The University of Phoenix is engaged in all sorts of shady marketing practices which include affiliate programs that will do anything to get prospective students to sign up. I almost fell for it. I wouldn't trust any company which condones these kinds of business practices.

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Patricia B. My sister went to them and they ripped her off of her course and she almost died and they canceled her courses but understood they took her money, not a good place to go to finished your schooling thats for sure.

3/19/11  •  Votes (0)

T N. what did they say to you, tim?

3/19/11  •  Votes (0)

Tim D. Patricia that is terrible what happened to your sister but I am not surprised. Tran I would just say that this article is accurate http://www.propublica.org/article/at-u-of-phoenix-allegations-of-enrollment-abuses-persist-1103

3/20/11  •  Votes (0)

I was highly looking at this school but after reading these reviews I am reconsidering. I do think many people have heard about them so perhaps they are well recognized by companies...thoughts?

Like everyone else looking for a job I keep thinking that if I had more education or training or something I would get hired for a job. I don't have the time or money to go to a 4 year school. I can't even go part time to a local community college. I see everywhere they advertise online education at university of phoenix and they have the degrees I want to get. They have great loans and I was looking at their degree in information systems. If I am going to take out huge loans to do an online degree then I would hope that I could use it to get a job afterwards. I did some research online and what I found somewhat scared me. First everyone seems to say that a degree from this online school doesn't mean anything and second many call it a scam. They even have an entire website dedicated to this so called scam.

http://myphoenixmistake.webs.com/

I understand that with any education it does not guarentee a job or a career and that it is only a stepping stone in that direction.

then I saw this video by the huffington post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/19/university-of-phoenix-rec_n_687681.html

The sad thing is that I really want to believe that if I can get an online education I can get a high paying job. Not sure I can risk this type of money. I read on the above report that only 2 percent of people enrolling graduate and that many defaut on their student loans at university of phoenix. I can't afford to go bankrupt again and my credit will be ruined.

If anyone has actually got a job after going to the university of phoenix I would like to know about that. I am sure some have and I know the people who complain make the most noise. Or are there other online schools that are more reputable?

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Bernadette J. I just graduated for the Univ of Phoenix this month and have been going for about 2-3 years now to finish my bachelors and I did get a job through normal means of just applying for jobs. It is not a guarantee and I got federal aid loan with it. Online education also is not easy as it seems. I saw the video and I did not go through that but at the same time I did not go for a teaching program so I could not say. Our boss and asst controller is an alumni for Univ of Phoenix. So I am not the only one who have graduated from here. If you want other online education and still skeptical of this one, try devry.com. The only reason student would default from the program is if they do not finish it. As I have stated, you have to stick to it and you are accountable for yourself. People have a hard time studying without a stick poking them in the back. It's hard and its fast. You have homework each week and you have to keep up. Try a community college online class and it would be that hard but shorter. Ultimately, it is up to you if you want to further your education. Bern J.

2/15/11  •  Votes (0)

T N. Evan - These degrees aren't taken seriously by many employers. You could look into a state university that has an online program. For example, Washington State University has an online program in which you can get your Bachelor's. The thing is to do your research.

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Evan S. http://socialcapitalreview.org/u-s-senate-hearings-fraud-in-for-profit-education-industry/

I just found this link to a US senate investigation on for profit schools, everyone should read this

2/15/11  •  Votes (0)

Elizabeth T. Some regular universities (I checked into University of Arizona, for example) offer online degree programs that are more student-success oriented than that of University of Phoenix. UoP does not offer collaberative class time or lectures online but University of Arizona does. UA also uses professors who teach on campus to facilitate their online classes and when you earn a degree online with UA, it just says that you earned your degree from UA, not from their online program. Kaplan University works rather the same way. I would advise finding a few universities that you are interested in attending and calling an advisor to ask about their online programs.

7/20/11  •  Votes (1)

I WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX AND THEY SENT ME SOME MONEY THEN THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THAT I WAS SUPOSE TO SEND THE MONEY BACK FOR A CLASS AND THEY WANT ME TO CHANGE MY AUTHORIZATION BACK TO THEM HANDLING MY FUNDS SO THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD THEY TOLD ME I MIGHT NOT GET MY STUDENT LOANS OR MY PELL BECAUSE I OWE A SOME MONEY DO ANYONE KNOW IF I WILL RECIEVE THE MONEY THAT I ALREADY WAS APPROVED FOR OR WILL THEY KEEP IT

My son enrolled and went through one semester. He applied for a Pell grant and they got the money, but rather then use the Federal Pell Grant money, they used a bank loan and sent the Pell money back to the Government. They have been pursuing him for years trying to collect on that loan. Tell me, am I nuts or should they not have used the Pell instead of using a bank loan? I would not recommend this place to anyone.

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T N. that's fraudulent. you should be able to report that to some higher authority. there's been a lot of news about these for-profit schools recently. let me see if i can dig up where you could report them to...

2/23/11  •  Votes (0)

I took some accounting classes at the University of Pheonix and was disappointed by the quality of the courses and the response I received from employers after I graduated. In retrospect, I wish I would have saved my money or gone to a local college instead.

schooling - Do you think you are to old for college? At 41 I am going back to college to get my degree. Now a days, there are grants out there to back to college and payed to do it, plus get money back every semster. Online college is not easy, but anything worth it , should be hard.

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G P. All, please look into those online universities VERY HARD... Those are driven by high profits returns as they are owned by Wall Streets majors financial institutions... They are not in for the upbringing of students but more to suck them dry... This goes for Devry, Phoenix, and all the other ones, Art Institute, UTI,... My kids was interested in Culinary art and the tuition for 3.5 years would have been 95,000 USD, with an expected salary at the end of 35,000 to 38,000 USD per year... How can you start a family and pay back to kinds of loans... Poeple beware of those blood suckers

5/1/11  •  Votes (0)

Horrible school, horrible customer service. I started one class and I tried to withdraw from the class because I had just started a new job and I was living in a hotel room for two weeks. In that time I fell behind. When I approached my instructor, she gave me pointers on how to try for a D. When the class was over I was told that if I had sought help to leave the class sooner they could have helped me. Because I didn't pass the class financial aid didn't cover it and I couldn't continue the class until I paid the $1700 for one class. They are over priced for such horrible customer service. They wont help in any way and they will mess up your credit. They also have no fear of the Better Business Bereau. Save yourself the effort and just register for online classes with a community college or your local state college.