unitid 449339 · Charles Town, WV · private for-profit 4-year · town (fringe)
American Public University System
- enrollment 2023
- 95,970
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
40,074
100th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
25%
undergrads on Pell grants
13th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
57%
finish within 150% time
62nd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$18,768
4th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$9,597
after aid, aided students
1st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$44,409
after entry, Title IV students
69th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$21,743
59th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,335 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k53%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k12%
- 75-110k12%
- 110k+9%
- Median family income
- $22,614
- First-generation students
- 53%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,400
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 1,808 | $74,073 | $20,490 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 1,612 | $64,517 | $6,125 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 1,202 | $89,766 | — |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 662 | $53,537 | $8,358 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 571 | $69,844 | $19,000 |
| Homeland Security. | 516 | $75,928 | $19,552 |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations. | 473 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 455 | $55,115 | $19,312 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 410 | $94,292 | $24,564 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 317 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 315 | $57,549 | $23,141 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 306 | $67,242 | $23,875 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.