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Welcome to our archive of links to news and information about admissions at American University.

Bleak admissions stats at American University for fall 2024 freshman class…Applications down 14% since 2020...Admit rate nearly 62%, up from 26% in 2016...Yield rate 15.7%, lowest since 2005...
Oops: AU admissions office erroneously emails students to say they had been admitted to the honors program…"Unprofessional"...

Whatever it takes to fill the class…Admit rate climbs from 26% in 2016 to 64% in 2021...As yield rate falls from 33% to 19%...While freshman class nearly doubles in size since 2005...Raw data here...
AU becoming less selective…38% admit rate in 2020...Up from 26% in 2016...

American University receives fewer applications, admits more freshmen vs. last year…
American University ties its 2nd lowest admit rate…29%…