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American University - Washington

American University - Washington
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016

Official telephone: (202) 885-1000
Website: https://www.american.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 6,730
Full-time undergraduates: 6,517
Part-time undergraduates: 213
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
7.7% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
10.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
16.6% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
53.9% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.3% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
4.7% Nonresident Alien
0.3% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
Percent of students who live in school housing: 54%
Percent of students who live off campus: 46%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's baseballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rock climbingyes 
Women's sailingyes 
Women's skiing (cross-country)yes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's water poloyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; baseball; basketball; crew; equestrian sports; field hockey; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; wrestling; rowing; sand volleyball; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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