Partnerships, Affiliations, and Agreements
As an institution, APUS embraces and supports lifelong learning for its students, staff, and faculty. It is our belief that memberships and affiliations with organizations in our community help to ensure that:
- Our curriculum is relevant and current
- We maximize the use of new technologies
- Our students, faculty, and staff are given the opportunity to learn about and apply the latest developments in their fields
- Faculty, staff, and students are afforded networking opportunities within their field
In addition to professional partnerships, institutions of higher education often enter into agreements with other colleges and universities or organizations in order to facilitate ease of transfer of credit and academic planning. These agreements can be designed several different ways. A cooperative agreement—this might also be called an Articulation Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)—indicates some level of partnership between the organizations and details the obligations and responsibilities of each party. An articulation agreement specifies exactly how transfer credit will be accepted from one institution to another, and how it will be applied to a degree program. These agreements may be written in terms of specific courses or entire programs. Agreements such as these not only ease transfer between two schools; they also offer the student an opportunity to more effectively plan their academic career and minimize a loss of credit. Additional details regarding academic partnerships can be found at the transfer credit evaluation center.
APUS will accept transfer credit for non-traditional learning as recommended by the American Council on Education or as validated by CLEP or DANTES exams. In order to fully recognize training that may be applicable to an academic degree, APUS has evaluated several military education programs in several areas and agreed to award academic credit above and beyond that which is recommended by the American Council on Education.
APUS has developed partnerships, affiliations, or agreements with the following institutions or organizations. When noted the relationship is specific to AMU or APU, otherwise it applies to the entire university system.
- A-T Solutions, Inc. (Anti-Terrorism Training & Consulting Solutions, Inc.)
- Advanced Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) Analyst Boot Camp (ABC)
- Advisory Councils on Military Education (ACME’s)

- Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
- Air University Associates to Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU ABC)Cochise College
- Allen County Community College
- American Sport Education Program (ASEP)

- American Trucking Association (ATA)

- Anne Arundel Community College (AACC)
- Arapahoe Community College
- Army Management Staff College - Basic Course
- Army Management Staff College - Intermediate Course
- Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO)

- Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA)

- Barton County Community College
- Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET)
- Bay Mills Community College
- Blue Ridge Community & Technical College
- Brookhaven
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Military Post Blast Investigative Techniques
- Butler Community College
- Cedar Valley
- Central College*
- Century College
- Cloud County Community College
- Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) Training Academy
- Coffeyville Community College
- Colby Community College
- College of the Siskiyous
- Colorado Community College System
- Colorado Northwestern Community College
- Community College of Denver
- Council of Colleges and Military Educators (CCME)

- Cowley County Community College and Area Vocational-Technical School
- CRA, Inc. - USMC Antiterrorism Officer Level II
- Cuyamaca College
- Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
- Dallas County Community College District
- Danville Community College
- Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
- Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES)

- Defense Threat Reduction University
- Department of Homeland Security
- Doctrine Networked Education & Training (DOCNET) - Joint Doctrine Courses
- Dodge City Community College
- FBI National Academy Associates (FBINAA)

- FBI National Academy Associates Youth Leadership Program
- FBI University Education Program

- Feather River Community College
- Firefighter Certifications
- Florida Community College at Jacksonville
- Fort Huachuca Military Intelligence School (MIS)
- Fort Peck Community College
- Fort Scott Community College
- Fraternal Order of Police University

- Frederick Community College
- Front Range Community College
- Garden City Community College
- Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS) Crew Advancement Program (CAP)
- Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS) Engineering Crew Advancement Program (ECAP)
- Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS) Kings Point, NY graduate
- Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS) Kings Point, NY undergraduate
- GoArmyEd
- Goodfellow Air Force Base
- Grossmont College
- Highland Community College
- Houston Community College District
- Human Resource Certification Institute
- HUMINT Training - Joint Center of Excellence (HT-JCOE)
- Hutchinson Community College and Area Vocational School
- Independence Community College
- Institute for Supply Management - Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)
- Inter-American Defense College
- International Association For Intelligence Education (IAFIE)

- International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

- Labette Community College
- Lamar Community College
- Lockheed Martin Center for Security Analysis
- Lone Star College System
- Los Angeles Police Department University (LAPDU)

- Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department University

- Marine Corps Academic Explorer (AeX)

- Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies - Pacific Maritime Institute (MITAGS-PMI) Workboat Mate Program
- Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS)
- Morgan Community College
- Mountain View
- National Association of Institutions for Military Education Services (NAIMES)

- National Connections Academy

- National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

- National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA)

- National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Assistance Centers

- National Military Intelligence Association (NMIA)

- National Registry of Food Safety Professionals (NRFSP) Food Safety Manager Certification
- National Strength and Conditioning Association- Certification Commission (NSCA-CC)

- Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Training Academy
- Navy College Program Distance Learning Partnership (NCPDLP)

- Neosho County Community College
- Norco College
- North Lake
- Northeast College*
- Northeastern Junior College
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy - In Service Training Courses
- Northwest Arkansas Community College
- Northwest College*
- Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
- Peace Operations Training Institute (POTI) - previously known as UNITAR-POCI
- Pikes Peak Community College
- Pratt Community College
- Pueblo Community College
- Red Rocks Community College
- Redlands Community College
- Richland
- Riverside City College
- Riverside Community College
- Ruckee Meadows Community College
- Sault College
- Sergeants Major Academy
- Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC)

- ServSafe® - Food Protection Manager Certification
- Seward County Community College
- Solano Community College
- Southeast College*
- Southern Police Institute

- Southwest College*
- The Community College of Baltimore County
- The Fast Track - Sergeant Exam Preparation Course
- The Logistics Institute
- The Peace Operations Training Institute
- Thomas Nelson Community College
- Trinidad State Junior College
- Truckee Meadows Community College
- U.S. Air Force CCAF Health Apprentice Course
- U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology
- U.S. Air Force, 17th Training Group, Goodfellow Air Force Base graduate
- U.S. Air Force, 17th Training Group, Goodfellow Air Force Base undergraduate
- U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Law Enforcement Academy
- U.S. Department of State Seabee Fundamentals Course
- U.S. Department of State Security Technical Specialist (STS) Fundamentals Course
- U.S. Marine Corps - Corporals Noncommissioned Officers Program (L9K)
- U.S. Marine Corps Civilian Police Agency Training Academies

- US Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
- USMC Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

- Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association (WCPA)
