ECPI University

If you were in the military, this school will steal your benefits money and then set you up to fail at the end. They actually do not want you to graduate because that is part of the scam. Any complaints will backfire and they will blame you for random things. If somehow you do graduate, the degree is basically worthless when compared to a public university education. Advise: Go to a state school and stay far away from this sham institution.

I'll start off by saying that the teachers and staff are very helpful and positive. I honestly learned a lot even in such a fast pace environment. However, DO NOT believe that they will help you find a job. I'm over a year out with no career in my field yet. I tried to get help through career services and the best she could do was help me create a LinkedIn profile. So now I stress on how I will pay this expensive school back with no IT job to show for it. Going here is a gamble. It's only worth it if you have a guaranteed position waiting for you upon graduation.

I got my degree in Mechatronics Engineering. School is kind of overpriced, but if you're working full time like I was, it's a good school. I liked that it was all online and year-round accelerated. My company paid for a good portion of it and I was able to complete 80% of my homework during downtime at work, which was a huge plus for me. Noticed people complaining, mostly because they obviously didn't graduate and that's kind of on them. If you're not currently working, you're better off at state schools/community college to save money. But if you're someone like me who has a decent paying job that you don't want to lose in order to pursue an education, want a degree quickly, and just needed a piece of paper to help you improve your career, this might be a good school for you.

It's so convenient because I'm working simultaneously and pursuing my education. I'm not sure why there is negative comments but I can only speak for my experience. I've learned a tremendous amount that has definitely helped me with my skills and understanding and I definitely would do it again it's been wonderful.

$80,000 for an Associates degree, that explains it all right there. It's a scam online school with no real world training informatics to help students get work.

My wife and I attended ECPI University. I think the school is pretty good. We both graduated with honors. I just think a lot of individuals are not ready for that type of learning, and what I mean is an accelerated pace. I earned my Cyber-Security Degree, they keep you on your P's & Q's. I was previously educated in Computer Science. My focus was Penetration Testing/ECH. I think People are not focus, you cannot go into this program not focus. I think it is a decent price for a Cyber-Security Associates degree. I met some of the most skilled I.T. Instructors. They taught things I will never forget. Understand it is all on you if you failed, not the school, not the instructors. I notice a lot of the individuals that attended was obviously failing, which causes your fees to increase by retaking each course. We never failed, that is the key, be passionate about what you are studying. I notice students were more concerned about salaries than learning and perfecting their craft. All in all, do not blame the school for your lack of passion.

Worst experience ever! If I could give 0 stars, I would. School is ghetto, instructors are incompetent, administration is absolutely useless. Bottom line, you pay an arm and a leg to learn nothing.

The school needs to educate students based on their chosen field of study. Electrical engineering doesn't have anything to do with social progressive ideas. Yet another indoctrination facility masquerading as higher education.

Withholding a 20,000 degree for a 20$ book. 5 years later never got my degree i earned and paid for. Cant even get a job in the field at all. Waste of money and time dont come here

I graduated from the dental assitant program but I shouldve dropped out two weeks after enrolling in this school. DO NOT believe the comments that are titled IT WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE or dont listen to the ones that paint a picture of a helpful staff and a school that provides resources for you, especially of you are miltary. Those posts are from people who are paid to change ECPIs reputation. Run far away from this school. I regret and all my classmate friends regret going here. They did not prepare us for the real world but taught is with outdated equipment and instructors who should not be teaching. The mods are 5 weeks to learn detailed and complicated information. U will NOT remember everything and it will bite you in the arse when u have to do internship. Speaking of poor preparation... before i went to my internship site, i was supposed to reciew procedures with my instructors the week before. Do u know what they did? They left me in a room with a textbook... that was it. They didnt even realize i had left after a few minutes. The staff doesnt care a out you. Id gotten into it with the folks in financial aid because they were just as flippant and one lady had the nerve to throw an insult at me. Seriously? She blamed me for not being able to make my payments and even THOUGH they say they will set up a payment plan, that is FALSE. The payment plans ate more loans you have to pay back. Ive been told i had taken a class when i never did and the incompetence and miscommunication by the staff is embarrassing. Not to mention the school is EXTREMELY expensive. The cafe food is expensive as well. You will have to work 8-5 for your internship for 2 months and it will ALL BE UNPAID.

My advice to u is look elsewhere, heed my warning and just go to a community college.

This school will do everything to sign you up. Then 2.5 years later 65,000 in debt with nothing to show for it. No grad ceremony, no diploma, no help with internship, job placement nor current certifications after graduation. Had perfect grades and worked hard for nothing.

Do not go here. They couldn't care less about the students. They create ways to make you fail. Then you are left with no education but with massive student loan debt! Save your money and go to a community college! If could give negative stars, I would! Go elsewhere!

Got all the way through the RN program had one class left and was accused of cheating by an LPN teacher who had no evidence or proof, coincidentally there were no cameras to pull from this particular classroom and they took her word against mine (of course). I'm now in debt from student loans with no degree to show for it and no "real" answers as to why. I would hate to say it was racial discrimination but I know Caucasian people who were actually caught red handed but were allowed to stay enrolled.

First let me say I'm empathetic to the people who haven't got the best from this school. I loooooove ECPI I went for my Practical Nursing degree and it was very challenging but definitely doable we started out with many and ended few but if you're dedicated and driven you will do just fine. I'm going back now for my associates in engineering and shortly after my Bachelors. You'll be AIGHT

They just want money they don't actually care about your education or want to see you pass. If you are failing oh well to them, if a professor sucks oh well they don't care. It's all around horrible I wish I stayed at vcu where I know it would've been better then here.

THIS SCHOOL SUCKS. MAJOR SCAM. They promise job placement. That's a joke. I went to this school as a single mom because I felt like it was my only option at the time. I would have been better off never having gone at all. I graduated in 2012 with a completely useless degree and massive debt. It's 2023 and thanks to used car saleman tactics, after YEARS of automatic payments of almost $300/month I still owe only $1000 less than when I started. AND it's only down that much because I paid two of my 9 different loans with them off in order to purchase a house. THIS IS FINANCIAL RAPE. I would love nothing more than to see this place go out of business. I went through this whole program only to find out that the field I wanted to go into was changing the requirements right before I graduated. Job placement? Ha. Freaking joke... you want to work for the school in VA while living in Raleigh and stating numerous times you cannot relocate? I wish to God I never went and had saved my money to give to a local community college. When I finally did go back to school (at a community college), there were so many classes I had to retake because their credits are no good. RUN RUN RUN and NEVER look back. Screw you ECPI. Another victim of the Raleigh NC "college." (And for what it's worth - that program was soooo awesome and successful they don't even offer it anymore...)

The classes you take are not transferable to other schools. So you will owe thousands of dollars in student loans, and you won't be able to get the prospective job you were seeking.

The tuition is insane. They tell you that student loans and grants are going to cover your fees, and then they tell you later that you still owe them money. Getting an online degree I thought was going to be easy and useful but instead going to an online school is worse than attending a real school.

I'm currently in ECPI RN program and the program and some of the instructors are a joke. We currently have no DON, so In the interim the ADON is in this position. She also teaches a class she has never taught before and is a clinical instructor too. Which is a conflict of interest. Needless to say she reads from the PowerPoints. She talks about herself and how she has been a lactation consultant for 38 years. Well while she is admiring her own accomplishments, the students are suffering. They give you another dosage drug test after you have taken the class and passed it. You have to pass the test with an 85 or you can't continue to move forward in the program. Which the courses you only need an 80 to pass. Emailed the Dean and President, there 1 and only answer is sign up for tutoring. Well how about you get some instructors that know how to teach. Multiple students wrote the president/Dean about this matter and nothing done. This school is expensive and the teachers suck. I'm going to continue because I have too much money and time invested. If you fail a class the remediation is a joke and you still won't learn anything. Please don't attend this school, do yourself a favor and run like hell. Trust me I know, I'm currently living in this nightmare!

I really enjoyed my experience. Very different from the community college. Lots of labs, focused degree, and great classmates. I was nervous at first but they made the process easy. Thanks to their career services department I landed my first career and just bought my first home

Their learning style is all over the place. When over half the class makes a failing grade there is something wrong with the teaching style. Grades are not given in a timely fashion. One class starts before you get the last classes end grade results. Professors may or may not email you back. Worst educational experience I have ever had.

They were so nice and helpful in the beginning when signing you up. (Of course, because they wanted the almost $60K tuition for their ADN evening program. It is set up to make you fail for sure. I am in the medical field and have been for the last 20 years, working in the Largest Trauma hospital in Central Florida. They lecture off of power points and just skim through the material. You are basically responsible for learning the information on your own. The school is GHETTO people come in slides to school and nothing is said, joking and foul language - No professionalism AT ALL. You are only graded on the Exams not the 30 assignments they give you each week. Class started with 33 students. The second class only had 11 students not because of the students failing but they realized early on that this school is trash. I realized two weeks into second term that this school is a scam. They charge so much and set you up to fail. If you have to repeat the course (which you definitely will - A & P II in 5 weeks is nearly impossible to pass) you have to pay for the class again. If you ask for help, they will throw a paper at you to request online tutoring from another student for 1 hour. How is that going to help? My mental health declined tremendously and my dreams of becoming a nurse were destroyed. I am so glad I made the decision to withdraw. The school is trash and if you aren't a minority, you will get dismissed and concerns of bullying and poor treatment will be ignored. Stay far, far, far, away from this place. It's not worth the sleepless nights, headaches, ulcers and the extensive amount of work required that doesn't even count towards your grade. Please do yourself a favor and avoid this place by any means necessary. It sounds great "oh wow an evening class for ADN with no wait list? Yeah, trust me, if it sounds too good to be true, it is! Do your research and find another school that will benefit you and give you the education you need to be successful. Good luck!

I was a student for about a couple months and just walked out when I found out a class I was taking was using the book twice in two different classes and charging 1000 dollars for each class... I went to the financial Dept to resign out of the college and they tried to then tell me I owed them which I didn't. Lucky I didn't but that same day I went and enrolled in Community College then graduated 4 years later and now I have a great career in IT and I have never looked back since. Please stay away from ECPI especially if your in the Military I saw a lot of kids get there GI Bill stolen. Oh btw they will steal your financial aids refund check too I seen it happen bad school seriously.

The tuition is insane. They tell you that student loans and grants are going to cover your fees, and then they tell you later that you still owe them money. Worse, good luck finding a job when you tell your employer this was your school.

My brother tried going to this school and then I joined soon after. I quit when he told me nobody was hiring him. Do yourself a favor, read the reviews about this school using google and see for yourself.