American University Student Population and Demographics

American Student Population

There are 12,321 students including 7,476 undergraduate and 4,845 graduate students at American University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 10,136 full-time and 2,185 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,592 male and 7,729 female students.

American University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 895 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

American University has a total enrollment of 12,321 with a gender distribution of 37.27% male (4,592 students) and 62.73% female (7,729 students). There are 2,823 male and 4,653 female students in undergraduate school and 1,769 male and 3,076 female students are attending graduate school at American University.

Student Population By Gender
American University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	12,321	4,592	7,729
Undergraduate	7,476	2,823	4,653
Graduate	4,845	1,769	3,076
Full-time	10,136	3,805	6,331
Part-time	2,185	787	1,398

[Chart] American University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

American University has 10,136 full-time and 2,185 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,220 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 256 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,916 students are full-time and 1,929 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
American University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	12,321	10,136	2,185
Undergraduate	7,476	7,220	256
Graduate	4,845	2,916	1,929
Men	4,592	3,805	787
Women	7,729	6,331	1,398

[Chart] American University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At American University, 895 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,822 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 12,321 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,184 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,533 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
American University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	12,321	7,476	4,845
Online Exclusively	895	24	871
In Some Online Classes	1,822	1,160	662
Not In Online Classes	9,604	6,292	3,312

[Chart] American University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at American University. There are 6 American Indian/Native American, 6,136 White, 1,187 Black/African American, 819 Asian, 1,618 Hispanic, 7 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 514 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
American University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	12,321	4,592	7,729
American Indian/Native American	6	2	4
Asian	819	232	587
Black/African American	1,187	354	833
Hispanic	1,618	575	1,043
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	1	6
White	6,136	2,363	3,773
Two More	601	186	415
Race Un-Known	832	328	504

[Chart] American UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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