Although you create lasting friendships during the coursework... There's not much else positive to say about this college.
You learn the very bare basics about electronics and in most careers in the field, they don't teach you enough to be productive in a business environment. You leave the school thinking you understand the field and confident that you are ready to enter it, however I worked for a small company and a large company in the electronics field and the things I found out that I should have known, but was never taught in the school, had both companies saying nothing but negative things about this school.
I graduated with an above average gpa, earned tons of awards, including student of the month, yet I found myself lost when entering the field. Needless to say, I eventually moved on to a different career path.
But don't just take it from me, take it from anyone who actually attended this school, and graduated only to find themselves lost. Only a handful of my graduating class were able to attain successful careers, and they were those who had prior experience in the field.
The classes are fun. The faculty is great, for the most part. But at the end of the day, you just end up wasting your time getting a tech degree in (what they claim is a thriving field but) what is a career with a sub-par calling due to everyone going to college for some type of degree in electronics and computers (You're better off with an IT degree) and the fact that they give you "broad range" in the electronic field is actually a negative because you become a jack of all trades and master at none, and most of the time you're learning about components and its something you really don't need to know as individual components aren't replaced anymore.
Unfortunately it's just my word against theirs and there aren't any other reviews to back myself up. But as an alumni of this school, with multiple acquaintances and friends who have graduated at different times as me, all saying the same as I, it's not just a coincidence Hamilton has the reputation it does in the working world, as opposed to what they'd have you think; at the end of the day, they are a business....
As far as career placement goes, sure they are more than likely able to find you a job the majority of the time, what they don't tell you is that most of those jobs aren't even close to being in or around the quad cities and have less than average starting pay for a technician in their field. Doesn't sound like a big deal? After spending as much time, money and being promised the things they do while getting that degree, you'll realize how crappy of a thing it really is to be offered an interview for a position in Omaha, NE, or further. read more