private for profit industry online learning genre online distance education online higher education founded 2008 headquarters united states of america usa laguna hills california parent allied business schools inc. divisions allied schools allied national high school website allied american university allied american university aau is a for profit university located in laguna hills california that offers online learning degree and certificate programs . allied american university was founded in 2008 and received national accreditation by the distance education accrediting commission deac in that same year . presently the university offers bachelor s and associate degree programs in business administration criminal justice general studies and allied health . allied american university offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 certificate programs for career or skill enhancement . since 2009 for the sixth consecutive year g.i. jobs magazine has ranked allied american university as one of the top military friendly schools along with other top tier universities trade schools and colleges across the country . 1 allied american university was also named a top school in military advanced education s guide to colleges and universities for three consecutive years 2 contents 1 history 2 accreditation 3 academics 4 admissions and financial aid 5 references history edit allied american university is the higher education division of allied business schools inc. also known as allied schools . allied schools is a pioneer of online distance learning education serving the distance education market since 1992 and online learning since 1996 . since 2008 aau has provided education programs for in demand careers preparing aau graduates to be competitive in the employment market . the classroom student to teacher ratios are kept small approximately 10 1 to provide a more focused and effective learning environment . allied is scheduled to close at the end of 2016 . accreditation edit allied american university is nationally accredited by the distance education accrediting commission deac . deac is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency under the u.s. department of education . aau is licensed to operate by the bureau of private postsecondary education bppe . as of march 11 2013 allied american university has been recognized as a candidate for accreditation by the accrediting commission for senior colleges and universities of the western association of schools and colleges wasc . this status is a preliminary affiliation with the commission awarded for a maximum period of four years . candidacy is an indication that the institution is progressing toward accreditation . candidacy is not accreditation and does not ensure eventual accreditation . academics edit bachelor s degree programs business administration criminal justice general studies associate degree programs business administration criminal justice general studies medical office management certificate programs management marketing office management business homeland security private security medical administrative assisting medical billing medical coding pharmacy technician admissions and financial aid edit aau applicants are eligible for both pell grants and federal student loans . the university offers military students discounted tuition rates as well as granting service members transfer credit for some of the military education they may have received while in the service . allied american university students wishing to enroll into aau programs are required to successfully complete the aau new student orientation . the orientation course is offered at no cost to the student and is a non semester credit course . students are required to successfully complete the orientation course prior to the start of their first semester . references edit allied american university named as one ... . allied american university named a top school ... . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allied american university & oldid 710268204 categories distance education institutions based in the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 march 2016 at 23 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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