American Public University?

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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.

Just to clarify… West Virginia is a State, not a Commonwealth.  There are only four states that are considered a “Commonwealth”.  Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Virginia.    When West Virginia seceded from Virginia, they decided to join the Union and not retain the commonwealth status.