Program Payoff

American University

Washington, District of Columbia. 13 certificate and associate programs, private, nonprofit. 13 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in District of Columbia.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services Undergraduate certificate $24,250 not published $82,750
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Undergraduate certificate $22,673 not published
Political Science and Government Undergraduate certificate $23,250 not published $175,720
Managers, All Other
Anthropology Undergraduate certificate not published $175,720
Managers, All Other
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Undergraduate certificate not published $175,720
Managers, All Other
Data Analytics Undergraduate certificate not published $126,140
Management Analysts
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $109,970
Interpreters and Translators
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs Undergraduate certificate not published
International/Globalization Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $152,530
Political Scientists
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree not published $78,890
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Philosophy Undergraduate certificate not published $156,730
Natural Sciences Managers
Statistics Undergraduate certificate not published $126,490
Data Scientists
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language Undergraduate certificate not published $96,580
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.