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American National University is ranked #2,212 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when American National University held the #2,222 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
American National University is also ranked #63 out of 63 schools in Virginia.
If you are worried about getting into American National University, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At American National University, this rate is 40 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
The freshmen retention rate of 33% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at American National University. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 810 undergraduates at American National University with 289 being full-time and 521 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of American National University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At American National University, approximately 95% of students took out student loans averaging $6,819 a year. That adds up to $27,276 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at American National University is 9.1%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for American National University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1813 East Main Street, Salem, VA 24153 |
| Phone: | 540-986-1800 |
| Website: | https://www.an.edu/locations/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 12 | $28,799 |
| Business Administration & Management | 7 | NA |
| Nursing | 5 | NA |
| Accounting | 4 | NA |
| Information Technology | 3 | NA |
| Computer Programming | 0 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 0 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 0 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 0 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 0 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 997 students took at least one online class at American National University. This is an increase from the 931 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 997 | 995 |
| 2019-2020 | 931 | 931 |
| 2018-2019 | 799 | 387 |
| 2017-2018 | 893 | 340 |
| 2016-2017 | 820 | 211 |
Learn more about online learning at American National University.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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