American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia
- Private for-profit
- Town
- 40,074 undergrads
- Online only
- Admit rate
- Open admissionSource: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $11,116per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 59%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $41,32010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
All undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students receive required textbooks and course ebooks at no cost through the University Book Grant.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- Open admissionAdmits nearly everyone who applies.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $11,116full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $19,691sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $8,400Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 59%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 97%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $41,32010 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,277federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 40,074Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 29%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 53%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Also worth a look
- University of Houston Houston, TX — admits 74%
- The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX — admits 87%
- Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN — admits 78%
- Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ — admits 67%
- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA — admits 75%
- California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA — admits 94%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for American Public University System, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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