,655	8	6,932	538
2018-19	22	877	1,302	1,730	12	6,979	539
2019-20	18	827	1,238	1,497	8	6,900	579
2020-21	19	830	1,409	1,528	13	6,763	648
2021-22	15	913	1,471	1,642	13	7,542	699
2022-23	13	859	1,328	1,603	11	7,072	625
Average	28	832	1,204	1,465	12	6,807	531

American University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,516 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 643.14% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at American University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	13,061	204	444	12,413
2015-16	13,198	563	779	11,856
2016-17	13,346	879	723	11,744
2017-18	13,858	1,244	682	11,932
2018-19	14,311	478	549	13,284
2019-20	14,318	1,307	1,508	11,503
2020-21	14,001	1,597	3,012	9,392
2021-22	14,852	1,934	5,283	7,635
2022-23	13,885	1,516	2,507	9,862
Average	13,870	1,080	1,721	11,069

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