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 2019-20 (specifically: May 19, 2020), except as noted.

Enrollment by Faculty and Percent by Gender Fall 2019–20

Faculty	Enrollment	Female%	Male%
Undergraduate level
FAFS	373	75%	25%
FAS	3005	54%	46%
MSFEA	2394	38%	62%
FHS	262	71%	29%
HSON	193	68%	32%
OSB	1133	48%	52%
Total	7360	50%	50%
Graduate level
FAFS	107	76%	24%
FAH	13	92%	8%
FAS	482	67%	33%
MSFEA	337	46%	54%
FEM	30	60%	40%
FM	122	80%	20%
FHS	136	87%	13%
FMH	6	67%	33%
HSON	55	80%	20%
OSB	252	50%	50%
Total	1540	64%	36%
Post Graduate level
FAS	33	73%	27%
MSFEA	86	43%	57%
FEM	12	58%	42%
FM	26	81%	19%
FHS	5	80%	20%
HSON	6	83%	17%
Total	168	58%	42%
Professional
FM	439	46%	54%

Enrollment by Residency

	Lebanese	Arab World	Europe	USA	Others
Undergraduate	5606	658	269	447	378
Graduate	1238	142	51	51	58
PhD	149	6	3	2	7
Professional	375	27	5	24	8
TOTAL	7368	833	328	524	451

Graduation and Retention Rates for Undergraduates by Faculty

Faculty	Graduation Rate (%)	Retention Rate (%)
FAFS	87%	88%
FAS	84%	81%
MSFEA	93%	95%
FHS	86%	80%
HSON	90%	80%
OSB	91%	94%
All AUB	89%	87%

Graduation rate is the percentage of the initial 2011 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 2016 (or the preceding summer term) and were enrolled fall 2017.

Student Financial Aid —University Summary

	Need-based aid (includes non-need-based aid used to meet need) US $	Non-need-based aid (excludes non-need-based aid used to meet need) US $
Scholarships/Grants
Institutional: endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition-funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).	34,525,651 (academic year)	1,038,654 (academic year)
Total Scholarships/Grants	34,525,651	1,038,654
Self-Help
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)	3,381,422
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)	82,956
Total Self-Help	3,464,378
Parent Loans
Parent Loans	137,941

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.

Student Academic Achievement

Undergraduate Grade Point Average by Faculty and Level
Fall 2019-20 Registered Students

Faculty	Freshman	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	4th Year	5th Year	ALL
FAFS
FAS
MSFEA
FHS
HSON
OSB
Average

No data can be provided for this section since this year we have introduced /4 scale grade and we will have /100 population and /4 scale student population with no conversion table adopted at the university at this time.

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
FAFS	590	531	1120	10%	60%
FAS	637	567	1230	24%	73%
MSFEA	707	599	1307	28%	88%
FHS	626	566	1193	16%	70%
HSON	581	526	1106	41%	82%
OSB	621	552	1173	10%	61%

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

Applications, Acceptances, and Enrollments by Faculty and Level Fall 2019–20

Faculty	Applied	Accepted	Accepted%	Registered	Yield %
Undergraduate Level
FAFS	1373	611	45%	71	12%
FAS	8438	3072	36%	908	30%
MSFEA	5657	1098	19%	461	42%
FHS	1692	669	40%	84	13%
HSON	545	227	42%	56	25%
OSB	1655	1117	67%	235	21%
Total	19360	6794	35%	1815	27%
Graduate Level
FAFS	247	120	49%	30	25%
FAH	52	22	42%	4	18%
FAS	743	319	43%	101	32%
MSFEA	408	172	42%	67	39%
FEM	37	21	57%	10	48%
FM	304	118	39%	46	39%
FHS	560	123	22%	44	36%
FMH	9	4	44%	3	75%
HSON	71	23	32%	15	65%
OSB	510	209	41%	112	54%
Total	2941	1131	38%	432	38%
Post Graduate
FAS	31	6	19%	6	100%
MSFEA	57	19	33%	16	84%
FEM	10	2	20%	1	50%
FM	27	6	22%	4	67%
FHS	17	2	12%	2	100%
HSON	5	2	40%	2	100%
Total	147	37	25%	31	84%
Professional
FM	232	139	60%	120	86%

International Students by Faculty Fall 2019–20

Faculty	Number	Percent International Enrolled (%)
FAFS	97	20%
FAH	1	8%
FAS	1139	32%
MSFEA	372	13%
FEM	6	14%
FM	87	15%
FHS	100	25%
HSON	34	13%
OSB	300	22%
All AUB	2136	22%

Tuition Fees 2019-20

FAS – Faculty of Arts and Sciences
FAFS – Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
FAH – Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Health Sciences
MSFEA – Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
FEM – Faculties of Engineering and Medicine
FHS – Faculty of Health Sciences
FM – Faculty of Medicine
HSON – Rafic Hariri School of Nursing
OSB – Suliman S. Olayan School of Business

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