U of Phoenix, Devry, ITT Tech, Le Cordon Blue, etc (Ivy League, skill)

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by heeha

I know most people who end up going to those for-profit colleges end up regretting it.

Has anyone ever heard of someone who attend one of those colleges that actually got a decent paying job somewhere?

NO! I do not know of one person who has done this.

PLEASE AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

Perhaps if the word gets out, these vultures will cease to exist!

[NJBest]

My opinion is that if you're considering a for-profit school, you might as well consider your local state school. It can't be any worse in terms of value.

[JordanJP]

University of Phoenix, Devry, and ITT Tech may be accredited, but I don't know how the "educations" offered stack up to a traditional community college (which, for the cost, one might as well do), state school, or private school for higher learning.

I'm leery of them because even though they ARE accredited, they have that "earned credits most likely will not transfer" thing at the bottom. I don't know if this is indicative of anything, but it's enough to keep me away. Local CC got my business instead, and I KNOW that most, if not all, of my transcripts and credits earned will transfer.


Cordon Bleu is different because it's not necessarily a "university-style" thing like the othrs are trying to do- it's for culinary stuff. I have no info or knowledge about it.

[sheena12]

In my opinion, a state school is always better! Why take out student loans for something you can learn for a fraction of the price at a state school or a community college?

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by sheena12

In my opinion, a state school is always better! Why take out student loans for something you can learn for a fraction of the price at a state school or a community college?

Or even better, a quality private school.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by NJBest

My opinion is that if you're considering a for-profit school, you might as well consider your local state school. It can't be any worse in terms of value.

I went to a second-tier state school 20 years ago. Back then the total tuition and fees for a bachelor degree, provided you took a full course load and didn't flunk any classes, was $12,000 for the entire 4 years.. Twenty years later, it's now $46,000 -- for an "also-ran" state university that's still one of the cheapest in the state. That rate of tuition inflation is just plain outrageous. The tuition at some for-profit schools is barely more than that, and would cost considerably less when you consider that you don't need to pay room and board to attend.

As public university tuition skyrockets out of control, it becomes increasingly difficult to argue on behalf of the value of public higher education. It would help reduce the appeal of the questionable for-profit schools if public colleges and universities would once again become the value proposition they used to be.

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by Drover

I went to a second-tier state school 20 years ago. Back then the total tuition and fees for a bachelor degree, provided you took a full course load and didn't flunk, was $12,000. Twenty years later, it's now $44,000 -- for an "also-ran" state university that's still one of the cheapest in the state. That rate of tuition inflation is just plain outrageous. The tuition at some for-profit schools is barely more than that, and would cost considerably less when you consider that you don't need to pay room and board to attend.

As public university tuition skyrockets out of control, it becomes increasingly difficult to argue on behalf of the value of public higher education. It would help reduce the appeal of the questionable for-profit schools if public colleges and universities would once again become the value proposition they used to be.

When I said "local state school" I meant one that hopefully you can commute to. You have to live somewhere anyways.

I wasn't trying to say that a state school was the best value or the cheapest. But not many for-profits have accreditation beyond regional.

The best option in terms of cost is a quality private institution.

[Drover]

Where institutional accreditation is concerned, regional accreditation is the most attractive variety for transferability of credits. If it's good enough for Harvard, I imagine it's good enough for UoP.

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by Drover

Where institutional accreditation is concerned, regional accreditation is the most attractive variety for transferability of credits. If it's good enough for Harvard, I imagine it's good enough for UoP.

UoP credit won't transfer into the Harvard Business school since UoP is not accredited by AACSB. Not all regionally accredited schools are equal. It won't even transfer into Rutgers school of business -- which is a state school!

[Drover]

Originally Posted by NJBest

UoP credit won't transfer into the Harvard Business school since UoP is not accredited by AACSB. Not all regionally accredited schools are equal. It won't even transfer into Rutgers school of business -- which is a state school!

Now you're talking programmatic accreditation as opposed to institutional accreditation. Plenty of UoP's programs also have programmatic accreditation. So whatever your complaints or concerns are about UoP, accreditation shouldn't really be one of them.