American University Rankings 2025

About American University

American University was founded in 1893. It is a private institution. The setting of this university is suburban and it has a campus of nearly 84 acres. It has a QS World University Ranking of #711-720 (2024). It also has a Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking of #601-800 for 2024. It is ranked at #105 in National Universities (2024) by U.S. News.  

This university is situated in the neighborhood of Washington DC and has been following a liberal arts educational style for several years. This university is also a co-educational institution. It was chartered by Congress in the years 1914 and 1983. For the first time, in the middle of the 19th century, Bishop John Fletcher bought 90 acres of farmland for building a national university. The university was established on the same. The university first opened with 28 students. Among those 28 students, four of the students were women. The office campus of the university is specially designed for providing services to students who live in different regions of America. This university has been offering a wide range of courses to the students for their residential learning and community programs. Apart from this fact, the most significant point is that the university has been offering various types of internships to students for several years.

American University World Rankings 

Subject Wise Ranking

According to Times Higher education or THE, the subject-wise rankings are as follows: 

• 401 for Arts and Humanities
• 301-400 for Social science
• 501-600 for Business and Economics
• 70 for Law
• 251-300 for Education
• 501+ for psychology

Employability Ranking 

According to CWUR’s rankings for 2022-2023, the employability ranking of American University is #374.

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