My husband called the advisor to get more information. He is military so he called the MILITARY specific advisor. First of all, he told her he had his associate's degree, yet later on the phone she asked if he had ever taken college courses... um... what? The icing on the cake was that she told him ...
I have attended UMUC for about 2 years. I would consider the University to be a place that provides a great academic opportunity to working class adults. Yes, they do require you to make ur tuition payments fairly quickly upon registering for classes and yes, you will be dropped from classes if pa...
UMUC is the worst college I have ever attended. Their practice of either not informing students or misinforming students regarding their financial aid has caused my credit to be damaged and financial aid funds to be mismanaged even with constant communication with the financial aid department. I wil...
A for profit business rather than a university. Wait until you transfer and have to pay $10.00 per transcript for e-delivery, compared to all my other schools which charge $1.50.
Financial aid is full of miscommunication. If you have a scholarship there is no chance you will just be granted it without some sort of hassles, 10 emails, and 5 calls. Beyond ridiculous that these people do not know how to do their jobs. Was tempted to quit the program simply due to financial aid.
I currently do classes online and I may be looking for another school to attend because not only did I call for a complaint about a professor and someone told me in student services I could just withdrawal instead on looking deeper in the situation and resolving it. I'm not interested in the disresp...
This is the worst school I ve ever dealt with. I was told that my federal aid would cover my classes so I tried to take 4 classes. I was told pell grant would only cover 3 classes for the semester and so I dropped 2 classes because I didn t want to pay and you have to take 6 credits at a time to con...
All this institution cares about is money. They will say anything to get you reeled into the process, only to make errors and make them your fault. You will speak with several different people that are ill equip for their positions. I have attended other institutions and never experienced the lack o...
There is going to be one class that is absolutely pointless in every program. This class will take your money without fail and teach you nothing. This is the reason for the low graduation rate of 5.6%, people go broke trying to finish.
The Financial aid department should be totally revamped! I agree with most people when the say how difficult it is. Most of it is communication and the Universities unwillingness to be human.
Having said that, this is a top notch University with a top notch curriculum! I work extremely hard to be a...
While I wouldn't give this school five stars, I wouldn't give it one star like most of you. Some of these people have ridiculously stupid reasons for a one star rating and others have genuinely had bad experiences. However, I really haven't had bad experiences. I've been to four different schools an...
I am attending for my Masters of Science in Cyber Technology. Fantastic program. All the professors are challenging, attentive and very professional. Great program. UMUC is an excellent university.
Undergraduate: 1 Star - I do not recommend their undergraduate program in Accounting. What they taught and what you will experience in the actual field is massively different. The undergraduate professors are a hit and miss, and majority of then are just check the block without much communication. I...
This school is just something else. This review will focus on financial aid. I get constant emails from the financial aid department when I call to see what is going on- no one seems to know. No trace of the email being sent. EVERY time I call I seem to get someone incompetent and it is very frustr...
I earned my B.A. in Graphic Communication and I'm currently working on a graduate certificate. I've had issues here and there, but UMUC is usually quick to respond and work it out. I do wish that they didn't bounce around student advisors so much when you need help. Overall, it has been a positive ...
Only Active duty military get the rate for 250 per credit! Veteran's don't get crap from this university where as the majority of investiture and colleges veteran's get to use the same rate as active duty! I guess they think veteran's service is not good enough to deserve it too!
I m currently enrolled here and I m very disappointed in this school, I m enrolled in the undergrad program for my degree in Management Studies I did have a minor in marketing BUT had to drop it. They either need to educate their advisors better OR update the stupid advising report system. My advisi...
I wish there was a Zero star option. It is TERRIBLE that a "University" is so money hungry that they choose to go above and beyond in order to make a few hundred dollars. If you are a financial aid student be very on top of your billing. I completed and degree and was hit with a $1200 balance after ...
I earned my bachelor's and master's degrees from here over the past 5 years. Great school and excellent staff. Highly recommended.
One of the worst online college that I have ever been to; the teachers are incompetent and take forever to respond back to you. By the time that they do, the assignment was already due. I went here for a summer session and I regret I ever matriculated to this god forsaken university. I don't know ho...
This is a really poor institution for Environmental Management, otherwise it is fine. Im taking online courses, majoring in Business Administration with a minor in Environmental Management. The business professors are good. But in Environmental Management classes, course materials become non existen...
While the school isn t bad the financial aid department and scholarship department is a complete and utter joke. Offered me a scholarship that apparently is only for state of Maryland residents ( which I am but did not complete instate status from beginning of 2016 so for all intents and purposes I ...
One star is too much. DO NOT ATTEND UMUC. I left and now attend Strayer. The administration, counselors, and teachers are so much more involved with the students. My teachers communicate with me daily and provide the motivation and extra help needed to understand the material and graduate. The couns...
The material is good, but the teachers are part-time and some don't always put forth enough effort in the classroom. I've had some lazy teachers who cancel class due to their other obligations, and/or neglect students. Also, this school has a 100% acceptance rate, which is similar to a community col...
The professors are great . But , financial aid department seems fraudulent . One minute I have FA for the spring semester , now its gone , Why did I have to apply for financial aid and it not be applied to my account and have to pay the full balance out of pocket . There is a reason I got financi...
Working now on my senior year and have never had an issue with coursework, professors or financial aid. Professors will always have different styles but the work will be all left to be done by you.
Find out before registration if this college atmosphere will be right for you before you have an expe...
I have had a great experience so far and compared to another comment I read they never tried to stop financial aid, they actually were a real help with it.its all about communication and asking questions.
Threatening to take away my in-state tuition because my mailing address was in a different state. Even after providing proof of property in-state, still went back and forth on the issue. Cancelling enrollment.
In addition, spent $5000 on classes with poor curriculum (publicly available YouTube v...
School is what you make of it. Its challenging and need of discipline in order to complete all the school work.
I'm currently on my last week of my first class. The representative at the Futenma Education Office was extremely helpful, professional, and assisted with the Financial Aid process tremendously. Adversely, I cannot speak as highly of the course content. Much of the course material is copied and past...
Should not allow people to smoke in front where people walk in and have to smell stinky cigarette smoke. Relocate to side.
I can't endorse this school at all. Most of my classes were online, which isn't a bother, but when you pay the same price as other classes per credit hour, but receive a knock off education things tend to get frustrating. Course materials were articles or Wikipedia. Between the shady grading, lack o...
Excellent school with great flexibility for full time employees. I saw some people saying their training materials and references are from Wikipedia I m saying this is 21th century and as master degree scholar it s not expected to push us and ask to buy expensive books. In master degree we learn the...
Keith Bates provided fabulous, courteous, professional help to me by bringing ALL of my office equipment to me. Please let Keith know he is very warmly appreciated.
No one audits professor's grading practices. Kate Bauer was the worst professor I have ever had. I don't know how it is that she is still employed. She is a sick control freak.
I attended this University. I did read many of the other reviews. Early on I was a little frustrated learning the online system but once I read the online instructions for registering, paying, and courses I was fine!
I found both professors and advisors very helpful when I called. As well everyth...
If you are looking to take courses towards your CFP, don't do it here. They are the most unhelpful staff I've encountered towards my journey. The nice website interface doesn't make up for the extra red tape you must encounter here with these guys.
Everyone is so helpful! Love this school can't wait to register for classes soon!
If you can avoid this trashy school!!! All they care about is the money. I have been trying to get enrolled since June of 2019 and I ve just been given the run around. The office of compliance NEVER answers the phone and can never return an email. And please do not get me started on financial aid!!!...
Where do I begin? I was very excited about starting my program at UMUC. A few years ago, when I was a Medical Center Manager, I sponsored a workshop at my center. I reached out to UMUC to have representatives come out to encourage staff to further their education. I was impressed and kept in mind, w...
I d be switching schools if I weren t over halfway through my bachelors degree. My transfer credits were accepted but were treated as lower level credits. To meet the UMUC requirement of 45 upper level credits, I have to take a bunch of electives I shouldn t need because most of my actual degree cou...
If you dont like your balances sent to collections in a matter of 1-2 months, if you value your gpa, if you dont want to receive a refund and then receive a message saying they made a mistake then go here. Lastly, if you have never paid for school because of your financial aid then do not come here ...
Thank you guy's so much for your reviews. I now will not be attending thus school The graduation rate is only 10% anyway. I knew this school would be a problem!!
Was a previous employee. They treat the employees horribly. I worked in the admissions department. It was a full blown nightmare. They were way behind in paperwork hence why I see the frustration from other student reviews. Super unorganized.
UMUC offers 8 week courses. This makes the classes condensed but at the same time they are easy to follow.
Most classes require work to be submitted at the end of the week, Sunday at midnight. However, initial discussion boards are usually required by Thursday of each week by midnight. The profes...
Absolutely the worst school I have ever had the displeasure of being associated with. They have no interest, and not even a shred of empathy for their students.
A few years ago when I started taking classes there my aunt (who was living with us) died. I failed my semester. I had never had a close r...
I transferred my community college credits here and have been relatively pleased. Their program fits perfectly into my lifestyle, where I work full time. As with anything in life, you get out of this school what you put into it.
My experience started out good. But after 2 years, I can't say I recommend UMGC. A lot of my professors do not help when I ask questions. I'm met with hostility and demeaning responses. A "figure it out yourself" or "You should know this" response. I was also recommended to take classes that I didn'...
I constantly have to fight with Financial AID! They are extremely terrible and inefficient! I honestly do not understand what they do. Always late in processing my funds! Plus they will keep calling you to tell you that your classes will be dropped due to non-payment. To me, this is harassment when...
I mean, I got my degree, so that's something. The fun part comes when you file the student portion of your taxes, you better hope they reported what you paid them vice what they billed you. If they don't, you'll get a lovely package from the IRS three days before Christmas. That package will contain...
Sincerely all this school care about is your money. Stay away from this school. Also their customer service/students advising is a wreck, most of them cannot proffer solution to your questions and they don t care if you get things done or not as long as you don t owe the school. I regret starting my...
I have just recently inquired about enrolling in their master's program. I can honestly state that the admissions counselor there is just like the A.C's at other colleges/universities. I recently found out that most of these counselors are third party hired and not actually with the school.
In an...
With all due respect, I am very upset with this school. I rarely hear from anyone at this school. I am not able to plan for the next semester currently. If I do not hear anything soon from the school regarding my transcript from a previous college, which I have now spent more money and sent again bo...
This school has the most incompetent, ignorant staff I have ever seen. I ve been here 4 years and am graduating in October and EVERY SINGLE YEAR there is a issue with my account. They will send me a bill months after classes have ended, even though I got a refund. Then make the same mistake semester...
Very impressive faculty and staff. Both thumbs up if i had more thumbs id put them up too. Great place.
I went to several colleges...from Texas...to Asia and back down to Florida but UMUC was the best. The staff/instructors helped me every step of the way. I graduated and checked off a long term goal. Thank you UMUC.
The school is a money hungry scam. Provided over 75 credit hours from two other colleges. When UMUC reviewed my credit hours they only gave me 20 hrs. They want as much money as possible from students. Definitely not about education but rather all about ripping off students and not giving credit whe...
I was very excited to start going here for their investigative forensics program but that changed when I realized my account was under a financial hold when I called and asked why I was told it was because I still owed $1,700 even with all my financial aid that I was told was going to cover all of i...
This is my second semester at the school. I love online learning, it makes school easy with my full time job. I ve had some issue with unresponsive professors but that can happen at any school and has happened prior to my enrollment at UMGC. Financial services and academic advising has been so wonde...
This school is awful. I would NOT recommend. It s not for adult learners with jobs as they say. They are also money hungry. Majority of them are incompetent, will give you false information. Act on the false information and you will be the one paying the price. The 8 week classes consist of A LOT OF...
So far not to happy. First impression was not that this is a caring supportive program. I decided to take my transcripts to meet with an advisor and in my past experience you sit down with the advisor, go over transcripts, discuss a plan for your educational path, and set goals. The advisor sits beh...
I am very upset with the support I received during my class. I took a statistic class last semester and my professor was absentee most of the course. Homework was not graded and any/ all emails I sent went unanswered. Stay away! The faculty does not engage or seem to care about the students it's lik...
I came to this facility a few times for some events and really enjoyed the work put into it. There's a great amount of resources on site for students. There's also a veterans lounge, but I'm not sure what the hours are for that.
I recently received a B.S. in Computer Science from UMUC and I am proud to have graduated from this university. They offer a hybrid approach to learning that lays somewhere between a brick and mortar experience and online experience. Most of my instructors were excellent but there is always a couple...
I have been attending for a year. I love the teachers. A very good school.
Having just completed the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, I found UMUC much to my expectations.There is no doubt that one's experience at UMUC depends on discipline and hard work. The graduate school professors were successful outside of academia and brought "real world" knowledge a...
Updated. After being contacted I was told the fee was waved because of the difficulty.
See comment below. Contacted them, sent my issue and have not heard back. Here we are a month after I submitted this.
2014 Graduate. Went to apply for a second major today. Applied but no feedback. Fin...
Be careful when choosing a professor. Be sure to use the rate my professor site. And be careful when talking to the dean about a complaint about a professor. They ll always take the professors side. No matter how much you explain your position. Just don t be opinionated, follow the rubric and just j...
Staff not helpful, all my years attending i continue to have issues With the financial Aid office.. They dropped my classes and even though it was an error on their part, they would not allow me to re enroll in the classes. I transferred to Arizona State University... Best decision I ve ever made.. ...
Though this is a good place to go spend a small fortune for a degree, I'd recommend you get certs. Unless you need a degree for what you want to accomplish, consider your options thoroughly. Although I will say that getting a cert is going to be harder than taking a class at UMGC. But most cert exam...
This is probably the worst public college in Baltimore, with a 94% drop-out rate. What can you expect from a school that accepts everyone? Please read reviews on real college sites to see the truth.
Christ Embassy is a place to be and to become a part of. The Love of God can be felt as you fellowship. i am grateful that i came to Christ Embassy. It's a Home of Love, a place to be...!
I would not recommend this university to anyone. I had a terrible experience with not only the class, but now the billing department is after me for $1167.75 for ONE CLASS I did not even take.
The online platform is not easy to use. Navigating the platform made it very hard to make sure all assig...
"Horrible" is an understatement. I ve taken a few classes which were fine but my last class was American Government. The teacher was a nutcase that was very sensitive to politics and if you verbatim wrote and cited what a quality source wrote, she would just say "no facts, no reasoning, no sources c...
A one star is seriously being too nice. I haven't even started here yet, I start in September, and I've had NOTHING BUT DAMN PROBLEMS. Financial aid is nothing but incompetent imbecile's. They sent me an e-mail asking me to fill out a form, so I did and sent it back. Got an e-mail telling me it was ...
I have attended this school for two years without ever speaking to any advisors. This school does not provide any level of student support. If you want to succeed, this school would not be a good choice. Further your education with an institution that cares and values their students.
I enrolled at UMUC to complete my foreign language requirements at the University of Maryland College Park. My experience at UMUC was poor. All course materials are copyrighted by the school and available to students only during their current term. Learning is a process which frequently requires ...
FRAUDULENT SCHOOL!!!! I will definitely be taking them to court. I called 1-2 years ago to withdrawal from this school. I was told I was successfully withdrawn. Mind you, I haven t heard ANYTHING from this school. When I spoke to them last, they didn t mention this to me. Now I have an account in co...
Tried this school this semester and it has been one massive disappointment. Between the arbitrary grading by professors and the "advisors". I wanted to change my minor and for several days now I get random emails from a different advisor every time asking for the same information all of the rest do ...
The financial aid office is a complete nightmare. There is no follow-up and you will continually receive conflicting information. Imagine being a semester away from graduation and then you are told the system was just updated and you will no longer receive aid when the previous day (literally) you w...
UMUC was pretty horrible. One semester my Mom passed away a day before classes started. I tried to get help with my classes, but since my Mom passed away a day before the semester UMUC said I couldn't resign from my classes. They were the most unhelpful people ever.
The school is not very helpful...
Great support, easy UI, caring teachers (for the most part), financial aid assistance, nice gov discount even for gov employee spounces! I transferred from a Community College, and they were very helpful and accommodating. The online student profile, enrolling process, blackboard, etc are excellent ...
One star is being nice. They deserve ZERO stars! I would not recommend this school. FA is horrible to deal with. They are a money seeking school. They scam and scheme students out of their money. No one gives you answers to your questions, but if they do they all answer differently. They don t take ...
I have been attending UMUC in Europe location. And I love it, they offer great classes and the teachers are very understanding with military duties! As far as financial aid I have never had a problem. In fact I always go to my counselor and she helps with anything I need!