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Do not expect to get quality education or professor engagement. Expect to do nothing but write boring forum posts, and papers. The only real requirement for either of these items is that they use academic resource; which in a normal university would be easily available. Not the case with AMU. Their digital library lacks in a lot of ways. Most importantly that you can not find current books on business related topics, such as leadership. As an exercise I tried to find 25 of the top leadership books... Read More in AMU library. I had one result the came close, and it was an article of an author of one of the books being interviewed. If you are looking for a piece of paper and some additional letters after your name on the cheap, AMU is for you.

There aren't too many cons of the graduate program at APUS. The only two that I can think of are that the name is not widely recognized in the general public yet, and the curriculum is not as intensive as it would be in some of the more recognized graduate programs. The pros are extensive: very affordable, the staff is excellent with communication and flexible with work or military issues, everything is online, the website is easy to navigate and well structured and the workload is manageable for... Read More military or working individuals.

This an online only university. The staff is fantastic, especially in the graduate system. This is my second masters through APUS and the supporting administration have been exceptionally helpful through the entire process. The pros\cons are heavily in the online system and your personal discipline. I enjoyed the freedom to do classes when they I had available time and had no issues with the workload or assignments in genera. I could see how some people might be better suited for a situation that... Read More had a slightly more rigid structure.

American Public University System makes it possible for anyone to achieve your dreams! School is not out of reach if you attend here. With easy access to all study material, message boards, and teachers, learning is only a step away! Being an online program you do miss out of group projects and having a group setting of everyone meeting up and brainstorming, but as adults in the workforce that is hard to achieve anyway. I would love to see video lectures from teachers instead of just message boards.... Read More

The pros were definitely the ease with which one could log on and off at any time of the day and complete graduate level assignments around the clock in order to fit their lifestyle. This facilitated the achievement of much greater workloads while working full time. The support is amazing, with professors who have educations from prestigious institutions and have real world experience which they can pass on to you. The career and student support is unprecedented in that there were many helpful individuals... Read More especially within the graduate community, between smaller classes that communicated more effectively to faculty that can actually be involved. Also, accreditation was on par with respected institutions around the globe. The cons might include the limited accessibility to face to face interaction, and I think that every student really needs a mentor. Other cons would consist of the stigma that is associated with an online degree, even though the school is accredited just as any other institution would be. Additionally, if you are not a motivated person on your own time then the deadlines will sneak up on you fairly quickly and case you to be less successful.