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American University

Private liberal arts and research-based university in Washington, D.C., USA

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About

instance of	private university research university private not-for-profit educational institution
inception	1893
founder	John Fletcher Hurst
native label	American University
legal form	Domestic Act of Congress Corporation · reason for preferred rank: source considered most trustworthy · since 3 June 1891 Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
industry	higher education
language used	English
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Washington, D.C.
street address	4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016-8001
postal code	20016-8001
coordinate location	38.9371, -77.0869
official website	https://american.edu · language of work or name: English
official map URL	https://www.american.edu/aumaps/upload/main_tenley_vicinity.pdf · publication date: August 2017 · file format: PDF https://www.american.edu/about/upload/2021-campus-map.pdf · publication date: April 2021 · file format: PDF

People and numbers

count of students	12,445 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021 14,001 · September 2020
employees	3,560 · September 2020
admission rate	39% · 2020
admission yield rate	21% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

ranking	384 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 Earlier figures (1) 373 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: higher research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, no medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily residential arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in

Finances

endowment	$928,473,623 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $904,535,331 · 30 June 2021 $701,308,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$2,055,125,000 · 30 June 2020
funder	Open Society Foundations · prize money: $160,000 · award rationale: to support the development of a comparative analysis around the Chilean constitutional process · 2023 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $75,000 · award rationale: to support a Washington College of Law conference to conduct an in-depth analysis of the current state of international law pertaining to the immunity of state officials · 2023 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $250,000 · award rationale: to support the Accountability Research Center's work on citizen engagement at the World Bank · 2023 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $175,000 · award rationale: to support the Accountability Research Center’s work through learning exchanges and research incubation, dissemination, and publication · 2022 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $400,000 · award rationale: to support the Center for Media & Social Impact's Yes And ... Laughter Lab housed at American University · 2022 33 more Open Society Foundations · prize money: $200,000 · award rationale: to support the Grantee's work on establishing a network of Cuban academics outside the country as a venue to exchange ideas · 2022 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $250,000 · award rationale: to support the Accountability Research Center's work on citizen engagement at the World Bank · 2021 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $150,000 · award rationale: to provide support for the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property · 2021 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $200,000 · award rationale: to support the grantee’s Accountability Research Center in their activities to improve capacity of researchers in the Global South to generate stronger, participatory-based transparency, participation, and accountability (TPA) evidence · 2021 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $800,000 · award rationale: to support faculty from universities in the global south in preparing and launching graduate courses on gender analysis in economics in their home universities · 2021 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $50,000 · award rationale: to support a conference and workshop on care work and the economy for civil society groups · 2020 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $60,000 · award rationale: to support the Accountability Research Center's (ARC) research and work Southern civil society organizations' participation and leadership in global debt relief advocacy · 2020 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $30,000 · award rationale: to support Accountability Research Center's capacity building initiatives in monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and strategic communications · 2020 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $155,023 · award rationale: to run a series of workshops for creative content producers on human rights in Venezuela · 2020 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $25,000 · award rationale: to host a research fellow to complete a book-length analysis of Cuba’s economy and economic reforms · 2020 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $300,000 · award rationale: to support the Accountability Research Center's project on independent monitoring of the Citizen Engagement Commitments in the World Bank · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $40,000 · award rationale: To encourage cross-sector collaborative relationships between the comedy and social justice sectors · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $200,000 · award rationale: To support policy advocacy on copyright reform. · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $200,000 · award rationale: to support faculty from universities in the global south in preparing and launching graduate courses on gender analysis in economics in their home universities · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $150,000 · award rationale: to support the Grantee's Antiracist Research and Policy Center · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $50,000 · award rationale: to support the 2020 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $50,000 · award rationale: to generate and disseminate three studies to fill existing research gaps and enhance understanding of the origins, work, and impact of consent-based international anti-impunity institutions in Central America · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $300,000 · award rationale: to incorporate legal aid into government programs, policies, and initiatives at the state and local level · 2019 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $60,000 · award rationale: to analyze and enhance public understanding of the implications of establishing an international commission against corruption and impunity in El Salvador · 2018 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $300,000 · award rationale: to support the Grantee’s Accountability Research Center to enhance the generation of research on Transparency, Participation, and Accountability (TPA) · 2018 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $220,000 · award rationale: to use the rich information developed by the CWE-GAM project to advance the capacity of careworkers, migrant workers, and human rights groups in the Republic of Korea by providing training and educational materials · 2018 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $100,000 · award rationale: to support the Accountability Research Center's work on citizen engagement in World Bank Group operations · 2018 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $59,992 · award rationale: to organize the Access to Medicines Track at the 2018 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and Public Interest in Washington D.C. and to provide funding for a minimum of 20 global access researchers and advocates from low and middle income countries (LMICs) to participate in the Congress from September 24-29, 2018 · 2018 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $100,000 · award rationale: to support a one-year pilot research and monitoring initiative that will look into efforts to reduce impunity in Honduras, with a special focus on the MACCIH (Misión de Apoyo Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad en Honduras), placing it in the context of other international anti-corruption efforts for the Northern Triangle · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $421,223 · award rationale: to enhance the curricula, training, and research on gender analysis of the economy by sharing the experience of the AU Economics Department’s Program of Gender Analysis in Economics · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $150,000 · award rationale: to enhance the generation of research on Transparency, Participation, and Accountability (TPA) · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $180,000 · award rationale: to support charitable and educational activities of Technical Assistance and Civil Society Organizing on User Rights in the Digital Environment · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $24,500 · award rationale: to support a project of the Grantee's Department of Economics to assess the feasibility of developing a care-focused macromodel for economic policy simulations using data from Colombia in order to contribute to efforts to reduce gender gaps in economic outcomes, plan for demographic shifts, enhance well-being and promote sustainable development · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $25,000 · award rationale: to conduct a study on the way in which the politicized field of health metrics drives and defines the global health agenda so as to challenge the production of health data · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $350,000 · award rationale: to support the Accountability Research Center to pursue a two-year collaborative action-research project focused on enhancing public oversight and accountability of health services · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $210,000 · award rationale: to support the Anti-Torture Initiative at the Grantee's Washington College of Law to advance its mission to eliminate torture worldwide so that all people attain the full realization of human rights · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $300,000 · award rationale: to support Project CLASPP's work to incorporate legal aid into government programs, policies and initiatives at the state and local level · 2017 Open Society Foundations · prize money: $98,592 · award rationale: Protocol for Interrogation and Investigation · 2016

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	American University Museum Kogod School of Business Washington College of Law · since 1949 American University College of Arts and Sciences American University School of Communication 4 more American University School of Public Affairs School of Professional & Extended Studies American University School of International Service American University Baker School of Education
affiliation	United Methodist Church
member of	ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 LIGO Scientific Collaboration Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education Coalition for Networked Information 2 more Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
owner of	WAMU Bender Arena Katzen Arts Center
athletics program	American Eagles

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	American University Glover Gate.jpg · media legend: The front gate at American University
logo image	American University logo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

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category for employees of the organization	Category:American University faculty
described by source	New International Encyclopedia · statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/American University The New Student's Reference Work · statement is subject of: The New Student's Reference Work/American University
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social media followers	51,347 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 32433037 · 7 February 2023 6,520 · YouTube channel ID: UCu4P4G_vIIAm2bR9I3VA0FQ · 25 January 2025 Earlier figures (4) 50,611 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 32433037 · 2 March 2022 48,209 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 32433037 · 3 January 2021 46,125 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 32433037 · 14 April 2020 6,020 · YouTube channel ID: UCu4P4G_vIIAm2bR9I3VA0FQ · 1 November 2023

Identifiers in other databases (74)

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