Why anyone goes to American U is beyond me. The school is expensive and not a good academic reputation.
It has a prime location in the heart of the progressive American Empire. If it were located anywhere else, it would be like any other failing, low-level, leftist puppy mill. I took a tour with one of my children 5 years ago. Even a brief visit showed me the place ran thick with stupid left-wing sloganeering and every nonsense social-justice theme that exists. Its academics were not at all impressive, and Yes, and it is indeed super-expensive.
In the ‘60’s, it was a recruiting ground for the State Department. Lots of grads got good jobs with that agency. A relative of mine who got hired right out of AU did 40 years and retired extremely well off.