ONLINE COLLEGE REVIEWS

I am happy to say I received my BBS in Accounting, but I must admit that the other complaints on this site are legitimate. When I originally signed on to complete my Associate's and Bachelor's from UoP, I had full intentions of pursuing my Master's with them as well. I have now enrolled with Keller Graduate School instead, due to two serious issues with UoP. 1) The Administrative staff at UoP teeters between knowing the basics and being completely incompetent. My financial and academic advisors were changed many times, with different answers being given depending on the person... Read Full Review

I completed my degree in less than four years. The program fit my schedule, I combined Online instruction with on-ground courses and found the curriculum and instructors (with few exceptions) to be among the best. The program has placed me on the leading edge when it comes to my profession. As an elementary educator, I find that UoP provided me with the tools and knowledge to be highly competitive in my field. I have taken a few courses at my local state university and can honestly say that UoP prepared me better than I expected to be competitive as a student as well... Read Full Review

I completed my degree in with UoP in April of 2009. As I read over the different comments from others who have attended I noticed a common thread, of those who complained and said the school was bad, most did not complete. Yes, there were things I didn't like about UoP. I never spoke with a financial adviser once during my entire degree. It was ok though, because I took responsibility to follow up with that stuff on my own, never had a problem, and graduated with a zero balance. My first student advisor was great but she left. Her replacement was awful, so what... Read Full Review

The student website is a joke. Whoever created it, obviously never has to use it. If you are in the library, and need to go back to the classroom or to the discussion page, you have to sign out and sign back in. No doorway throughout the entire site. If you need to go to your e-mail account, you again have to log out and log back in no access to anywhere from your e-mail account. The library is also a joke, you rarely get articles about the subject you are researching. Once you find an abstract that resembles what you want, you find that your university of phoenix sign in will not get you access to the article... Read Full Review

There are two things that the University needs to fix and fast. First is the student portal. The library could use some updating. When you access a data base, and type in the subject you want, you're more likely to get Aunt Bea's Apple pie recipe than you are articles on the subject you are researching. The next horror are the so called "learning" teams. If you have read other reviews about one or two people on a team carrying a paper, then you have heard accurately. Complaints about this go unanswered... Read Full Review

I am currently a BS Psychology student at Phoenix online, and I enjoy every moment of the learning experience. I am a 40 hour work week employee as well as a Minister with children, there was no way that I could have attended a B&M school. Yes you have a lot of papers to write, but this is college, and I write sermons all the time. As for the team approach, I find it to be a great experience collectively learning and researching theories and such with others.

I happen to have had persons on my team who put in 100 percent, which from what I have read from other reviews, is unheard of, but not my personal experience at UOP... Read Full Review

I have been with the U o P for about a year now. I am trying to decide if this school is the right fit for me,this is why I have found this page. I will start with the overall education I received has been better than what I could have expected. The online environment is decent,but does not take full use of the technology that is available. There is no video lectures and I would like to see them implement podcasts into the curriculum. My biggest problem I am seeing is I am not sure of the quality of the students that get admitted to this school. It seems that within every class I find someone that should be in remedial English... Read Full Review

I had a horrible experience at UoP. The instructors and counselors could care less about students. We are all just numbers and a payment. I got all A's except one B. The reason I got the B was because I refused to do the homework for other students in one class. UoP is set up to where each student has to write a weekly paper plus a portion of a group paper. The problem is most groups don't do any work. Most people in the group do nothing, knowing the one person in the group who wants a good grade will do the assignment for the group. It should be based on individual effort, but everybody in the group gets the same grade... Read Full Review

I enrolled in UOP in Sept 2005 and graduated 2007. The program was rigorous. I received a C in Transformational Leadership and was placed on academic probation with the FAFSA and the University. Every course I took the papers were graded and sometimes the feedback was harsh. I never received an easy A. I had to work really hard to get the 5 A's I did get. You are not going to be able to satisfy everyone and people do have legitimate complaints but if you know you earned your degree, MBA, or Doctoral no one can take that away from you. Every one has a different experience and my experience with the institution was good. Read Full Review

It took me four years on and off to complete the program. The information I have learned will give me an exceptional beginning in my new career venture.

I plan on continuing my education at UOP online, because I believe in the values and principles set for the learning objective of each student.

Overall I welcome the opportunity to continue my education at UOP, because of the knowledge I have obtained. Read Full Review

The doctorate in health administration was well designed. The dissertation process was challenging, rogorous, and ultimately rewarding. Most of the faculty was smart, dedicated, and student-centered. The online format may not be for everyone -- it requires self-discipline and a long term commitment. Read Full Review

The University was great. There were some people that I came into contact wuth that sucked, but I just asked for another person to help me. Every question I had was answered and I feel I have learned so much from the school. I have my BS in Psychology! Read Full Review

I attended UOP for a BSIT and MIS degree. Some of the complaints are just not valid. The school explains their policy clearly on missing classes or assignments.

They make it clear what is expected and why they are so strict. This is not an environment for slakers. You have the ability to take time off for something like 45 days. Virtually every instructor was great and knowledgable about their field. A few were better than others. I will admit that UOP is better for people with experience in their field rather than starting from scratch... Read Full Review

I got my other degrees from University of Maryland so I can only comment on UoP's doctoral program---it was great!!!! The rigor of the program was tough and the quality of the program was very impressive. I would certainly recommend this program to anyone. However---don't expect it to be easier because it is offered on-line. UoP's doctoral program is extremely demanding. Read Full Review

I found the classes to be ok, but when it came to academic counselors there really not much help. I fell ill for a week and fell behind in class but was able to successfully complete on class but the other I was late probably by 8 hrs and they did not except it. I loved the class and was averaging a 98%, but because they didn't except it, which by the way the teacher graded it and I got a 90%. So, the end of the story is I got a D+ in the class. I academically great in plus until this situation I was avg a 3.98... Read Full Review

I got my Associates Degree from Axia College at University of Phoenix, then went on to do part of my Bachelor's degree. The reason I chose U of P is because I already had healthcare administration upper division credits from Southern Illinois University, and was told by the enrollment person that I would receive credit for them. They won't tell you how many of your previously earned credits will apply to your program until after you are enrolled. They accepted ONE credit hour. Ridiculous, as the course descriptions were almost identical, and I had actually received an EDUCATION at SIU. Thousands of dollars down the drain... Read Full Review

I am about half-way through my graduate program and have had a pretty good experience thus far. Classes are a bit pricey, but then again what graduate school isn't. I haven't had any problems that you see some of the other students posting. If you can balance a check book you can track your financial aid and I've had the same counselors since enrolling in grad school. My enrollment counselor was a real driver and had me into the program within 3 weeks. This school is definitely not for the week of heart. My recommendation is that the weenies stick to the lighter loads provided at a traditional school. Read Full Review

I lost both of my parents this past year and the university could care less. I was told they have no policy on death in the family and final term papers were do the last week and than I was in the hospital they did not care paper had to be turned in no matter what. the experience was bad all together and now they want 1900.00 for me to pay for classes that I dropped. Read Full Review

UOP offered an excellent value for the money/time. This school was much harder than I thought, but I was able to finish a little bit sooner than planned. There was a lot of emphasis on working with the instructors and other students which I think added to the experience I had. I believe I probably learned more than if I had to do it on my own at a offline campus school. I think if you plan to go to school online you need to have a big desire to finish the full program. Its completely worth it, but finishing makes the experience 10x better. Read Full Review