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Nathan B.

Private. Affordable. Christian. This school is a great fit for many families and we were very pleased with the application and admission process. The classes weren't very challenging, but the food options were great! And the student morale is very positive!

Mary L.

We were so happy to get a tour of the university. It's been a busy senior year for our child, so it almost didn't happen. We were greeted by the security up front, and they were very informative on where to park and which building to go to. The campus is clean, very well-kept, and has lots of food choices. I was impressed with the academics and all the types of clubs a student can go into, especially one that fits into the major they are applying for. I'm sure, like every school, not everything there is going to check everyone's box, but I was impressed with what was there, and time will only tell if that was a good choice for our child.

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The school is a rip off any scam. I attended to school during hurricane Ida and I had a professor once, I always give me a feeling grade because I didn't have power to complete an assignment. I found out that I already qualified for licensure and did not have to attend the clinicals that the school was trying to require me to attend. I completed all the educational parts of the class and just had to do clinicals, and it refused to give me my masters of science degree and counseling. If you wanna go here, just know you're gonna be ripped off and they're gonna lie every soft to say that they overpaid you and expect you to pay them back. All I Wanted to do is honor my deceased brother with this degree in addiction counseling

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I had an amazing experience at GCU. I earned my master's degree and the professors were attentive and helpful. Go Lopes!

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Grand Canyon University Colangelo College of Business

Grand Canyon University Colangelo College of Business

2.4(5 reviews)
0.1 mi

Huge campus and well organized overall. Studying masters here and experience has been great as of…read morenow. Great amenities and nice faculty overall. I do understand that this can't be true about all the courses here but it is just my experience as if now. Has almost all infrastructure in-house and they are developing at a great pace. Plenty of accommodation and a large number of students are studying here, especially international students. The campus is very well maintained and feels classy overall. Had the good option of campus restaurants as well like panda express, chick-a-fila, subway, etc. One of the good option to study college in phoenix area.

They lied about me going in part time, lied about which student loans I can be able to get, lied…read moreabout student long term benefits and they claim their a Christian College out to do Gods work. I honestly hope they lose their ability to be a accredited university as there has been a lot of claims due to them committing Federal Student loan fraud they said its unreasonable for them to have recordings of past phone conversations.........no matter how long it has been when more and more students are asking for student loan forgiveness I would be asking scrubbing those recordings too just to be able to say "it cant be proven it was ever said". Well if they had the recordings in the first place they could better prove what kind of college they are and what kind of college they are not. If they are actually committed to students success why are they asking students to pay for the college's mistakes by spending thousands of dollars just to pay for the very mistake that the college created and then say that they are committed to student success

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Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus - Week 1 at ASU: "InfernoFest." She's already found her tribe.

Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus

4.1(19 reviews)
5.1 mi

My daughter is wrapping up her freshman year as a pre-nursing student at ASU's downtown Phoenix…read morecampus. In summary, ASU has been awesome! She chose ASU over other universities because of (1) "direct admission" into ASU's nursing program; (2) admission to ASU's Barrett Honors College, reportedly the gold standard of honors colleges; (3) great merit-based scholarships that ASU automatically offered to her; (4) a great reputation in the world of nursing, with clinical opportunities at Mayo's Phoenix hospital and Phoenix Children's Hospital. As a Barrett student, my daughter lives on the 14th floor ("penthouse") of Gordon Commons in a good-sized two-person room with a private bathroom. (Her boyfriend is in the Best dorm on the Tempe campus. It's not nearly as nice.) She likes the dorm food and the ability to use dorm food credits at nearby eateries, e.g., Chick-Fil-A. She sometimes takes the shuttle to the Tempe campus and pays extra to eat at the Barrett dorm there. Reportedly, the Barrett food is epic. For her pre-nursing classes, she has found she is more college-ready than her classmates. On team projects, she often must correct classmates' mistakes. She enjoys her Barrett class, where she finds a higher caliber of student and an engaging professor. She's now beginning some of her special research obligations as a Barrett student. As a "direct admit" nursing student, my daughter must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher each semester. Last semester, she got a 4.0 with several "A+" grades. This semester is also going well, but she is taking a challenging anatomy class along with pre-med and other pre-health professions students. Apparently, it is a weed-out class. She is on the border between an A and B; all her friends are in the D-range. Fun fact: the students are already working with cadavers. A random fact: ASU will open its brand new medical school in 2026. As is the case everywhere, a lot of students prefer partying to studying, but the downtown Phoenix students tend to be more serious and have fewer distractions. Some students prefer the quieter downtown atmosphere; others prefer the busier Tempe campus. Next year, my daughter will be living in her sorority house in Tempe and taking the shuttle to downtown for half of her classes. It's a 20-minute ride. ASU does remarkable outreach to parents and enthusiastically encourages family involvement in many aspects of the university. (By contrast, our other daughter attends a University of California school, which does NO family outreach.) So, I have volunteered for several roles, e.g., ASU Family Ambassador. The ASU website offers family access and tons of information and resources. This feature is being upgraded as I write this. Also, several Facebook groups offer a plethora of helpful information and support. My favorite is ASU Moms. Typical situation: a student has a medical emergency; parents can't immediately fly to Phoenix; a local mom helps out as if it were her own kid. At the outset of the college application process, ASU was not on our radar. However, it did spectacular marketing and really grabbed our attention. Plus, its rolling admissions gave our daughters the comfort of knowing they had at least one solid option. Whereas many universities are inexplicably turning down incredible applicants who show strong promise of future success (including our daughters), ASU seems eager to recruit and reward all these über-qualified, frustrated, overlooked kids. I think this is a great strategy: I believe ASU will ultimately make the University of California schools seem exceedingly average. No university is perfect, but overall, I heartily recommend ASU.

When someone thinks of Arizona State University, they often think of the Tempe Campus and a large…read moreschool experience. What they may not realize is that while that experience is great for many people, yet others may be looking for a different experience. The ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus is smaller than the Tempe Campus yet it's a community where every student has the potential to feel connected with resources and it is still large enough (as ASU's second largest campus) that there is always something happening. It's growing as a campus and has transformed quickly from a commuter campus (when it first opened) to a residential campus with nearly 2,000 bed spaces in two residence halls. Opened for classes in 2006, the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus has hit many milestones over the last several years. For instance, in April 2023, the Taylor Place residence hall was renamed Gordon Commons in honor of former Mayor Phil Gordon. This campus meshes well with the Downtown Phoenix area as they share streets, parks, and nearby restaurants and stores. In fact, ASU is actively involved in monthly stakeholder meetings with the Downtown Phoenix Inc. (DPI). It helps Downtown stakeholders in knowing what's going on at ASU while it helps ASU to know what's going on around the Downtown Phoenix area. For instance, ASU students and staff enjoy participating in First Fridays while DPI is involved in ASU Welcome Week events. As the campus continues to grow and become more engrained in the Downtown Phoenix culture every year, the number of buildings on campus continue to increase. In addition to academic buildings such as those of Cronkite, Thunderbird, and the Beus Center for Law and Society, there are student services available in University Center and Student Center at the Post Office. There are also classrooms within the Mercado Center and Arizona Center and even the Fusion on First residence hall and 850 PBC. Within Gordon Commons (another residence hall) is a Starbucks, Chick-fil-a, other restaurants, a Multicultural Communities of Excellence space, a dining hall, and marketplace. There is also some interesting art on campus such as the "Her Secret is Patience" sculpture above the Civic Space Park. There is also a beautiful Sun Devil Fitness Center with a roof-top pool. Needless to say, there is something for everyone on the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus. At the Downtown Phoenix Campus, every student can drive their own experience as they engage in the events and resources on-campus while attending classes, getting an on-campus job, landing an internship or full-time job, joining clubs and organizations, attending many free events and activities, and so much more. The Dean of Students Office (in the Post Office) and the many student services offices at ASU Downtown Phoenix are always there for students, and it's easy to find your way towards graduation and your future when taking advantage of these resources. I look forward to seeing what comes next on such an engaging campus such as the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus in the coming years!

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Ottawa University

Ottawa University

2.3(14 reviews)
4.4 mi

So here's the thing. In general, I would say Ottawa has provided me with a great education. The…read moreteachers know their stuff and I had a positive experience in most of my classes and with most of my professors. But that being said I absolutely would NOT recommend going here to a friend. At least not right now while they are so disorganized. I just graduated from Ottawa University's Masters of Counseling program and have been very frustrated and disappointed the last year and a half or so, ever since the longstanding director Dr. Hernandez left. The university has made no attempt to hire anyone else to help, leaving the former field placement director, Dr. Thomas, in charge of his role as field placement director/professor, as well as all the responsibilities of the program director. Clearly, no matter how well-intentioned or how good Dr. Thomas was at his job, taking on more roles than one can reasonably handle is not fair to the students. I have certainly still paid the same amount in the last 1.5 years+, but have gotten considerably less value. Trying to reach Dr. Thomas, whom you need to be in contact with concerning various parts of licensure, has been nothing short of ridiculously difficult. From speaking with other students in classes over the past year and a half or so, I can say with confidence everyone has had the same experience of having a very difficult time getting a response to emails/calls. In fact, someone who walked the stage in May with me (but they had finished with their classes and exams and graduated in December of last year) actually brought a form with him to the graduation ceremony that he needed Dr. Thomas to sign because he was not able to reach him all spring. Not getting that form signed meant his licensure date got pushed back and thus he got paid less at his job, despite meeting all the requirements needed to be a LAC, all because he couldn't get ahold of our program director. Now, after I was told I needed to take my Comp exam in the Spring 1 term in order to have a May conferral (graduation) date, and busting my butt to study in order to do so and passing said exam, I have been told they made an error and that my conferral will be put off an additional 2 months. This means my ability to work and make money as a single mom has also been put off an additional 2 months. To say the administration has been less than helpful would be an understatement.

I asked for a break after my mom passed away, they unenrolled me from the program. I was one class…read moreaway!! Also they do not provide help with internships. They make you go through so much work and it can be overwhelming. When I asked for help, I didn't get any and was told to just do what the paper says. I do not recommend!! Waste of money!!

Arizona College - Glendale

Arizona College - Glendale

2.3(38 reviews)
4.2 mi
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I found this massage school online and after flying in the day before, the hubs and I needed some…read moreTLC. Luckily, they had some appointments available for 1 hr massages for the both of us at the same time. The room is a large room where the tables are separated by curtains, which is fine but the room is a little cold so when you're undressed, you definitely feel the chill. It would be helpful if they had bed warmers to help with clients feeling cold. I felt that my therapist listened to me and asked questions but at the end of my massage, I realized he didn't listen to me completely about what was hurting. I explicitly stated that my lower back, shoulders, and neck were needing work. Unfortunately for me, the student followed the order of what the school teaches completely and didn't deviate, which meant he spent time on my shoulders and lower back, worked on my legs, and completely skipped my neck. I thought maybe the curriculum was different from every other massage I have ever received in my life but as the student walked me out, he told me that he had to skip my neck because he didn't want to be late for the next appointment. I understand being timely but it a client states a specific part is ailing them, focus on that and skip a different body part that isn't hurting them. I understand that this is a school and these are students, but listening to your clients and working out what ails them vs following the order needs to be emphasized.

School was refusing to help me get a form for my taxes, I tried going through the campus then the…read moretech department because I couldn't get into my student portal they told me that I basically wasn't a student that my number never existed and that they couldn't give me my form and then completely stopped helping me and deactivated all my accounts to log into anything.

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Thunderbird School of Global Management

Thunderbird School of Global Management

4.5(8 reviews)
5.1 mi

I remember years ago visiting the Thunderbird School of Global Management when they had a campus in…read morethe West Valley. And then in 2014, everything changed as Arizona State University acquired Thunderbird, and Thunderbird became a unit of the ASU Enterprise. Since that time, ASU sold its Thunderbird campus to Arizona Christian University, and the graduate programs moved to the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus to its own building while the newly created undergraduate programs moved to the ASU West Valley Campus until 2025 when they also moved to the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus. Every now and then, I find myself on the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus with a meeting in the Thunderbird School of Global Management. There is the Grumpy Mule Cafe on the first floor and the Thunderbird Pub on the fifth floor. There is also the global forum on the first floor with a large digital globe suspended from the middle of the rotunda showing a digital representation of Earth. There are flags on the first floor representing the home countries of all Thunderbird students. The building, opened in 2022, spans 110,000 square feet and offers flexible classroom space and regional lounges with art and artifacts gifted by alumni from around the world. Thunderbird now serves as a significant part of the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus, which opened for classes in 2006. This campus meshes well with the Downtown Phoenix area as they share streets, parks, and nearby restaurants and stores. In fact, ASU is actively involved in monthly stakeholder meetings with the Downtown Phoenix Inc. (DPI). It helps Downtown stakeholders in knowing what's going on at ASU while it helps ASU to know what's going on around the Downtown Phoenix area. For instance, ASU students and staff enjoy participating in First Fridays while DPI is involved in ASU Welcome Week events. Also, during Family Weekend, Thunderbird hosts Regional Night, which is open to any ASU Downtown students and their families. At the Downtown Phoenix Campus, every student can drive their own experience as they engage in the events and resources on-campus while attending classes, getting an on-campus job, landing an internship or full-time job, joining clubs and organizations, attending many free events and activities, and so much more. The Dean of Students Office (in the Post Office) and the many student services offices at ASU Downtown Phoenix are always there for students, and it's easy to find your way towards graduation and your future when taking advantage of these resources. I look forward to seeing what comes next for such an engaging school like Thunderbird and a campus such as the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus in the coming years!

Graduated many years ago when it was in Glendale. Good and quick way to get a masters degree in…read moreinternational management Student population seemed to be a lot of entitled Minnesota frat boys trying to get into finance and a lot of very entitled international students trying to get into their parents' companies as future CFO. Pub was fun and we also got to see President Ford speak to whole campus. Glendale campus is now a private Christian college. But good pizza place across from on Greenway still stands 40 years later-)

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