Jones International University Reviews

Short of my graduating, they told me I had run out of money and that I could not finish my last two classes without paying out-of-pocket. Now I'm stuck with student loans with no degree to show for it. No "heads up", no warning... just pulled the rug out from under my feet. This institution is totally for profit, not for students.

I've had a great experience with my classes, instructors and peers. I've attended two Big 10 schools and one private university and I much prefer small classes offered at JIU.

I enjoyed this school a great deal. The course work was well thought out, and all my instructors were easy to get a hold of in case I needed them. I personally found this university to suit my needs and therefore found success in the program. I would recommend this school to anyone as I found its overall performance very satisfactory. Also, being a spouse of a military husband I found added benefits the school provided because this.

The professors are good, and I did learn a few things in the courses. The classes get very redundant as the format is the SAME for each class--abstract critique and review, papers, papers, papers. It'd be cool to have some more innovative ideas for projects and real world applications. The ability to choose your own topics is good, and I eventually started presenting my own project ideas, and the professors were great.

The student services / advising is TERRIBLE. Besides crazy turnover, people are always on vacation or on medical leave... and no one takes accountability for anything. They basically tell you to read the handbook (which changes every 6 months or so as they add new requirements). This would be fine if I were paying $10,000 instead of over $50,000. I also lost time based on "glitches" 3 times... unacceptable.

The mentoring program is also a joke. They put you with random people who have no idea about your interests.... I wasted SO MUCH TIME with about 3 mentors who had no idea about my topic / field of interest. I finally ended up (in year 3) with a decent mentor and now I'm playing catch up.

On the up side, my peers were nice and dedicated, and I met some great professors. It's too bad that the people who "sign up" for JIU (professors and students) are awesome... and JIU's management is not.

I've been a student at brick and mortar institutions as well as JIU. At JIU my experience has been wonderful. While I cant say that every professor I've had has been great, the classes are legit as well as the curriculum and the degree overall.