American University (AU or American) is a private, coeducational, liberal arts curriculum, doctoral,[5] and research-based university in Washington, D.C., United States, affiliated with the United Methodist Church,[5] although the university's curriculum is secular. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on February 24, 1893 as "The American University," when the bill was approved by President Benjamin Harrison.[6][7] Roughly 7,200 undergraduate students and 5,230 graduate students a...