by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
American InterContinental University - Online was awarded 49 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, AIU Online is ranked #622 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when AIU Online held the #649 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
AIU Online also holds the #11 spot on the Best Colleges in Arizona ranking.
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If you are worried about getting into American InterContinental University - Online, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at American InterContinental University - Online is 40 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 17% rate at American InterContinental University - Online is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 11% for first-time, full-time students at AIU Online, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 12,830 undergraduates at AIU Online with 11,471 being full-time and 1,359 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,849 | $14,592 | $16,234 | $17,146 | $17,548 |
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 Online, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At AIU Online, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $6,247 a year. That adds up to $24,988 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at AIU Online is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for AIU Online are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2200 E Germann Road, Suite 100, Chandler, AZ 85286 |
| Phone: | 877-701-3800 |
| Website: | https://www.aius.education/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 2,749 | $43,528 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 502 | $35,862 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 385 | $40,754 |
| Computer Information Systems | 232 | $51,687 |
| Homeland Security | 214 | NA |
| Human Resource Management | 115 | NA |
| Public Health | 105 | NA |
| Educational Administration | 66 | NA |
| General Education | 59 | NA |
| Computer Science | 38 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 14,333 students took at least one online class at American InterContinental University - Online. This is an increase from the 13,480 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 14,333 | 14,333 |
| 2021-2022 | 13,480 | 13,480 |
| 2020-2021 | 15,415 | 15,415 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,777 | 8,777 |
Learn more about online learning at American InterContinental University - Online.
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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