The American University is an educational institution. It offers programs in academic fields such as American studies, anthropology, art, biology, chemistry, computer science and information systems, economics, education, finance and real estate, government, health and fitness, history, international business, journalism, justice, law, and society, language and foreign studies, literature, management, marketing, mathematics and statistics, performing arts, philosophy and religion, physics, psychology, public administration, public communication, sociology, visual media, and women's and gender studies. The schools and colleges of the university include College of Arts and Sciences, Kogod School of Business, School of Communication, School of International Service, School of Public Affairs, and Washington College of Law. The university was established in 1893 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia. It has endowment assets worth $157.3 million.
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