The American University is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Its main campus spans 90 acres on Ward Circle, in the Spring Valley and Tenleytown neighborhoods of Northwest D.C.
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Location
Washington, DC, 20016-8001
38.936005, -77.088875
Accreditation
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
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