American University Reviews

"Great people. Small program where everyone knows everyone. Cons: not many recruiters because Kogod has small MBA program, MBA program not ranked which makes it tougher to compete with other schools"

"Pros: Quality of MBA program, MBA experience Cons: Support for extracurricular clubs (club council) needs improvements."

"The School of Public Affairs has a Graduate Gateway Program to aide students with both Graduate School and a career path. This is a good program because it provides students with an internship in which has the potential to lead to a full time position. The professors actively seeks to help students in a seminar and one-on-one sessions. The negative side to this program is it does not accept FAFSA so students are forced to seek out private loans or third party scholarships to fund the cost of tuition and housing."

"Very Support Staff. Interactive Classes. Area is safe, student body friendly. A bit secluded from city social life, but close to public transportation. Program offers flexibility in structure degree ( International Development) to have more specialized and reflective of your interests."

"Very good university. The School of International Service has great faculty. I cannot think of any cons."

"Pro:Great location and access to network. Con: Very Expensive location"

"Lots of networking with relevant, upcoming and highly recognized published writers, publishers, academics and lecturers. Nice links with local DC writing scene. Could be more diverse, but they definitely seem to be interested this year in recruiting interested international and minority students."

"DC is expensive, but this is a very good program."

"American was a great supplement to my teaching experience"

"The professors at WCL are excellent. They generally want you to succeed and excel. The full-time professors are almost always available to students and willing to work with hectic schedules. Adjuncts (of which there are many) are generally less available and can be unresponsive to student attempts at contact outside of the classroom. The campus is very safe, located in the middle of a sleepy, upscale neighborhood in NW DC. AU has an excellent alert system when there are safety concerns. To put it frankly, OCPD needs to do more. Their job is to help us get jobs, and they can't seem to do it. The population of the school makes technological resources inadequate. Printers are constantly breaking, on busy days it can be impossible to get on and stay on the internet. There seems to be little, if any, difference in the workload of the 2 credit courses and 4 credit course- both have extreme amounts of reading and work associated with them (one justifiably). DC is an extremely expensive city to live in and the cost of living provided by AU for the purposes of financial aid, is extremely low. Unless you are in the top 5% of the class and diverse, there is no way that you are going to be awarded a scholarship from the school's scholarship program."

"Most of the faculty will always try to help you. When I look for classes, if I'm on the fence between one class or another, I look at the teacher. If the teacher's good, the class will be even better. And the networking opportunities inherent with a program and faculty like AU's are astounding. They all want you to get published and do well. They're available to help with just about anything consistently."

"Despite student complaints, some (clearly) unqualified instructors continue to teach at this institution."

"American University is a great school if you are looking for something close to DC that still has a campus feel. The school offers great career advising and internship opportunities, free technology courses and resources, a number of social clubs to get involved in and weekly campus events ranging from film screenings to diversity seminars. What impressed me most, is that my professors work professionally in the field as well as teach. They are a wealth of knowledge and a valuable resource."