American University's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of American University students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of American University students is 78.7%. Female students graduated at a rate of 79.7%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 76.9%.

78.7%

asian 85.3% 116 students
African American 72.1% 106 students
white 79.5% 832 students
unknown 80.0% 28 students
hispanic 77.9% 204 students
International Students 74.6% 53 students
Mixed Race 75.3% 61 students

Drop Out

American University has an overall drop-out rate of 20.9% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 22.6% and 20.0% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

20.9%

asian 14.7% 20 students
African American 27.2% 40 students
white 20.3% 213 students
unknown 17.1% 6 students
hispanic 21.0% 55 students
International Students 25.4% 18 students
Mixed Race 24.7% 20 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

0.4%

white 0.2% 2 students
hispanic 1.2% 3 students

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Taxation	$93,187	$97,907	$111,993
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$89,205	$99,458	$107,216
Economics	$62,457	$69,338	$93,099
Public Administration	$69,734	$74,953	$85,544
Public Policy Analysis	$59,308	$60,771	$80,276
Accounting and Related Services	$61,356	$69,338	$76,697
International Relations and National Security Studies	$59,460	$63,692	$73,342
Curriculum and Instruction	NA	$63,600	$72,861
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$52,793	$60,399	$70,616
Communication and Media Studies	$59,305	$64,493	$70,156
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	$48,710	$67,660	$69,142
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	$50,964	$58,673	$66,761
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$53,337	$54,852	$63,277
International and Comparative Education	$48,881	$58,943	$61,426
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$51,147	$52,941	$59,753
History	$39,634	$50,231	$56,282
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$58,228	$53,775	$54,449
Philosophy	$41,396	$50,606	$51,108
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	$47,574	$47,260	$50,579
Fine and Studio Arts	$38,845	$32,569	$39,534
Public Health	$55,617	$57,318	NA
Journalism	$43,477	$38,289	NA
Area Studies	NA	$49,058	NA
Finance and Financial Management Services	$76,001	NA	NA
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$87,167	NA	NA
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$42,901	$38,906	NA
Political Science and Government	NA	$46,087	NA
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	NA	$55,964	NA
Anthropology	$41,034	NA	NA
Educational Administration and Supervision	$61,023	NA	NA
Homeland Security	$58,107	NA	NA
Special Education and Teaching	NA	$57,995	NA
Statistics	NA	$75,706	NA
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$33,988	$31,741	NA
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	$49,550	NA	NA

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Accounting and Related Services	NA	$66,014	$76,448
Finance and Financial Management Services	$64,161	$55,512	$63,673
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$45,098	$48,432	$60,860
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$50,809	$48,725	$57,819
Economics	$48,661	$47,494	$55,731
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)	$44,628	$42,728	$55,379
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$39,002	$45,175	$55,242
Communication and Media Studies	$42,806	$45,980	$55,108
Political Science and Government	$45,217	$45,655	$54,413
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$44,939	$39,663	$52,401
Sociology	$34,261	$41,025	$51,910
International Relations and National Security Studies	$41,948	$42,469	$50,386
Public Health	$36,775	$39,369	$48,152
History	NA	$45,852	$47,146
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$28,838	$40,896	$46,726
Journalism	$40,534	$35,772	$45,987
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	$26,863	$30,771	$45,164
Psychology, General	$35,226	$32,925	$40,772
Area Studies	NA	$37,748	$40,525
Literature	$38,528	$32,563	$31,881
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$25,854	$26,739	$29,048
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	NA	$41,992	NA
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	NA	$29,685	NA
Music	NA	$29,685	NA
Design and Applied Arts	$43,551	NA	NA
Anthropology	NA	$26,933	NA
Computer Science	$73,918	$73,635	NA
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	NA	$49,136	NA
Biology, General	$33,080	$30,771	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Law	$60,267	$63,203	$78,002

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