University of Phoenix

I am currently enrolled in Phoenix and may end up dropping it altogether. I would like to clarify at the beginning of this post that I am a diligent, hard-working student but my lifestyle is also busy with religion and work. I currently hold a GPA of 3.84 and I have about 10 classes left to finish my schooling. I am a working adult. However, because of my major apparently I am REQUIRED to take certain online courses, which are more expensive and MUST be taken online due to not having them at any campuses near where I live or even remotely close. Phoenix is not only expensive for the convenience of the schedule on-campus, but their online courses completely contradict everything about being convenient for the working-class individual. It is impossible for me to comment every day or every couple days online about a topic and elaborate on it and possibly not even get the substantial comment to count towards my participation! I requested the class I am in now to be on-campus instead of online and they said it was not available. This was never made clear to me when I first signed on with UoP that there could be online classes filling in for the on-campus classes which are not available. I was under the impression from the enrollment counselor that if I wanted on-campus classes then that is what I will get 100%, since online classes are about 500$-700$ more per class. On top of all of this my major will be incomplete in a sense when I finish because they are not providing me with everything that I need to work in this field. I will need to take supplemental classes to get by afterwards to make up for these massive gaps of training. These lacks of classes being provided to me were not clear until I knew more about my major from taking the classes. After I knew a little more about my major I started asking questions like "will this be provided to me in a class?" And they kept saying "no". What a joke. Would I recommend University of Phoenix? No. My thought is that they need to 1. Change their curriculum to a real-world setup with new information and 2. Actually cater to individuals who want campus classes and those who don't reasonably. Or at least make them aware that online classes may happen and that they cost much more than a regular class on-campus. Jared Davis

I was initially worried that online learning would not be as high of quality as the traditional classroom. However, I have found it just as rigorous if not more so! The professors, the various departments are friendly and accessible. My one issue is the amount of group projects which occurs repeatedly in every class. I find group work in an online setting actually distracts from my learning, making it more about jumping through hoops rather than growing in content snd critical thinking. I would like the option to work individually rather than chopping up my learning.

This school is nothing but a gigantic joke. I have been enrolled for about 4 months. Their are a few good people in the academic services office but other than than that, nobody gives a damn about your success there. They just want your money. They screwed me over and dropped me from a class for false reasons and now they want me to retake the course and pay for it. I am absolutely disgusted with the institution and am regretting even enrolling. I would never recommend that anybody should seek their online education through The University of Phoenix.

The University doesn’t believe in truth and transparency. I switched over bc of an employer tuition cap and got nothing but misinformation and the run around trying to get the funds to pay for my courses. 3 classes away from graduation.

Attending the University of Phoenix as been an amazing and flawless experience. I thought going back to school and keeping a work life balance would be difficult, but the program is set up to help you accomplish success! I enjoy all the classes I have take and meeting people across the country. I also love the weekly discussions which offers a different perspective from multiple cultures. I would definitely recommend UOP, it is a program for everyone especially working adults!

UOP is a terrific university for your average working adult. I received my MSA from there and before that I received a certificate in Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship both online. I gave them four stars because being an international student certain things could have been communicated better. Talking from one person to another they all gave a different response in reference to me getting a reference letter as most other college are able to provide you with. Other then the minor miscommunication so to speak I would recommend this university to anyone looking to go back to school while working and even with family.

Going to UOP has been a challenge. Only having 4 classes to go. In my 7th week of Math class, I did not post two discussion for two of the weeks to find out they withdraw me from class. How can this happen? I have never heard of such in my days. Only having two weeks to go to be withdrawn. I was passing class with a B+, my instructor said nothing, nor my academic advisor. A manager contacted me to say I can retake this class for free of charge. Previously I had to retake an elective class (IT) due to failing it. I compliant the entire time when taking this IT class, because it was so hard I felt like I could become a specialist in IT. The advisor stated to me he received a lot of complaints regarding this elective. Phoenix is not about students receiving degrees. If someone could please help me with how I can stay in class without a retake I would greatly appreciate it.

I being a Military Veteran, as well as a former graduate of a few other colleges, would not recommend this institution to veterans as well as anyone else for that matter. From my experience it seems as if this college is more so for profit rather than providing a quality education, compared to my past educational endeavors. I personally was awarded FAFSA benefits back in January of this year and as of today 05/06/20 have not been rewarded a dispersement from U of P. Instead the financial aid department will come up with many different excuses, so called errors on your financial documents as well as repeatedly request you to resubmit the same paper work over and over again. It seems they are very good at kicking the can down the road and having you the student to continue jumping through hoops to hold on to your grant. Buyer beware.

I enrolled at this school a couple years ago. I was going to go to a local community college and had gotten accepted there with all the different processes completed. Well come to find out they didn’t have the class that I wanted to start of in so I decided I would go with the U of P. It took well over a month of them arguing saying that I didn’t have the right paperwork and I couldn’t start classes until I had them. Keep in mind those were the exact same papers that had gotten me into the other school. One day they say okay you start your classes in a couple weeks. I was confused because they had just finished telling me my financial process hadn’t gone through and I was about to go back to the other school. I figured well maybe they figured out that those were the papers I needed after all. I started class and a month goes by and I get a phone call from the financial advisor saying that I have to take a leave of absence since my paperwork was invalid. They stopped my classes and it then became hard to get into contact with my personal financial advisor for this school. After months of trying to get a hold of them and months of trying to find the correct paperwork I gave up. Nothing was said afterwards and I didn’t get any paperwork from them until around a year later saying that they had turned my file over to a collections agency because I didn’t pay what I owed. All the while I hadn’t heard from them and I couldn’t get a hold of the advisor that knew my file. Everyone else would “direct me to the right person” but I would be put on hold until my phone died. At that point I was pretty pissed off. Several months back I tried to get a loan for a house I’m remodeling and this came up as a private loan and the teller said that he wasn’t sure I would qualify for such loan because of this. Not only had it put a hold on me furthering my education but on the rest of my life too. I wasn’t given the opportunity to back out before the class started and they had me under the impression that everything was ready to go and the financial process had been taken care of. Guys I’m telling you. If school isn’t enough drama I’d say stay away from this system cause it will screw you over with a smile.

BEWARE… DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL…University Of Phoenix isn’t truthful getting prospects to become students. I’ve caught them in several lies. Their financial aid department is full of hogwash. Once they realized I know FA due to me having over 10 years of experience in it, then the truth starts to come out. I had to tell them to stop telling me vague information. Once I began using fa language and told them I had already contacted DOE, they wanted to try communicating better. I’m over it and my student experience has been hell and causes lots of stress. I’ve been to other institutions that I’ve obtained degrees from and this has been the worst.