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American InterContinental University - Atlanta was awarded 8 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice and corrections, general.
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AIU Atlanta landed the #1,712 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when AIU Atlanta held the #2,127 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 68 colleges in Georgia, AIU Atlanta is ranked at #50.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into American InterContinental University - Atlanta since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
At AIU Atlanta, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 8 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
The freshmen retention rate of 33% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at American InterContinental University - Atlanta. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from AIU Atlanta have a four-year graduation rate of 38%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,312 undergraduates at AIU Atlanta with 1,003 being full-time and 309 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of AIU Atlanta, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At AIU Atlanta, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $6,534 a year. That adds up to $26,136 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for AIU Atlanta are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 500 Embassy Row, Atlanta, GA 30328 |
| Phone: | 404-965-6500 |
| Website: | www.aiuniv.edu/online-campus/campus-locations/atlanta |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 228 | $43,528 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 79 | $35,862 |
| Computer Information Systems | 28 | $51,687 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 26 | $40,754 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 20 | NA |
| Music | 9 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 7 | NA |
| Accounting | 5 | $46,628 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 5 | NA |
| Instructional Media Design | 1 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 999 students took at least one online class at American InterContinental University - Atlanta. This is a decrease from the 1,125 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 999 | 924 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,125 | 1,035 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,357 | 1,205 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,687 | 1,540 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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