AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

WASHINGTON, DC

• 213 H-1B petitions approved, FY2009–FY2026
• Denial rate 2.3% across 218 decisions
• Initial petitions: 112 approved, 4 denied
• 7 certified PERM labor certifications
• Median PERM wage $100,000
• Roles sponsored: Assistant Professor (tenure line, humanitarian crises), Assistant Professor (tenure-line, management), Assistant Professor (tenure-line, comparative politics), Assistant Professor (tenure-line, cybersecurity and privacy), Assistant Professor (Public Admin. and Policy, tenure-line)
• Matches the pattern of an employer exempt from the annual H-1B numerical limits

H-1B figures are from the USCIS Employer Data Hub; PERM figures from Department of Labor disclosure data. Both are counts of past adjudications, not predictions about any future petition. Employers are matched by name, so a single legal entity can appear more than once.

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Data updated October 2, 2026