ETSU Reviews

My wife and I were playing a video game and enjoying the wonderful areas of campus. It really is one of the most beautiful I've seen in a long time.

Great campus, love the updates to Digital Media Center

I graduated in 2006, when the university had only 8000 students, and now it has 15000. There were not as many majors as other schools in Tennessee, but now the majors have doubled and the school has doubled in size.
Those who go there now are lucky. When I went there the acceptance rate was not as competitive. I had a 17 on my ACT and a 2.9 GPA. Which now, I know I would not even be accepted. I graduated Magna cum Laude and got a great job with a television station. It is a great university, and I wouldn t have gotten the job and advanced without this.

Cool
Expensive but impressive

Loved my time here. The Geosciences department is awesome as is the Anthropology department.

The campus seems okay but the Davis dorm apartments are horrid, or at least mine is. Was NOT cleaned at all when I arrived, I have a spider infestation, the shower, tub, and drain don't work properly, and the thermostat doesn't work. Luckily the maintenance crew is super helpful and responds quite quickly but I feel like these are simple things that should've been taken care of BEFORE I moved in here. I'm paying 537 a month for a dorm like this whereas I could get an actual apartment for 600 a month WITH in unit laundry and WITHOUT all those bad things I listed. I made the mistake of not looking into other housing options before I got here. I hope my review will be seen before newcomers decide on moving in.

4000 a semester for some guy to ride around on a golf cart and give me a 20 ticket.

This review is for ETSU speech and hearing.
I can not in good conscience make a recommendation for ETSU speech and hearing clinic. The Department staff was rude and insensitive to my request for my son to not be observed by students. I made this request clear in the completed packet I filled out and returned to them. Instead of the clinical manager calling me and discussing my concerns or even offering other options. She had the secretary call me and deny services since I did not agree for him to be observed by students and that I must agree to the terms in the packet, since they are a teaching facility. When I called the clinical manager the following day instead of discussing with me my concerns about my son being observed or offering options she quoted the message given by the secretary. Furthermore, she stated since they were a teaching facility they could not honor my request for my son to not be observed by students.When I lodged a complaint, because I was concerned that my patient rights were being violated, I was referred to Legal counsel who asserted that ETSU speech and hearing did not deny services to my son and they were in the legal right not to offer services unless I agreed for my son to be observed by students. I am uncertain as to what their definition is of "denial of services is." I was told blatantly that if I did not agree for my son to be observed by students they would not see him. That sounds like a denial of services to me. In conclusion, I find the staff at ETSU department of speech and hearing to be insensitive to patient needs and lack any ethical center for caring for their potential patients. They care more about the teaching component of their program than patient rights or concerns.

hmmm... i'm confused. thought of coming around here, but the reviews are negative.
What is the acceptance ratings of the school in the country and beyond? whats their strength and viability in research?
How far have they gone in affecting their immediate community??
oh... i"m being inquisitive now.

If you have another option, take it and run. Everything at this school is a thousand times more complicated than it should be. The administration often seems unorganized and it's a pain to get anything done. I was told by a faculty member that ETSU is first and foremost a business. You may get an education along the way, but their primary concern seems to revolve around money first, and students second. I feel like they bring students in, and right after they cash the check, they bail on them. Revitalizing their failed football program is more important than supporting students academic endeavors. While they work to build a brand new football stadium, some of the academic buildings are in need of serious upgrades.

Simply getting registered for classes is an absolute headache. Financial aid is a mess and often gives conflicting information dependent upon who you speak with. Parking is a nightmare. When you're first accepted here, you're required to pay for and attend a useless orientation session, which is essentially a glorified pep rally.

Several professors (not all) seem as though they don't have the time to be bothered by students. Some are only there so that they can get research funding while treating students like little more than a burden that they are forced to deal with. Online classes cost more for some reason, even though you take those courses from home. Also, notice that only one recent review on here has been replied to - and that was over a year ago. They don't seem to care what anyone thinks.

There are some classes that will automatically fail students for the entire course if they submit late work for any reason at all. There are instructors that will encourage students to drop out. Their graduation rate is less than half, and yet services to support academics are severely underfunded or altogether lacking. Students are nothing more than a number to ETSU.

I love ETSU! Everything and everyone has been great (except for financial aid and parking, but show me a university where those things are actually decent). I got my first degree here and will have my masters from here in the next year, and wouldn't choose to go anywhere else in TN!

Centennial hall had a foul scunkish odor as well as many persons of ill repute coming and going. Was able to buy mushrooms in elevator 7/10

Extremely helpful advisors and professors! I've had a great experience.

East Tennessee State University is one of our oldest lantern-led tour, thought to be one of the most haunted college campuses of the South. Visitors to ETSU while on tour with us learn all about long standing campus traditions and stories along with the history and mysteries found there. Our Haunted Historic ETSU GhostWalk operates year-round 365 days a year, nightly with reservations. Visit our website for more information and come tour the campus of East Tennessee State University with us the next time you are in Johnson City, Tennessee, home of the Buccaneers!!

Graduated two years ago. Had a great time their. I learnt alot.

Bad location (far from international airport and big cities) and town itself doesn't have much to do. The nightlife is fun, since it's basically a party town/university. I had mostly good professors - some didn't seem to care and/or didn't put in much effort, but at the end of the day, it's your education, not theirs. The campus is pretty but can be very congested (cramped). Library is gorgeous and the food-eating area is pretty good. Police in Johnson City are absolutely awful and have no chill. The nature is really pretty, as you're situated directly in the mountains. Exams aren't too bad, some are even online. The lecture halls can be as big as 200 students and as small as 10 - all depends on the class. Frats and sororities are pretty prominent. Diversity is fair - race and internationally, but the international students tend to clump together and I didn't see many people make the effort to integrate themselves. There are a fair amount of school events (some football games), the parties are fun, and the studying isn't too extreme, although it depends on your major. Keep in mind, some classes don't count attendance at all, so skipping class is fine. Just be wary of doing it too often!

Beautiful campus, nice dorm, very easy move in day.

CULP center getting ready for student use. So thrilled!!

Great University! I really enjoyed every second of my time at ETSU. I graduated in December '15 with a degree in Political Science. All of the professors that I had contact with seemed to really care about their students. The campus itself is beautiful and it's not uncommon to see various forms of wildlife on your way to and from classes. I just wish I could of spent more time here. Johnson City is a beautiful area and has quite a bit to offer if you take the time to explore it. I may have graduated but I'll be back to visit the campus and cheer on the Bucs whenever I can.

What a fine university! From Kentucky, we went with our high school fastpitch softball team to play a tournament in a nearby park. About 300 high school girls were there that weekend. It was odd no softball team coaches/personnel thought of promoting their program there.

The academic program and campus just seem outstanding and my daughter has put this on her prospect list just from this softball visit. She would be one of their best outfielders if she chose this college! But they need to get on the ball no pun intended.

My daughter goes to this school im a proud an u loved family an friends day yesterday

My last private, smaller college was a dumpster compared to this place. ETSU has so many resources like clubs, everyday tutoring, free movies, and free mental health care along with other health services. But if you're a party person, this place isn't for you. Staying off-campus is cheaper, they upcharge you on contractual meals as much as the rent. Otherwise, a great place to get an education.

Beautiful clean campus. So far so good. Everyone is very helpful and patient.

The school is a complete joke. I've have had maybe 2 good professors, the rest, don't care one bit, The advisors are awful, administration sucks. Parking is horrid. I'm beyond excited to transfer away from here. DO NOT ATTEND ETSU.

I loved my experience here. I m headed back this spring to start another degree program here.

Ever since ETSU started building the new outdoor stadium, which by the way is in the worst location ever, parking has been a total nightmare for those of us who live in the dorms

Don t go here for college. This place is a joke. Took biology and had bio lab teachers that could barely speak English.

Pictures I posted was from the farmers market on campus. It is a great idea to have local food vendors come by to campus.

The university is alright. Students are extremely friendly and helpful! Instructors are hit-or-miss, but most are really good. Parking, however, is not so good. Too much faculty parkings! Students have a really hard time finding parkings around the campus. The financial aid department is horrible! Emailing the financial aid office is almost useless because students can t turn in their important paperwork s through emails. Shouldn t the school do something to ensure the security of school emails?? Being a commuter school, many students can t come to the Financial Aid office in-person.

This is a great university for business majors. I was very well prepared for the workforce upon graduation. The majority of the business professors are very current and genuinely care for their students.

I'm so proud of East Tennessee State University mostly because it's in our backyard and the many accomplishments that has come out of this school and the basketball program and all the sports programs. The campus is especially beautiful in the fall with all the color changes and in the winter when they put out the Christmas lights.

I have used Mike of Maddox Air Duct Cleaning Service twice for two different properties this year. He has simply been outstanding. His professionalism, cleanliness, hard and honest work is something to be commented. I can't imagine anyone offering a better service and Mike! I would give him 15 stars out of 10.

you get what you work for and be smart do you own planning do not make some councilor pick you classes - you will not be happy with that

I won't say it was a bad school... but it wasn't good. I attended for a year before deciding to transfer out, only to have them lose my paperwork twice, and at the most inconvenient of times. Guess who lost ALL of their scholarships and had to take a semester off from any kind of education due to the lazy advising and financial aid departments?

And it isn't until you're in that you find they don't offer associate's degrees. Or any kind of guarantee that a good chunk their credits will transfer out to schools that aren't associated with them (I guess that's the point, but now I'm thinking of it as more of a 4-year community college than an actual university). As I didn't actually pay for anything but books, I got what I paid for. At least they've updated their website and got a fancy new parking garage.

The school staff (administration & support personnel ) have been very helpful and supportive in answer the various questions the me and my family had upon our very first visit to ETSU. The staff and all personnel we came in contact with were both very helpful and professional in their dealings with us. Thanks again !

I love ETSU! All of my professors have been great, I love the campus, and I love Johnson City in general. Great school in a great town.

Awesome school and great education! Made lots of friends and feel at home every time I go back.

On this date 11/8/2016. Please and Please do not attend this University. This University is total mess. Heed to the reviews of people that gave 1 star. This is a University that i see the person in charge of Academic Transcript denied of not receiving your Transcript when mailed in. There are so many issue that i can't just give all the full details in here, but i've share with friends to avoid going to this University. Please look for another school that's well better than this crap called University. I have contribute as a sign of warning not to attend this University. You will regret from the day 1 you apply for admission at this University.

ETSU is decent at best, to put it simply. If you are coming here for a STEM program, don't unless you have no other option. Nursing and business are the only programs the college excels in. The engineering and science programs are jokes. They receive much less funding, or at least not enough, and the professors are very much hit-or-miss, but mostly miss. If university funds were spent on STEM programs and not on unneeded buildings and other unnecessary renovations (Culp center was fine as it was in my opinion, and a new center for the arts is unnecessary). If you want to go into nursing or business, this school works, but if you want to do engineering, science, or anything that pays well that aren't the aforementioned topics then I'd consider other options.

Poor job in getting field experience placements for their grad students. Advisors and program heads are essentially paid to do nothing.

Beautiful landscapes. Art and things around to see this place is amazing Jrotc program, Art and many more.

I mean it is a good school, nothing spectacular. I sort of wish I went somewhere else sometimes. Sometimes I'm glad I go here. I've had professors who have changed the way I see the world, opening up doors that I would never have gotten from not coming to ETSU....But I've also had plenty of adjunct professors that have been sub par at best. (Mostly due to under funding certain departments).

A lot of people are excited for football, but as it is going up (being paid for by students who wont see its completion) We are seeing a lack of funding to several departments on campus. Our professors aren't paid enough and it tends to show. Personally I went to school to further my education and feel that those goals are taking back seat to a future football team that I will never see.

As for student life, there are plenty of student interest groups that offer leadership opportunities and social engagement and for me, that is one of the best things about going to ETSU. The downside, is I would have had that if I had went to ANY UNIVERSITY. Other Universities also have better student centers that are better designed for student activities, ours is quite dated, and the 'improvements' they are making to the culp center are long over due.

If you like parties, we've got them!

If you are afraid of your sons or daughters being assaulted in their first few years, we have that too, more people have been coming forward in the past few years claiming to being sexually assaulted on or around our campus. In ETSU's defense, this is a problem across the board but the way we are responding to it isn't exactly great either. More could be done to prevent these assaults.

We have a good recycling program on campus, that's a plus. But that doesn't really cover the fact that ETSU has the biggest carbon foot print in the area...more could be done to make ETSU Green....A lot more.

The dorms are either really nice, or really crappy. This is where you will get your first taste of the world, and its all in how much money you are willing to spend...or go into debt. The affordable ones for men only recently had air conditioning installed, and even the fancy ones are too small and super limiting. I lived on campus in the hopes to stay closer to my classes, but since recently I moved off campus into the tree streets and life is 1000X better. I live a safe bike ride away and life is good.
There are also off campus apartments, but those are like dorms without RA's. loud parties all the time, which is fun for some, I just don't want to live in that.

ETSU is a place to get a degree, it has things I like, and plenty things I don't. The biggest reason this school is half decent to me is more from my personal engagements with life changing professors and priceless friendships and connections I have made along the way and less so anything ETSU had a major part in. I hope to get my degree in the next year, but beware, ETSU is a 5 year school, with averages around 5-6 year completion rates don't let them lie to you with all this 4 year jargon.

I've never been a student there but I know how it got publicity from lies.They even went so far as to give me a bad name.I'd rather recommend a specialist for my problems.The only idealists I saw protest there over a 4 year period were nothing but crooks.

Adminstration is unprofessional and needlessly difficult. Transcript requests are delayed and unorganized. No interdepartmental communication, leaving the student to repeatedly push for needs or requests to every department at nauseum. Imaginary "holds" on accounts that have to be removed several times delaying your ability to move away from their school. This school is like being stuck in a reduntant and frustrating time loop of paperwork and dont complain or their administrative supervisors will claim that its somehow the students fault for their gross incompetence. I advise everyone to steer clear

As a parent you will deal with way to much rhetoric dealing with the financial aid process. You send documents, these loose documents. You give them tax papers one year and the next year that want the exact documents and claim they can't use them again and access them because they are "sensitive". You used them before with all the "sensitive" information. This red tape rhetoric is nothing but a hassle. You talk to one person and get one answer and talk to another and get another answer. We're going to be looking for another school for our daughter.

Such a beautiful campus and so many updates!! The Culp Center is beautiful!

I graduated from ETSU in December of 2015. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at this school. I can only account for the Computer Science department as that is what my degree is through, but I would advise any one considering a CS degree to seriously consider ETSU. Through my years there were professors that I did not feel went out of their way to help, but that you will find anywhere. The vast majority of the time I had great professors who legitimately cared and would do anything to help, I even had a few that would keep in touch after the semester. My advice is to get through your Gen Ed work. No one enjoys Gen Ed, and find the thing you love to do then stick with it. Once you get into your major all the professors are considerably more helpful. They are where they are for a reason. I know a lot of people who have gone to ETSU for a wide variety of majors, and they have all had they same thoughts. All in all I think ETSU is a great school, and can adequately prepare you to get start your career, whatever that may be.

Transferred from Northeast State Community College in 2013 with a degree in speech. Walked out of ETSU 2 years later with a math degree. You really choose your own level of involvement at this school. Staff is always helpful, teachers are amazing, and there is always something to do on campus. Definitely worth what they ask to go there.

This is by far the worst school I could have ever attended. I wish I could go back in time and not choose to come here. If you are considering coming here, DONT! Especially if you re a minority student. I am currently dealing with an incident of racial discrimination with my Microbiology Lab teacher. I typed up the a report two days ago, cc the Dean of students, and forwarded it to the president of the school (Dr. Nolan). I was referred to the Compliance office, and when I spoke with the title 6 & 9 coordinator he told me this is not worth an investigation . That this is will go in my teacher s HR file as a complaint and I should go back to class as if nothing has happened. I went about things the right way and still got no response/results. I am very upset with the school and all parties involved. If you re planning on coming here, PLEASE RECONSIDER!

My son graduated from here and had a time. From his money being very late to getting advice it was bad. He told his advisor what he was interested in and was told "great field, sure there are jobs." He graduated last December and is still at Walmart. They told him their job bank helps with jobs and between that and 5 applications a week he hasn't had a single interview. He is going back to Northeast for yet another degree.

Skip this place. It was turmoil with the administration from the very day I got accepted. Full of stuck up professors who carry around this attitude that "they don't pay me enough to do this" and treat most students as undesirables who just waste their time. Not to mention they never email you back. Four year graduation rate is only 20% and 43% graduate within six years. Since they accept a crazy 86% of the people that apply to this school its no wonder they have such a parking problem. Campus and surrounding city are very dull.

Avoid this college! The MOST unorganized college I have ever tried to take classes at. Paid for MRI courses, got a syllabus that was seven years old, the powerpoints referenced materials and figures to a book that was not even assigned. Literally paying for them to tell me to read a book and that's it. There is zero value in what they have to offer. COMPLETE waste of money.

Very diverse (Not just race), students studying to be doctors to folk musicians.
Both my students graduated in 4 hrs/Mathematics major and honors graduate business
Very nice campus, most affordable university in TN, add Hope Scholarships and good parental support and it's doable
Would recommend you take a look don't just disregard because it's in "the hills".
Solid education money well spent
Football is coming soon
Off campus housing really nice near baseball field