University of Phoenix Reviews/Complaints
University of Phoenix is a learning institution. Their students are at more than 200 locations. They are considered the largest private university. They also offer online classes all over the world.
The University of Phoenix allows you to earn a college degree by attending classes on one of their campuses and also offers a large number of classes online for their students to receive a degree.
Their programs can cover areas like business, communications, managements, law, education, health care, general studies, human services, and others. University of Phoenix is also a National Foster Parent Association partner and also has its own Research Center. They provide associate’s to doctoral degree programs. You can read reviews about them below.
The phrase, “quantity over quality,” never applied more than to the University of Phoenix. Instructors, academic advisers, financial advisers, guidance counsellors are lazy, cocky, idiotic, and flat-out liars at times. The quality of the course work is good if you take the time to read through it and actually do the work, but the instructors do absolutely nothing. Ask a question, and they will avoid answering. Question their authority, and you will literally be laughed at by advisers on the phone. Instructors will ignore their own course syllabus, incorrectly grade you, and ignore all response when called out. Advisers will stand by their sides tall and mighty. They are obviously bitter about having “Master” degrees in Psychology, yet instructing entry-level algebra at lower-class online universities.
The guidance counsellors are all gung-ho about getting you started, but they toss you aside like a used –up hooker after your first year and you are left to rely on your less-than-adequate academic advisers. I initially had a terrible set of academic and financial advisers, but managed to transfer to an even more incompetent pair because I moved overseas. The first ones didn’t even warn me of when the course fees were due until the day before the due date at one point. I was then surprised to be suspended from further classes for two weeks while I scrounged up the out-of-pocket $2500. The second academic adviser only ever referred me to my academic counsellor – who sounded about 14 years-old and straight out of the depths of a Californian teenage wasteland from a Brett Easton Ellis novel.
In my math course at UOP, nearly 15 students dropped out, specifically because of the insults and nonsensical teaching of the instructor in the class. We even emailed each other in disgust regarding the subject. When I filed a complaint, it took threatening to leave the university after three weeks of no response for the academic adviser to finally call me. When she did call, she refused to call between the hours I gave, and continued to leave messages on my phone outside of these hours (as if avoiding me). After four times of telling this girl (who was obviously dense) that I could not be contacted outside of the hours of 9am to 4:30pm every day, I finally gave in and took time out of work to speak with her. This only led to justification for the instructor – even though the instructor blatantly disregarded the syllabus multiplied times and even went as far as to call me illiterate when she didn’t even know how to use the word “disconnect” properly. When you can do math better than your instructor when you haven’t looked at the concepts in over 7 years, there is definitely something wrong. When your instructor refuses to admit that they’re wrong, there is definitely something very wrong.
The name of this vapid and spiteful instructor is Maureen Clifford. The name of the sarcastic and dim-witted academic adviser is Nada Othman. If you have the unpleasant situation where you are currently enrolled in UOP, and you are unable to transfer universities, avoid them at all costs.
This school is pitiful. I only wish I had read the reviews before I went and spent money on an AA there. I am transferring to another online university for my BA.
To the person on the last post. I am literally laughing over the fact that you said ” I pay for these classes so doesn’t this instructor work for me?” The instructor does not “work for you.” It is crazy that you would even think that. Are you going to go to a “‘traditional” school and say the same thing when they schedule a class for a date and time that conflicts with your schedule? Because if you are, I would really like to see the look on their faces when you do. You are paying for an education, a degree, and convenience to a certain extent. I went to the UoP and I know exactly how the classes work. Never do you need to be online everyday of the week. In fact at the most it is four days and that is pushing it. If the days you have assignments due conflict with your hectic schedule, then do the assignments before they are due on the days you would normally be available. You can always work ahead also if you have time then do the next weeks assignments. It is common sense. Problem solved. I know because I received my degree from there.
I am a current Uof P student; looking to get out from under this school and all the lies and fronts it spells out so that it can lure in new students and make a quick buck. I enrolled with Uof P to obtain a degree and better myslef. I am a mother of four children, active in church, and I work 2 jobs; online was the best option for my busy hetic schedule. Upon speaking with a counselor I was advised that with the Uof P online classes and assignments would be based upon my schedule(I would determine when I logged in and submitted assignments; within a weeks time) however, after my 4th block of classes this began to change and now I am regestired in a block of classes that clash so much so and have assignment due date requirements that I must be online and in class every day of the week! I began getting points deducted for late assignments and this bringing down my 3.4 grade point average so I decided to email one of my instructors and advise them of my situation how I was working two jobs raising four kids and the other class having assignment requiremnents that kept me online on the days this one class did not. The instructor replied “well I work four jobs and I set the schedule and this is what works for me.” Funny how I pay for these classes so doesn’t this instructor work for me? In the beginning I was very proud to be a Uof P student now I am ashamed I fell into this trap! I will be enrolling in a traditional classroom this fall where the class are cheaper and there is no doubt the schooling is legit!
I tried the UofP, and found it to be a joke. I was looking for a business degree to further my chances of promotion at work. I worked long strange hours and this seemed the best plan, until I started and they were teaching using AMA format for papers. Why would a business school teach using psychology formats? My wife in the medical field only rarely uses this and only when preparing a paper for publishing. I have seen countless people with UofP degrees get passed over for hiring or promotion for the next best canidate with a “Real” degree from a “Real” school.
I agree that a degree is a great way to get your “foot in the door”. However you may find that you hate the field you studied and want to move on to do something else. I can honestly say none of my employers have recognized the degree from UOP. The MBA/HRM I earned after 18 years of human resources practices was as good as a HS diploma. I love HR, but I after being laid off back in 2006, it has been impossible to find work in the HR field at any level. So I have been working in Accounting (my undergrad) and I hate that field. Its so boring, crunching numbers day in and day out. The bottom line here is yes it is great to have the accomplishment of earning a degree, but if you are unhappy in your field, it won’t matter what your current salary or degree recognition is. Do what you makes you happy, whatever it takes to get the job and stop worrying so much about your degree. A certificate with either an internship or externship for something you like to do is a much better option than racking up several thousands of dollars in student loans for jobs that most of us will never make enough to pay them back!!!
after checking into it U of P is accreditted, and just like my local top 100 ranked community college Del Mar, the other local Universities like Texas A and M, UT, SouthWest, dont accept many of the credits. Unless ofcoarse you actually get the associates degree in which they accept the degree; credits and all. Im still doing my research on UoP for my 20 year old fiance’ however I do know one thing, That I was just recently highered by one of the larger oil field companies in the United States by a guy with a degree from UoP, in business science. And I make just shy of 70k a year, I can bet the gentleman who hired me makes more then that. Long story short I find most of the posts on here laughable at best. It seems that all the negitive feedback comes from UoP drop outs and failures. I have a limited college education but I still became the youngest multi-million dollor producing commercial realtors in the highest producing Century 21 in all of south texas and when the market went south im making 60k+ a year in the oilfield, and i owe it to someone that has a UoP degree right on the wall behind his desk. All in all im still not done doing my research on the subject. However I wish you all luck, btw if your a college failure you can always become a police officer,
A degree provides you with access to the starting line of opportunity. Nothing more. Success in industry is on the individual and not on the school that a degree is from.
When the degree holder performs effectively in industry they can go as far with a UoP degree as they can with a degree from any other institution. As a senior manager I have several members of my staff with degrees from Ivy League schools and other prestigious traditional institutions.
I am a 6 figure earner, have worked for several Fortune 500 firms all of which have recognized my UoP MBA. UoP is regionally accredited as are most traditional
schools and many employers fund their employees UoP degrees.
Several of my UoP MBA class mates are also 6 figure earners so I am not an anomaly.
My advisor was very helpful and was with me for the entire 4 years I worked on my MBA. I progressed at the pace that my employer would reimburse. The school worked with me and I had no issues with the business practices of the school as far as how they dealt with me.
It is important to note that a school is not measured by those students that fail or those that do not like it. A school is measured by the performance of its graduates in industry. All of its graduates. There are tens of thousands if not more than one hundred thousand UoP degree holders who are performing effectively in industry. Compared to that record, the few dozen or even few hundred disgruntled former students and graduates are not representative of the norm.
Every school has disgruntled former students and even graduates. I believe the primary difference is that traditional not for profit schools filter out under qualified or non qualified students where the for profit schools will admit most students with a high school diploma or equivalency. Because some of these students are incapable of performing effectively at the college level there are more that become disgruntled than will at a competitive entry school. UoP is not for everyone. No school is. As with any purchase or investment the one selecting a school must execute due diligence in that choice. Those who are not capable of performing academically at the college level should find a remedial route to start with before they progress to a degree program at any college or university.
UoP provides viable products to the markets it serves. One is the education that is offered to the student/customer and the other is the graduate that they offer to industry. UoP delivers both and high performing stock to the owners of The Apollo Group. I do not nor have I ever worked for UoP or any organization affiliated with The Apollo group. I also have a BSEET from DeVry and do not nor ever have worked for DeVry or any organization affiliated with DeVry Inc.
I am still enrolled in UOP however, trying to get out without messing my future up. I had the Education Approval Board on this whom I also think is on the UOP side. If I sign a legal document written up by Austin Rhodes of UOP they will sent me $6700 immediately, and after completing my classes I am in now. I am to withdrawal from the UOP and Education Approval Board will send me $2850 which total what they say I owe for my Student Loans.
However, I am not to take any further action against them. I do not want to do this but I have wrote to over 15 agencies and called quite a few lawyers and cannot get anyone to help me. UOP are scammers and if the Federal Government is going after them then why can’t we? On 8/4/2010, Senate conference showed undercover Federal Agents and UOP enrollment department doing exactly what they did to me. 15 out of 15 schools got busted. UOP pays back the gov. $93 million but what about us?
PLEASE, “Future” Give me a break! Are you one of the Unv. of P instructors? Sounds like you are!!! Online courses are waste of time and a whole lot of money unless they are provided by a 2 or 4 year accredited college. Hey everybody!! College always comes with sacrifice of your time and dollars, but to go to these online schools is NOT productive in the end. Employers shy away from these online credit courses now. Also, some employers (worth their salt) do not recognize them as useful. Much better to attend community college and transfer to a 4-year college weekend program that has earned a solid reputation. Again, don’t waste your time and money with online schools. To listen to these comments by me and others will save you a whole lot of frustration and disappointment later.
I was enrolled at university of phoenix for a bit. Red flags began to pop up almost immediately. The web site, ‘classroom’, sucked the most. The financial aid was an BS and promised me money that i never go.
anyone who spent two years in college should know the difference between a plural and possessive (“attorney’s”), the difference between “knew” and “new” (OK, that could just be a typo), or “prevail” versus “avail”.
Try your local community college. They’re cheaper and you’ll get a quality education.
A degree is a joke to be honest. It is the biggest joke in the world. Why? Because I have met people with degrees in one field who apply for a job, but find that they can apply for a job in a field in which they know nothing about! Not only did they get the job in the wrong field, but they ended up being the manager of those who went to college for that particular field! To me the entire degree idea is a joke if such a thing can happen. But the way I see it, it proves that someone has a certain level of education. I agree with the idea that the degree is the foot in the door, but it is up to the person to secure the job.
many employers do not recognize degrees from UoP
University of Phoenix is regionally accredited, which is the highest level of accreditation a college can receive.
It means, credits earned do transfer, so the education you would be receiving has to be at a college level, the same as any other good school.
It’s legit.
As to what the idiot below be said, that is absurd. It’s a real college degree and has to be recognized as one.