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Kaplan University Reviews

33 % recommend

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Based on 105 reviews

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Accreditation: Regional accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission, part of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Military Friendly: Participates in the Yellow Ribbon program
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Military Enrollment: 13,000
Year of Inception: 1937, changed name to Kaplan University in 2004
Carnegie Classification: Associate's--Private For-profit 4-year Primarily Associate's
Institution Type: Private for-profit

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DON'T DO IT!

School not recommended by Amanda on February 04, 2012

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HORRIBLE SCHOOL. Only cares about the money. Will mess up your degree plan and screw you with financial aid. PLUS NOTHING TRANSFERS!!

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IT sucks

School not recommended by Bryant piersall on January 30, 2012

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This school was expensive and I paid for a bunch of bad classes that I didn't need. This is a profit school that has a bad IT program. You dont' learn anything at all.

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Not worth the money

School not recommended by Deanna Savage on January 03, 2012

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I attended Kaplan for 10 whole months, and yes that was long enough. It was my first online school I did not know how much they were actually charging for the degree program ($33,000) for Associates in Science Business Administration.

I was researching the info and actually along the time trying to find a cheaper school, financial aide told me I was going to run out of money and would need extra loans from an outside source. kaplan had not warned me about none of this. This classes are 10 weeks long, the advisors were good. They called and checked on me periodically and kept me motivated but soon I transferred to CTU ($7,000) cheaper and I will be graduating in may 2012.

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Well worth it...

School recommended by Denise Dale on December 28, 2011

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I will graduate from Kaplan University in February 2012 with my Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services Administration. I am currently applying at area Department of Social Services for a job. They have assured me that since Kaplan is fully accredited, that my education will be accepted; all credits are also fully transferable.

I do not plan on getting my Masters Degree at this time - I am confident that I will be able to get an entry level position with DSS, and be able to work my way up in the agency quickly! I'm very satisfied with my choice.

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So far so Good

School recommended by Danielle Krause on December 13, 2011

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I was reading the reviews on Kalplan university, and it started to make me really nervous about my future. I'm not one to believe everything I read, without doing the research on my own. I read all reviews and took them into consideration. I also took into consideration my experience with Kaplan so far. At the moment, my personal experience has been a good one. I have attended college on campus, and I can tell you there is a difference. First, online you are accountable for everything if you lack motivation, you will not do well, if you think its easy, you are highly mistaken. Every institution has its flaws,whether it be online or on campus.

So that being said I did some research, I called every place of employment in my chosen field of Psychology, from 10 miles down the road to 3 hours away. I talked to every person that did the hiring in the facility. I asked them "when you are hiring someone are you less likely to hire someone who has gone to online college vs campus?" Their answer to me was no, as long as its accredited it does not matter, and as long as you have ment the requirements for your internship and board; they really don't look at what college you went to.

So that being said, do your own research call places that you would be interested in working at, talk to the people in the human resource dept, and ask them the same questions.

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