American Military University

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**American Military University (AMU)**
Motto	"The Ultimate Weapon is an Educated Mind"
Established	1993
Type	Private, For-profit
President	Wallace E. Boston, Jr.
Students	16,000+
Location	Charles Town, West Virginia, USA
Website	www.amu.apus.edu

American Military University (AMU) is a private, for profit online learning university and a member institution of the American Public University System. It is one of the oldest and largest online universities.

AMU is one of the nation’s largest providers of higher education to the U.S. Armed Forces and offers one of the most comprehensive military studies and national security curriculum outside the Department of Defense. The University System is both regionally and nationally accredited by federally recognized accrediting agencies.

AMU's corporate office is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, with administrative support offices located in Manassas, Virginia.

1 Student Profile
2 History
3 Academic programs
4 Faculty
5 Accreditation
6 External links

[edit] Student Profile

Enrollment: 16,000+
Undergraduate: 71%
Graduate: 29%
Working adults in the military, public safety and national security sectors, and more
69% are active duty, from all branches of service; 31% are civilian or other military
Geographic: As an online university, students are studying from all 50 states and 130 countries.

[edit] History

AMU's origins reach back to Jim Etter, a Marine Corps officer who taught at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The University was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia on June 11, 1991. At its launch, AMU enrolled 18 students in 22 courses and offered only graduate degrees.

[edit] Academic programs

American Military University offers more than 100 Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's and Certificate programs.

The the most popular programs are the Associate Degree in General Studies, Criminal Justice, Information Technology Management, Strategic Intelligence, Management , Homeland Security, Intelligence Studies, Business Administration, Sports and Health Management and Psychology.

[edit] Faculty

Fifty full-time faculty and more than 275 adjunct faculty deliver a student to faculty class ratio of 7:1. Faculty members combine relevant theory with real-world experience.

Their academic credentials include such institutions as the University of Chicago, University of Southern California, University of Notre Dame, Stanford University, Cambridge University, and Harvard University.

Many have served extensively in the armed forces or are executives in government, business and non-profit organizations, including the United Nations, the State Department, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

[edit] Accreditation

American Military University — and later American Public University System — has been nationally accredited since 1995 by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council. In May 2006, American Public University System earned regional accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).