Students

This section includes information covering the students' enrollment, admission, tuitions, graduation and retention, academic achievement and financial aid.

Statistics are given as of the fall term of academic year 2020-21 (specifically: October 15, 2020), except as noted.

Enrollment by Faculty and Percent by Gender Fall 2020-21

Faculty	Enrollment	Female%	Male%
Undergraduate level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	353	73%	27%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	2409	53%	47%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	2179	38%	62%
Faculty of Health Sciences	259	70%	30%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	204	70%	30%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	1107	47%	53%
Total	6511	49%	51%
Graduate level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	130	75%	25%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	435	67%	33%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	351	47%	53%
Faculty of Medicine	120	70%	30%
Faculty of Health Sciences	125	82%	18%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	52	83%	17%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	317	49%	51%
Total	1530	60%	40%
Post Graduate level
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	32	75%	25%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	92	46%	54%
Faculty of Medicine	24	79%	21%
Faculty of Health Sciences	7	86%	14%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	9	89%	11%
Total	164	60%	40%
Professional
Faculty of Medicine	452	47%	53%

Enrollment by Residency

	Lebanese	Arab World	Europe	USA	Others
Undergraduate	5119	579	181	334	299
Graduate	1264	166	26	40	70
Post Graduate	140	9	5	3	7
Professional	394	33	3	15	7
TOTAL	6917	787	215	392	383

Graduation and Retention Rates for Undergraduates by Faculty

Faculty	Graduation Rate (%)	Retention Rate (%)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	96%	97%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences(Excluding Freshmen)	86%	87%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	93%	91%
Faculty of Health Sciences	98%	88%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	93%	94%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	91%	87%
All AUB	93%	90%

Freshman retention rate is 77%

Graduation rate is the percentage of the initial 2012 cohort who completed the program in six years or fewer.
Retention rate is the percentage of the cohort of all full-time bachelor (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered the institution as new first-time students in fall 2017 (or the preceding summer term) and were enrolled fall 2018.

Undergraduate Grade Point Average By Faculty And Level Fall 2019-20 Registered Students

Faculty	Freshman	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	4th Year	5th Year	All
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences		2.84	3.19	3.32	3.35		3.14
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	3.03	3.12	3.29	3.35			3.23
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture		3.14	3.3	3.34	3.39	3.5	3.3
Faculty of Health Sciences		3.12	3.2	3.36			3.22
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing		2.89	3.39	3.4			3.14
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business		3.15	3.19	3.19			3.17
Average	3.03	3.10	3.26	3.31	3.39	3.5	3.24

Student Financial Aid —University Summary

	Need-based aid (includes non-need-based aid used to meet need)	Non-need-based aid (excludes non-need-based aid used to meet need)
Scholarships/Grants
Institutional: endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition-funded grants, awarded by the university, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).	$39,400,000 (academic year)	$1,109,272 (academic year)
Total Scholarships/Grants	$39,400,000	$1,109,272
Self-Help
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)	$1,690,155
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)	$133,909
Total Self-Help	$1,827,733
Parent Loans
Parent Loans	$164,865

Need-based scholarship or grant aid: scholarships and grants from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have financial need to qualify.
Non-need-based scholarship or grant aid: scholarships and grants, gifts, or merit-based aid from institutional or other sources (including unrestricted funds or gifts and endowment income) awarded solely on the basis of academic achievement, merit, or any other non-need-based reason.
Need-based self-help aid: loans and jobs from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must demonstrate financial need to qualify.

First Year’s Admission Profile by Faculty

Faculty	AVG MATH	AVG VERBAL	AVG SAT I	Percent in Top Tenth of High School Graduating Class	Percent in Top Half of High School Graduating Class
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	573	496	1069	8%	75%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	648	567	1212	26%	74%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	690	582	1270	28%	89%
Faculty of Health Sciences	615	520	1134	20%	67%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	564	490	1057	37%	78%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	615	540	1156	9%	62%

Data above is from new SAT scores which are not equivalent to old SAT scores

Applications, Acceptances, and Enrollments by Faculty and Level Fall 2020-21

Given the many permutations possible of a multiple-choice admissions process, the following representation is meant to give a prospective student the best indication of the chances of her or him being accepted into the preferred major. It also gives the faculty/school an indication of its ability to attract these students to register. Applicants are the number of students registered, plus the number of students accepted into their highest priority major who did not register, plus the number of students who were not accepted based on their highest priority major. Accepted students include the number of registered students plus the number of students accepted into their highest priority major. Registrants are those who registered in the faculty/school indicated. Note : Freshmen are counted here
Faculty	Applied	Accepted	Accepted%	Registered	Yield %
Undergraduate Level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	106	103	97%	58	56%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	1944	1601	82%	605	38%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	1369	998	73%	355	36%
Faculty of Health Sciences	215	135	63%	56	41%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	151	98	65%	52	53%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	504	381	76%	176	46%
Total	4289	3316	77%	1302	39%
Graduate Level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	206	172	83%	35	20%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	462	290	63%	113	39%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	367	269	73%	137	51%
Faculty of Medicine	157	86	55%	46	53%
Faculty of Health Sciences	222	180	81%	42	23%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	36	27	75%	8	30%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	556	430	77%	221	51%
Total	2006	1454	72%	602	41%
Post Graduate
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	30	8	27%	5	63%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	42	6	14%	5	83%
Faculty of Medicine	23	4	17%	1	25%
Faculty of Health Sciences	23	2	9%	2	100%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	10	3	30%	3	100%
Total	128	23	18%	16	70%
Professional
Faculty of Medicine	273	133	49%	119	89%

International Students by Faculty Fall 2020-21

Faculty	Number	Percent International Enrolled (%)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	86	18%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	811	28%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	359	14%
Faculty of Medicine	81	13%
Faculty of Health Sciences	92	24%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	32	12%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	311	22%
All AUB	1772	20%

Tuition Fees 2020-21

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