Many traditional colleges and universities are still reluctant to accept credits from institutions like ACPM that are entirely distance-education based. However, ACPM graduates have been accepted at both medical and physician assistant schools and we feel confident that our students will measure up to any traditional college graduates. ACPM Masters degree programs will appear later in 2001 so transfer will not be an issue with us. CHEA, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation in it's paper on Transfer and the Public Interest , issued in November of 2000, has set forth guidelines that all CHEA members should consider when considering credit transfer and degree recognition. Though we don't believe that the atmosphere will change overnight, we do believe that our credit transfer successes will improve.
Tuition is charged on a per Semester Hour basis.
This means of computing tuition was first introduced at ACPM in August 1999. In addition to tuition, students are required to separately pay for course materials. Costs that a student will incur in addition to tuition and course materials are the expense of purchasing the required computer, if a student doesn t already have one. In addition, the student will incur expenses for things like paper, videocassettes, as needed, audiocassettes, binders and postage. Beyond that, the only expense a student might encounter would be if a course were failed, in which case the tuition for the course must, once again, be paid.