It's an OK online program. However, there are bett...

It's an OK online program. However, there are better ones to choose from. I received my associates from CTU last year. The 5 1/2 week courses were sketchy and I didn't learn as much as I would have liked. Recently, I transferred to Colorado State Global and am having a much better experience. Unfortunately I learned the hard way (due to my lack of research). When people ask my advice about going to school, I recommend they go to a non-profit school vs a for-profit.

For those that do not know, CTU is part of a "for-profit" school system. CTU is owned by Career Education Corporation, who owns about 8 different for-profit schools. Unfortunately, many of these schools have failed and or are not doing very well. For-profit schools are more concerned about making money for stakeholders. However, Non profit schools such as CSU Global are state funded and are based on education instead of money.

The biggest reason for transferring is the fact I was told by my Navy officer recruiter that a degree from CTU would not look good for my commissioning package. He recommended a state funded school to get where I wanted to be. He wasn't discrediting CTU, but he was giving insight that it really does matter where you study. CSU global has 8 1/2 week classes and the workload and assignments are much more demanding. Additionally, CSU global makes me feel like I'm actually learning something valuable. I'm not here advertising or telling you to go to CSU Global, rather I want you to learn from my mistakes and research different programs to find your best fit.

One last thing I would like to add.... CTU would call me non stop trying to get me to go to their school. In-fact, they still contact me to this very day trying to get me to finish my bachelors. I keep telling them that I'm almost graduated from Colorado State Global, yet they keep calling. Never experienced this problem with a non-profit school, it doesn't seem normal for a school to sell itself to you.