Student Enrollment Statistics

In the fall semester of 2007, the university enrolled 5,922 students in all of its academic programs. During the 2006-2007 fiscal year 44,883 individuals were served by the non-credit programs and courses in the School of Continuing Education.

The tables below give breakdowns of the enrollment in the first semester of the academic year 2007-2008. The abbreviations are: Undergraduate Program, UG; Graduate Program, G; Diploma Program, DP; Non-degree, ND; School for Continuing Education, SCE; Center for Arabic Study Abroad, CASA; Arabic Language Institute, ALIN; Freshman, Fr; Sophomore, So; Junior, Jr; Senior, Sr; Special Status, SP STAT; Preparatory English, PREP ENG.

Enrollment Fall 2007
Academic Programs
Undergraduate		4,229
Graduate Degree		1,093
Not Seeking a Degree
Graduate Diploma		27
Center for Arabic Study Abroad		27
Arabic Language Institute		121
Non-degree and Auditors		425
The School for Continuing Education		44,883

Student Status
New students		1,849
Readmitted & Returning		4,073
Male		2,772
Female		3,150

 

Nationality		UG		G		DP		ALIN		CASA		ND		TOTAL
1.   Armenia		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
2.   Australia		1		1		0		2		0		1		5
3.   Bahrain		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
4.   Belgium		1		1		0		0		0		0		2
5.   Brazil		0		1		0		0		0		0		1
6.   Bulgaria		0		0		0		0		0		1		1
7.   Cameroon		1		1		0		0		0		0		2
8.   Canada		8		11		1		1		0		5		26
9.   Chile		2		0		0		0		0		0		2
10. Congo Kinshasa		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
11. Cyprus		0		0		0		0		0		1		1
12. Czech Republic		0		0		0		0		0		1		1
13. Croatia		2		0		0		0		0		0		2
14. Denmark		0		1		0		0		0		1		2
15. Ecuador		0		1		0		0		0		1		2
16. Egypt		3861		881		12		3		0		37		4794
17. Ethiopia		0		2		0		0		0		1		3
18. France		6		3		0		2		0		0		11
19. Gambia		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
20. Georgia		0		0		1		0		0		0		1
21. Germany		10		3		1		0		0		6		20
22. Ghana		0		2		0		0		0		0		2
23. Greece		4		1		0		0		0		0		5
24. Guatemala		2		0		0		0		0		0		2
25. Guinea		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
26. Hong Kong		0		1		0		0		0		0		1
27. Hungary		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
28. Iceland		0		1		0		0		0		0		1
29. India		6		1		1		4		0		1		13
30. Iran		2		0		0		0		0		0		2
31. Iraq		4		6		0		0		0		0		10
32. Ireland		0		0		0		0		0		1		1
33. Italy		0		2		0		1		0		2		5
34. Japan		2		3		0		10		0		3		18
35. Jordan		52		2		0		0		0		0		54
36. Kenya		0		1		1		0		0		1		3
37. Korea		2		1		0		1		0		0		4
38. Kuwait		2		1		0		0		0		0		3
39. Lebanon		6		0		0		0		0		0		6
40. Libya		2		0		0		0		0		0		2
41. Maldives Republic		0		0		1		0		0		0		1
42. Mauritius		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
43. Mexico		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
44. Mongolia		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
45. Morocco		0		1		0		0		0		0		1
46. Nigeria		1		4		0		1		0		0		6
47. Norway		1		1		0		5		0		9		16
48. Oman		3		0		0		0		0		0		3
49. Pakistan		4		0		0		2		0		2		8
50. Palestine		38		11		0		0		0		0		49
51. People Rep. of China		2		2		0		0		0		0		4
52. Peru		0		1		0		0		0		0		1
53. Poland		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
54. Qatar		1		1		0		0		0		0		2
55. Saudi Arabia		45		7		0		0		0		1		53
56. Singapore		0		0		0		0		0		1		1
57. South Africa		1		0		0		0		0		1		2
58. South Korea		1		3		0		0		0		1		5
59. Spain		6		3		0		1		0		1		11
60. Sri Lanka		2		0		0		0		0		0		2
61. Sudan		17		3		1		0		0		0		21
62. Sweden		4		0		0		0		0		0		4
63. Switzerland		3		0		1		0		0		3		7
64. Syria		10		3		0		0		0		0		13
65. Taiwan		0		1		0		0		0		0		1
66. Tanzania		1		0		0		0		0		1		2
67. Thailand		2		1		0		0		0		0		3
68. Turkey		1		2		0		0		0		2		5
69. Uganda		1		3		0		0		0		1		5
70. United Emirates		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
71. United Kingdom		7		3		0		2		0		4		16
72. U.S.A.		82		112		7		86		27		335		649
73. Yemen		10		2		0		0		0		0		12
74. Yugoslavia		0		1		0		0		0		0		1
TOTAL		4229		1093		27		121		27		425		5922

 

 

Program  of Study		PREP ENG		FR		SO		JR		SR		SPSTAT		G		TOTAL
Accounting		7		9		44		38		20		0		0		118
Actuarial Science		0		4		7		6		4		0		0		21
Anthropology		0		0		2		8		3		0		0		13
Arabic Language Institute		0		0		0		0		0		121		0		121
Arabic Studies		1		2		0		0		1		0		47		51
Architectural Engineering		2		27		7		1		0		0		0		37
Art		1		14		13		22		10		0		0		60
Biology		2		17		14		6		9		0		0		48
Biotechnology		0		0		0		0		0		0		19		19
Business		9		97		108		122		130		0		200		666
Administration
Center for Arabic		0		0		0		0		0		27		0		27
Study Abroad
Chemistry		0		8		9		4		4		0		0		25
Computer Engineering		4		13		4		4		0		0		0		25
Computer Science		6		51		34		24		64		0		79		258
Construction		13		77		52		33		61		0		29		265
Engineering
Economics		6		32		32		43		30		0		41		184
Economics-		0		0		0		0		0		0		48		48
International Development
Egyptology		0		3		7		0		2		0		0		12
Electronics		10		32		45		38		78		0		0		203
Engineering
Engineering		6		13		0		0		0		0		21		40
English &		0		6		6		7		6		0		15		40
Comparative Literature
Environmental		0		0		0		0		0		0		8		8
Engineering
European Studies		0		0		0		0		0		2		0		2
Forced Migration		0		0		0		0		0		13		0		13
& Refugee Studies
Gender and		0		0		0		0		0		0		13		13
Women’s Studies
International		0		0		0		0		0		0		47		47
Human Rights Law
Islamic Studies		0		0		0		0		0		6		0		6
Journalism		13		104		98		152		104		0		78		549
and Mass Communication
Master of Laws		0		0		0		0		0		0		52		52
Master of Public		0		0		0		0		0		0		17		17
Policy and Administration
Mathematics		1		0		4		3		3		0		0		11
Mechanical		12		58		51		63		102		0		23		309
Engineering
Middle		0		8		2		3		0		0		72		85
East Studies
Modern History		0		1		10		14		5		0		0		30
Non-Degree		0		0		0		0		0		425		0		425
Petroleum Engineering		1		2		0		0		0		0		0		3
Philosophy		0		2		3		4		4		0		0		13
Physics		0		2		8		5		4		0		18		37
Political Science		7		63		67		64		60		0		125		386
Psychology		0		13		16		15		14		0		0		58
Master of Public		0		0		0		0		0		0		11		11
Administration
Sociology		0		2		3		7		6		0		0		18
Sociology/		0		0		0		0		0		0		36		36
Anthropology (Masters)
TAFL		0		0		0		0		0		0		47		47
TEFL		0		0		0		0		0		0		47		47
Television Journalism		0		0		0		0		0		6		0		6
Theater		0		5		4		5		4		0		0		18
Undeclared		191		941		250		12		0		0		0		1394
TOTAL		292		1606		900		703		728		600		1093		5922

Graduates

The American University in Cairo awarded 833 bachelor’s degrees and 249 master’s degrees in the academic year 2006-2007. Of the 833 undergraduate degrees, 129 were awarded with honors, 120 with high honors, and 62 with highest honors.