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#61 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#82 Best Value Schools
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#90 Business Programs
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#56 Accounting
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#14 International Business
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#47 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#176 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#31 First-Year Experiences
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#7 Study Abroad
American University is ranked #77 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
56
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
100
Graduation and retention rank
82
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
80%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
89%
Social Mobility Rank
176
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
77%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
80%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
81%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.2
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
44
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
157
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
77.8%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
94%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
54.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
12:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
90
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
31%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
93
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
205
Average alumni giving rate
6.1%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
