About American Public University System

American Public University System (APUS) is a private, for-profit, online learning institution that is composed of American Military University (AMU), American Public University (APU) and Hondros College of Nursing. APUS is wholly owned by American Public Education, Inc., a publicly traded private-sector corporation (Nasdaq: APEI). APUS maintains corporate and academic offices in Charles Town, West Virginia and administrative offices in Manassas, Virginia. APUS offers associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees, in complement to dual degrees, certificate programs and learning tracks.

Despite its name, APUS is not a public institution and is not a allocation of the U.S. government or the U.S. military. In 2018, the school paid $270,000 to the make a clean breast of Massachusetts like an study by the state’s attorney general into allegations that it misled potential students.

Approximately 56% of APUS students reported that they served in the military on active faithfulness at initial enrollment. About 55,000 military bolster members gain tuition assistance (TA) for APUS schools. Another 16,702 use their GI Bill assistance for the schools.

Charles Town is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, and is also the county seat. The population was 5,259 at the 2010 census. It is named for its founder Charles Washington, youngest brother of President George Washington.