Looking for opinions on American Public University?

I am just looking for opinions on American Public university as my gf is thinking of attending there to achieve her bachelors in either general studies or psychology. Thanks in advance for any replies this thread recieves. Hope all have a great week!!

 

I'm a current AMU/APU student.

I actually just got done writing a 20 page paper today - this is graduate level. I'm not sure how it is at the undergrad level, but I have been pleased with the level of rigor and quality of instruction in my program (MS Space Studies). I also like that you can complete classes quickly, since most of them are 8 weeks long.

I've been attending using federal student loans and have not had much trouble navigating that process.

So I don't think you can go wrong with AMU/APU.

 

cough Walmat cough getting bad name cough

 

cough cheap cough shot cough...wait...aren't you going to Excelsior...or...McDonalds U?


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What???? I had no idea! Next you will be telling Sonic has a deal with TESC.

 

I am just waiting for Walmart to start running TV ads about this so America will know how great they treat their workers...but in truth you right no one but us will really know to much about it.

Someone with a degree from APU/Walmart is doing a heck of a lot better than me!

 

I just woke my whole family up laughing so hard.....

And from now on this has to go next APU any time we type APU

 

thanks for the replies!!

 

Do they? Hey, if I could I would partner with a big business and gain access to 1,000's of instant potenial students.

 

See if Columbia College offers this degree.

 

I checked they offer the degree and they have a real campus and it's less expensive than APU. Five 8-week terms per year.

Dave

 

thanks for the optiions and I will definately let my gf know to check them out!! Hope all have a great week!

 

Unless your GF has lots of credit already there are low cost approaches to earning a degree - she could start by earning credits through CLEP or DSST or from low cost tuition colleges then as she approaches 90 units look for a shool to finish her degree at. This could be from one of the big three schools, AMU, or many other universities. The Excelsior BS in Liberal Studies is probably the most flexible DL degree to earn since it allow up to 59 units of professional courses.

Otherwise I understand APU is a good university and reasonable cost.

 

I like the College Columbia website. It's easy to navigate and lays everything out fairly nice.

Dave

 

I'd like to disagree with these numbers. My bet is this:
If you ask 1000 people about APU, 500 will say they've heard of them ("Didn't they get into the Sweet 16 two years ago") and 498 will be wrong in their identification. The 2 people who actually know something real about APU will know nothing about the connection with Walmart.

Degree of difficulty - - - You can't do the survey in a Walmart parking lot.

 

Why does that sound like an invented statistic?