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The Department of Defense Now Provides Funding for Military Spouses!

DoD’s Military Spouse Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) program provides up to $6,000 to military spouses who are interested in pursuing degree programs, licenses or credentials leading to future employment or enhancement of current job skills.  Learn more about:

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CONVENIENT

  • Flexible weekly schedules:
    Classes are 100% online, allowing you to attend school from wherever you are located around the globe. And our flexible weekly schedule with no set class meeting times allows you to manage your daily work commitments, family life, and study time.

  • More than 50 associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees relevant degrees:
    Whether you’re seeking knowledge and skills that will jump start your current career or help you transition into a completely new field, we have degree programs to meet your needs. Our students are pursuing degrees in over 30 fields including homeland security, intelligence studies, business administration, history, psychology and criminal justice.

  • Progress through your degree path faster:
    First, new courses start monthly, because we know your personal commitments don’t always align with a traditional semester schedule. Second, we offer 8 and 16 week sessions for many classes, so you have the option to take more intense, 8-week courses when your schedule allows.

  • Simple online application process.

AFFORDABLE

  • Book grant:
    If you’re pursuing an Associate or Bachelor’s degree, textbooks will be provided to you at no cost through our Undergraduate Book Grant.
  • Modest tuition:
    Earning your degree at AMU fits your budget. You’ll pay only $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses and $300 per credit hour for graduate courses. Most AMU courses are 3 credit hour courses.*

  • Federal Student Aid Accepted:
    Federal Student Aid is available to those who qualify.

  • Transfer Credits Accepted:
    We will accept up to 90 transfer credits toward a bachelor’s degree and 15 toward a master’s degree, which includes CCAF and ACE evaluated training, CLEP and DANTES DSST tests, and academy and continuing education programs.

    *Tuition for graduate courses beginning April 2010 and beyond is $300 per credit hour.

A Quality Education
  • AMU offers more than 50 online degree programs in Homeland Security, Intelligence, Emergency & Disaster Management, Business, IT Management, Transportation and Logistics Management and more.
  • More than 300 faculty members are currently serving in key positions in their field such as homeland security, counter-terrorism, emergency management, intelligence, business, management, criminal justice, sports management, IT and more.

Kimberly Gardner, AMU Faculty and Military Spouse


Meet Kimberly Gardner, AMU faculty member and military spouse for 20 years.
She understands firsthand the demands and privileges of military life.

Read her biography






Meet Lise Downing, a military spouse who is pursuing a degree in Emergency
Management at AMU to become part of the solution after the Hurricane Katrina
disaster. "AMU has allowed me to pursue a dream career in a field for which I
have great passion," she says."With help from AMU, I’m discovering my natural
talents and developing them to their full potential."

Read her story



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Meet Laura Shapland, a military spouse who is pursuing her Master's
degree in Emergency and Disaster Management. Her husband is in the
U.S. Air Force, and they have moved nine times in six years. "I know AMU
is providing me with the expertise I need to be successful", she says.

Read her story