American University

Washington, DC · IPEDS UNITID 131159 · Common Data Set 2019-20 to 2025-26

In 2025-26: 20,960 applied, 13,741 admitted (65.6%), 1,545 enrolled. ✓ matches IPEDS; ! differs from IPEDS (the college filed different numbers in the two places, or see the verification table).

Common Data Set year2019-202020-212022-232023-242024-252025-26
Applied18,545 ✓20,036 ✓19,510 ✓17,786 ✓17,154 ✓20,960
Admitted6,691 ✓7,744 ✓7,926 ✓8,427 ✓10,613 ✓13,741
Admit rate36.1%38.7%40.6%47.4%61.9%65.6%
Enrolled1,8561,6621,545
Yield22.0%15.7%11.2%
Waitlist offered4,6865,1589,1467,3124,0794,928
Waitlist admitted137133884913281,182
SAT 25th–75th1220–13801220–13901290–14201300–14401300–14301320–1440
ACT 25th–75th27–31 ✓27–32 ✓29–32 ✓29–32 ✓29–32 ✓30–33
Average GPA3.79
Early decision offeredYesYesYesYesYesYes
Tuition$50,542$50,542$55,724$57,952$60,270$62,680
Tuition, in-state
Tuition, out-of-state
Need met, average92.0%93.0%92.0%89.0%88.0%
Average aid package$40,025$41,533$45,625$47,908$53,000
Student-faculty ratio11.010.010.010.0

Every number

2019-20 JSON / CSV · 2020-21 JSON / CSV · 2022-23 JSON / CSV · 2023-24 JSON / CSV · 2024-25 JSON / CSV · 2025-26 JSON / CSV

Sources

Original filings: 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 · 2025-26. Read from the file by Claude Haiku (section by section, page images), or taken exactly from the official spreadsheet answer key where the college filed one. Each JSON row carries the method and the IPEDS verification status.