American National University
Salem, VA · For-profit · Midsize suburb · ANU · National College
For-profit institution in Salem, VA · 643 undergraduates · $26,370 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 5%Pell Grant share
- Top 12%Median graduate debt
- Top 15%Out-of-state tuition & fees
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $20,2151,091st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,735656th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $10,735311th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $24,065631st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $12,814218th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $26,3701,907th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,8301,875th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 26.3%1,832nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 71.4%1,159th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 6431,594th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1608th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 71.5%110th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 153 mi (CLT)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 6 of 6 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $30,409 | $31,670 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | $28,598 | — |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | $34,704 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to American National University’s 643 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In VA
- Hollins UniversityRoanoke, VA · 673 undergrads
- Bluefield UniversityBluefield, VA · 683 undergrads
- Ferrum CollegeFerrum, VA · 745 undergrads
- Bon Secours Memorial College of NursingRichmond, VA · 527 undergrads
- Randolph CollegeLynchburg, VA · 520 undergrads
- Eastern Mennonite UniversityHarrisonburg, VA · 800 undergrads
Elsewhere
- SANS Technology InstituteNorth Bethesda, MD · 643 undergrads
- Bethany CollegeBethany, WV · 642 undergrads
- Northwest UniversityKirkland, WA · 642 undergrads
- Southeastern College-West Palm BeachWest Palm Beach, FL · 644 undergrads
- Texas CollegeTyler, TX · 644 undergrads
- Chowan UniversityMurfreesboro, NC · 638 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitean.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 232797)
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- Compare with Hollins UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: American National University vs Hollins UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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