American University of Health Sciences

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for American University of Health Sciences

American University of Health Sciences operates as a private for-profit institution located in Signal Hill, California (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 351 students of which 469 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. American University of Health Sciences is categorized as “26” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 50.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. Net price data is not yet reported, with published in-state tuition of $24,575 and a Pell grant recipient share of 45.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $40,326, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, and the first-year retention rate is 100.0%. Graduates earn a median of $93,610 ten years after enrolling, compared with $111,064 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 13700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 74.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.