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American Public University System is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. Charles Town is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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American Public University System Rankings

Out of the 12 colleges in West Virginia, American Military University is ranked at #2.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

American Military University has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#103 Best Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at American Military University.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best History Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Wildlife Management Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best History Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#3 Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#3 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#5 Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#9 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#14 Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards American Military University has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#3 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools College Factual
#8 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools College Factual
#8 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools College Factual
#8 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools College Factual
#9 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools College Factual
#47 Best Healthcare Schools Healthcare Degree Search

Where Is American Public University System?

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Contact details for American Military University are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 111 W Congress St, Charles Town, WV 25414
Phone: 877-755-2787
Website: www.apus.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPublicU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmericanPublicU

American Public University System Graduate Student Diversity

40% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,685 graduate students at American Military University, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of American Public University System graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 279
Black or African American 1,611
Hispanic or Latino 1,079
White 5,296
International Students 138
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,282

Geographic Diversity

West Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at American Public University System. At this time, 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at American Public University System

50,047 Took All Classes Online
50,047 Took At Least One Class Online
0.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 50,047 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at American Military University has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the most popular in West Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of American Military University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time graduate tuition at American Public University System was $6,600 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how American Military University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Accounting #1 #1
Entrepreneurial Studies #1 #1
General Business/Commerce #1 #1
Mechanical Engineering Technology #1 #1
Non-Professional General Legal Studies #1 #1
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences #1 #1
Intelligence & Command Control Operations #1 #1
Other Military Tech & Applied Sciences #1 #1
Cultural Studies & Analysis #1 #1
International Studies #1 #1
Natural Resources & Conservation #1 #1
Natural Resources Conservation #1 #1
Political Science & Government #1 #1
Public Policy #1 #1
Transportation & Materials Moving #1 #1
Air Transportation #1 #1
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods #4 #4
Information Technology #4 #4
Student Counseling #4 #1
Public Health #4 #4
Legal Professions #4 #4
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities #4 #4
Liberal Arts General Studies #4 #4
Natural Resource Management #4 #4
General Psychology #4 #1
International Relations & National Security #4 #4
Public Administration #4 #4
Computer & Information Sciences #6 #6
Engineering Technologies #7 #7
Health & Medical Administrative Services #7 #7
Psychology #7 #4
Public Administration & Social Service #7 #7
Health Professions #10 #7
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #10 #7
General Education #12 #9
Educational Administration #13 #10
Nursing #13 #7

Online Growth Rankings of American Military University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at American Public University System was 0.9%. This is the #435 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at American Military University regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of American Military University majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Education 8%
Educational Administration 45%
General Education 27%
Health & Medical Administrative Services 42%
Human Resource Management 82%
Natural Resource Management 29%
Public Administration & Social Service 9%
Public Policy 24%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at American Military University ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Other Military Tech & Applied Sciences #1
Cultural Studies & Analysis #3
Mechanical Engineering Technology #4
Wildlife Management #4
Transportation & Materials Moving #5
Air Transportation #5
Non-Professional General Legal Studies #6
Natural Resource Management #8
Computer Programming #10
International Studies #10
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences #14
Intelligence & Command Control Operations #14
Public Policy #20
International Relations & National Security #24
Political Science & Government #24
Natural Resources Conservation #28
General Business/Commerce #31
History #32
History #32
Natural Resources & Conservation #39
Other Education #49
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities #49
Liberal Arts General Studies #49
Legal Professions #58
Engineering Technologies #59
General Psychology #59
Health & Physical Education #63
Entrepreneurial Studies #65
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods #69
Student Counseling #69
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies #70
Homeland Security #71
General Education #73
Criminal Justice & Corrections #102
Social Sciences #103
Public Health #110
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #138
Public Administration #139
Information Technology #156
Instructional Media Design #158
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting #163
Psychology #175
Accounting #191
Human Resource Management #193
Health & Medical Administrative Services #212
Public Administration & Social Service #219
Nursing #229
Computer & Information Sciences #269
Educational Administration #277
Education #498

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

American Public University System Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 88 888 976
Homeland Security 47 223 270
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 39 230 269
History 47 177 224
Health & Physical Education 12 198 210
Information Technology 38 149 187
Criminal Justice & Corrections 29 148 177
International Studies 15 113 128
Natural Resource Management 8 111 119
General Psychology 0 93 93
Public Administration 0 88 88
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6 59 65
Public Health 0 64 64
General Education 0 44 44
Political Science & Government 0 34 34
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 33 33
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 31 31
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 30 30
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 27 27
Accounting 1 25 26
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 22 22
Public Policy 0 17 17
Nursing 0 16 16
Natural Resources Conservation 14 0 14
Wildlife Management 14 0 14
General Business/Commerce 13 0 13
Human Resource Management 11 0 11
Educational Administration 2 9 11
Cultural Studies & Analysis 8 0 8
Student Counseling 0 3 3
Instructional Media Design 2 0 2
Other Education 2 0 2
Computer Programming 1 0 1
Other Military Tech & Applied Sciences 0 0 0
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0
Air Transportation 0 0 0
TOTAL 397 2,832 3,229

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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