American Public University?

[Charles Fout]

Pretty sure it's more common for online-only schools to be thought of as "not real" than it is for anyone to get penalized for attending an online program from a B&M school. But even that stigma is disappearing, especially since 2020.

The 'correct' answer to "Are you from New Jersey?"/"Did you live in New Jersey?" would be something like:
No, I simply took a look at all options available to me and I decided that TESU was the school best suited to helping me meet my goals. I chose them for X, Y, and Z reasons after discussing it over with graduates of TESU.

Or change it to New York/Excelsior, etc., depending on where the degree is from.

Though I never felt the need to specifically state that American Military University is a distance learning only institution, I never tried to obscure that fact either. Nor do I ever state that I've never been to South Africa when I refer to my UNISA studies. Regarding location, silly as it is, I am pleased that my American Military University Diploma and first official transcript state "Commonwealth of Virginia," and not "Commonwealth of West Virginia." On many modern application platforms the location of American Military University/American Public University is auto-filled as "Charles Town, West Virginia." Now Charles is a wonderful name for a university town.

[harrypotter]

They offer masters that for profits never offer like history & space studies - at a good price too

[Bookahen]

It seems like they offer some interesting options, especially with their credit transfer policy and online format.

[Charles Fout]

It's been twenty-two years since I was awarded my American Military University (AMU) Bachelor of Arts degree. Mine was among the first graduation years to award undergraduate degrees. Procedures may have changed. When I enrolled at AMU all undergraduate students were required to take a course called RQ295-Foundations of Online Learning. In this course, we submitted our transcripts and requested transfer credit. RQ-295 was also a placement assessment for writing. I found it to be a very good process. After RQ-295, we were notified of which credits were accepted. I was able to transfer the maximum amount of credits. At the time it was 90 semester hours. The dozen or so classes I completed at AMU were straightforward - complete an assignment or two - and (sometimes) complete a proctored exam.
I have nothing but good things to say about my AMU experience.

[avasilevski]

From where do you take courses to get to 90 credits, currently, I can find them on sophia.com, study.com, straighterline.com, and Clep and that makes it somewhere around 20-30. How do you get to 90 credits? (I am enrolled in CS)

[bjcheung77]

From where do you take courses to get to 90 credits, currently, I can find them on sophia.com, study.com, straighterline.com, and Clep and that makes it somewhere around 20-30. How do you get to 90 credits? (I am enrolled in CS)

Good questions... It's actually Sophia.org as Sophia.com goes to another site, as you mentioned, a mix/match combo of Sophia.org, Study.com and CLEP/MS will get you to the 90 credits as there are general education and electives that go towards APU degrees, regardless of your CS major or another major. Create a spreadsheet of the requirements, review their transfer guides (if any), map it out with all transferable classes from each. If you need help, fill us in with your overall picture or scenario of your situation by completing the addendum and template here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Area-works

[Charles Fout]

From where do you take courses to get to 90 credits, currently, I can find them on sophia.com, study.com, straighterline.com, and Clep and that makes it somewhere around 20-30. How do you get to 90 credits? (I am enrolled in CS)

We each have our own story.
Upon graduation from high school, I attended Saint  Joseph's college, Rensselaer, Indiana, for a year and a half. I quit and joined the Navy for no good reason.  Sadly, Saint Joe's is no longer in operation. I hold myself responsible. Sometimes I wonder - would Saint Joe's still be in operation if I had stayed to graduate.    Many years ago, When I was still a very young Sailor, City University Bellevue, Washington, granted me an Associates degree (General Studies) based on credits earned at Saint Joseph's College and a single CLEP test. I had served many years in the Navy, by the time I enrolled with American Military University. I accumulated far more than the maximum 90 transferrable credits via military training, experience, and various exams, University of Maryland (on base classes), and Saint Joseph's College. It was a fun dilemma choosing which ones to apply toward my degree.