- The Inkwell
- California
- American University of Health Sciences
Signal Hill, CASuburb: largeZIP 90755Founded 1994
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1994
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other health professions
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1998
- Website
- www.auhs.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
American University of Health Sciences
American University of Health Sciences is a private for-profit university in Signal Hill, California, with 351 undergraduates. It admits 50% of applicants.
—graduate
Admission rate50%
Retention100%
Pell Grant share49%
Federal loans83%
—net price / year
50%admission rate
—average SAT
—graduate in 6 years
$113,922median earnings, 10 yrs
$42,378median debt
#23 of 1,704 for earnings#247 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $24,800
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $24,800
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 50%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college50%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college100%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Pell share · this college49%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- —within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- —
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 77%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $103,879
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $113,922middle 50%: $81,655–$140,126
- Median debt at graduation
- $42,378
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$140,126
Median, American University of Health Sciences$113,922
Lower quarter$81,655
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 351
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 73% / 27%
- Average age at entry
- 29.3
- First-generation students
- 35%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 49%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 49%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,448 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,563
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White3.7%
Hispanic29%
Black10%
Asian45%
Two or more races2.9%
U.S. nonresident2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander4.0%
Unknown0.9%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 433004. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q30293747.