Ashford University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 35.8%
Students with Pell grants: 31.1%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $47,447
After 5 years: $46,956
Majors(55 programs)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(1,863 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(832 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(492 graduates)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.(483 graduates)
- Health and Medical Administrative Services.(438 graduates)
- Human Resources Management and Services.(274 graduates)
- Behavioral Sciences.(245 graduates)
- Education, General.(204 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(180 graduates)
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems.(164 graduates)
- Management Information Systems and Services.(156 graduates)
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.(129 graduates)
- Sociology.(113 graduates)
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.(101 graduates)
- Finance and Financial Management Services.(88 graduates)
- Marketing.(63 graduates)
- History.(61 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(59 graduates)
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(58 graduates)
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.(55 graduates)
- Real Estate.(53 graduates)
- Library Science and Administration.(51 graduates)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.(49 graduates)
- Journalism.(43 graduates)
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research.(41 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(39 graduates)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.(34 graduates)
- Social Sciences, General.(34 graduates)
- Business/Managerial Economics.(27 graduates)
- Anthropology.(25 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(24 graduates)
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.(23 graduates)
- International Business.(23 graduates)
- Educational/Instructional Media Design.(22 graduates)
- Special Education and Teaching.(21 graduates)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.(20 graduates)
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language.(17 graduates)
- Public Administration.(15 graduates)
- Gerontology.(12 graduates)
- Military Applied Sciences.(9 graduates)
- Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies.(8 graduates)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.(5 graduates)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.(5 graduates)
- Computer Engineering.(1 graduates)
- Sustainability Studies.(1 graduates)
- Computer Science.
- Computer Software and Media Applications.
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.
- Education, Other.
- English Language and Literature/Letters, Other.
- Biology, General.
- Visual and Performing Arts, General.
- Design and Applied Arts.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 23,734 students
Retention Rate: 30.6%
Graduation Rate: 8.8%
Student Demographics
White (39.8%)
Hispanic (21.4%)
Black (28.2%)
Asian (2.7%)
Two or More (4.4%)
International (0.2%)
Gender Distribution
Men (38.1%)
Women (61.9%)