Why Choose American Sentinel?
Transforming healthcare through education.

American Sentinel is at the forefront of education in the transformation of health care. As a proud member of the HIMSS Academic Organizational Affiliate Program, American Sentinel’s online informatics, management and technology degrees are designed to provide the relevant skills necessary to be successful in today’s challenging health care environments.

Students choose American Sentinel for many reasons:

• Our programs are flexible, affordable and market-relevant, and we offer eight-week courses with monthly starts.
• We prepare students for careers in the fast-growing health care industry.
• We offer high-quality education at an affordable price and many avenues to pay for your education, including federal student financial aid, in-house payment plans, employer reimbursement, military benefits (also for spouses).
• We consider several sources as life experience and transfer credit including college credits, professional work and life experience, military training, credit by exam or test out, professional certificates and licenses

Support Services

American Sentinel offers a variety of support services that help students make the most of the student experience. MySentinel, our student services platform, includes:

• Dedicated student success advisors for all students. These program-specific advisors are available to answer questions, serve as guides through initial courses and direct you to the resources and help you need.
• Resource center with checklists, time management tips, writing help and more.
• Interactive student website with forums, career planning tips and more.
• Virtual librarian and research service 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Accreditation
As an institution, American Sentinel is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council, a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

American Sentinel is a member of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Academic Organizational Affiliate Program. Designed specifically for colleges and universities with health care/IT programs, HIMSS membership offers many benefits and resources for American Sentinel students, faculty and the university as a whole.

Finally, American Sentinel is a proud supporter of our active-duty, non-active-duty and veteran students. We are consistently ranked by G.I. Jobs as a Military Friendly School.