American University

 

American University has eight schools and colleges: the School of International ServiceCollege of Arts and SciencesKogod School of BusinessSchool of CommunicationSchool of Professional and Extended StudiesSchool of Public AffairsSchool of Education, and the Washington College of Law (WCL). It has over 160 programs, including 71 bachelor’s degrees, 87 master’s degrees, and 10 doctoral degrees, as well as JDLLM, and SJD programs. AU’s student body numbers over 13,000 and represents all 50 U.S. states and 141 countries; around a fifth of students are international. It is classified among “R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity“.

American University’s alumni, faculty, and staff have included two Pulitzer Prize winners, two Nobel Prize winners, one United States Senator, 25 United States Representatives, 18 Ambassadors of the United States, and several foreign heads of state. American University is one of the top five feeder schools to the U.S. Foreign ServiceCongressional staff, and other governmental agencies.

The university owns the National Public Radio’s flagship capital affiliate, WAMU, which has been a source of nationally and internationally distributed programming such as The Diane Rehm Show and the more recent 1A, styled as “the 1A,” as in “the 1st Amendment”.

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