Antillean Adventist University E-Campus
The Antillean Adventist University (AAU) is a private, coed, Spanish-speaking, non-profit university located in the outskirts of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. AAU has been included in reviews, along with other schools in Puerto Rico, for being able to provide quality education at very affordable prices.
AUU offers Associate, Bachelors, and Master’s depgree programs with more than 23 majors and minors in their traditional classrooms. They also offer online courses via their E-Campus where students can take hybrid programs (classes meet 40% of the time online) or a fully online programs, called Distance Learning Program.
Aside from being a place to take online classes the E-Campus offers the following features:
• e-Application – Online application submission
• Student e-Cams and Faculty e-Cams– Gives students access to and allows faculty to manage class grades, homework, exams, non-offical transcripts, etc.
• Antillean WAN – Registration to the university wireless network
• Dokeos – the E-learning portal for distance learning
To be registered for online courses in the E-campus the student has to first apply for admissions to AAU. The student must then get a score of 70% on a test administered by a representative from AAU’s Department of Graduate Studies, Continuing Education, or Distance Education.
Estimated undergraduate costs per year for attending AAU is as follows:
• Admission Fee: $180
• Tuition ($140 x 15 credits): $4200
• Laboratory (estimate): $500
• Health Plan: $136
• Development: $150
• Technology fee: $50
• Medical Clinic: $50
• TOTAL: $5316
Note that expenses may vary for Distance Learners. Room and board expenses are not included due to the distance learning nature of the E-Campus.
There is currently no readily available data on AAU E-Campus’ number of students and student to faculty ratio.
