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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 2024-25 (specifically: October 31, 2024), except as noted.

Enrollment by Faculty and Percent by Gender Fall 2024-25

Faculty	Enrollment	Female%	Male%
Undergraduate level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	370	64%	36%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	2,171	54%	46%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	2,548	41%	59%
Faculty of Health Sciences	295	77%	23%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	169	77%	23%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	1,120	45%	55%
Total	6,673	50%	50%
Graduate level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	115	80%	20%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	522	68%	32%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	335	46%	54%
Faculty of Medicine	118	71%	29%
Faculty of Health Sciences	188	70%	30%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	148	78%	22%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	369	47%	53%
Total	1,795	61%	39%
Post Graduate level
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	24	79%	21%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	71	62%	38%
Faculty of Medicine	24	88%	12%
Faculty of Health Sciences	14	79%	21%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	10	70%	30%
Total	143	71%	29%
Professional
Faculty of Medicine	412	51%	49%
online Graduate
Faculty of Health Sciences	31	81%	19%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	120	31%	69%
Total	151	41%	59%

Enrollment by Residency

	Lebanese	Arab World	Europe	USA	Others
Undergraduate	5,630	467	131	356	89
Graduate	1,486	163	23	53	70
Post Graduate	120	14	1	2	6
Professional	337	29	4	39	3
TOTAL	7,573	673	159	450	168
ONLINE	126	18	1	3	13

Graduation and Retention Rates for Undergraduates by Faculty

Faculty	Graduation Rate (%)	Retention Rate (%)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	91%	96%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences(Excluding Freshmen)	90%	96%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	97%	98%
Faculty of Health Sciences	93%	93%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	76%	100%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	93%	96%
All AUB	92%	97%

Freshman retention rate is 81%

Graduation rate is the percentage of the initial 2018 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 2023-24 (or the preceding summer term) and were enrolled fall 2024-25.

Undergraduate Grade Point Average By Faculty And Level Fall 2024-25 Registered Students

Faculty	Freshman	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	4th Year	5th Year	All
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences		2.83	3.22	3.33			3.08
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	2.97	3.16	3.42	3.48			3.25
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture		3.17	3.23	3.47	3.63	3.9	3.33
Faculty of Health Sciences		3.11	3.3	3.51			3.28
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing		2.96	3.17	3.63			3.19
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business		2.96	3.14	3.34			3.07
Average	2.97	3.09	3.25	3.46	3.63	3.90	3.20

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).	$ (academic year)	$ (academic year)
Total Scholarships/Grants	$	$
Self-Help
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)	$
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)	$
Total Self-Help	$
Parent Loans
Parent Loans	$

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	700	585	1,285	20%	80%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	693	632	1,325	39%	87%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	734	645	1,379	36%	93%
Faculty of Health Sciences	681	611	1,292	57%	100%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	670	560	1,230	14%	86%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	701	604	1,305	30%	70%

Applications, Acceptances, and Enrollments by Faculty and Level Fall 2024-25

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	298	152	51%	97	64%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	2,423	1,527	63%	731	48%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	2,319	1,127	49%	683	61%
Faculty of Health Sciences	410	166	40%	96	58%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	163	71	44%	40	56%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	845	545	64%	338	62%
Total	6,458	3,588	56%	1,985	55%
Graduate Level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	257	136	53%	42	31%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	910	505	55%	195	39%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	522	259	50%	122	47%
Faculty of Medicine	254	124	49%	55	44%
Faculty of Health Sciences	337	210	62%	105	50%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	121	92	76%	57	62%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	708	416	59%	204	49%
Total	3,109	1,742	56%	780	45%
Post Graduate
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	47	16	34%	11	69%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	55	15	27%	10	67%
Faculty of Medicine	56	8	14%	7	88%
Faculty of Health Sciences	16	3	19%	3	100%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	3	2	67%	2	100%
Total	177	44	25%	33	75%
Professional
Faculty of Medicine	307	154	50%	117	76%

International Students by Faculty Fall 2024-25

Faculty	Number	Percent International Enrolled (%)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	74	15%
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	596	21%
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	313	11%
Faculty of Medicine	94	17%
Faculty of Health Sciences	87	18%
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	32	10%
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	246	17%
All AUB	1,415	16%

Tuition Fees 2024-25

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