I completed the MBA program in November of 2009. I'm very happy with the learning experience. I've read many negative reviews concerning financial aid at Kaplan. Honestly, my financial aid experience was on par with the Cal State University that I attended for my undergraduate degree.

The one thing that I almost never see while reading Kaplan reviews is how successful MBA graduates are at actually finding jobs once the MBA program is completed. My personal experience regarding this is that job opportunities do increase having the MBA. Will employers be knocking down your door to hire Kaplan MBA graduates? No. Graduates will have to search for jobs like everyone else. One will find however that having the MBA and of course, experience in the desired field, does help aspiring employees to stand out in the crowd.

I started at Kaplan last November (2009) and recently completed enough credit hours to move up to sophomore college student. The professors are fabulous and very knowledgeable in the course work, though I have had 1 or 2 that flew through the seminars very quickly.

The academic advisers are very helpful and supportive. If your adviser is not available, there is someone that can answer your questions.

Financial aid and student services really need to get together and communicate more. My issue was after my freshman year I was billed an additional $320.00 for items not covered by my student loan. I received calls daily from student services asking when a good time to set up payment would be. Daily they were told when financial aid returns my numerous calls and emails to explain what these charged were then I would make payment arrangements.

I made a partial payment online while waiting a month for my questions to be answered. My academic adviser finally got me through to financial aid for answers to my questions.

I made arrangements to contact the student service department for total payment. They were given 6 phone calls, none returned, before I made the payment online. The very next day I received another "when can you pay us" call! My original contact called the following day and asked the very same question. The right hand doesn't know what the left is doing!

The education is great, the instructors (for the most part) really care. Pay cash if you can though! Trying to get information or questions answered...it would be easier to find a dentist on Sunday for an emergency tooth extraction!

I am in the search process to find a different school to transfer my credits to and complete my degree, hopefully their student departments are more open with each other and communicate better.

I started at this online university in 2002 before they were a university. It was great at first but as they grew, they had their share of growing pains so yes, some departments were playing catch up.

I got my BBM and my MBA at this college. When I went comparing other universities online and near my home, I had worse response than Kaplan ever gave me.

Discipline and getting work done timely is what is needed on your part to maintain a good gpa.

I rarely had a "bad" professor but I did encounter a few. Mainly they lacked in responses to questions (almost like they didn't know the answers and repeated your question)

When pressured for assistance, help, I had one get disrespectful/offensive after I had to be blunt with him.

I am currently enrolled in the Business program with just two terms left. Kaplan has been disappointing overall. They are difficult to deal with and the financial aid is a joke. My financial aid was cut off after only three terms, and instead of being told I was just given a higher bill. I was able to afford it so I paid the amount, even though it was ten times what I had planned on paying. To top it off they then sent me notices stating that I would be blocked from classes because of issues with financial aid. After months of these emails, in which a response to them was pointless, I was blocked. I called and the advisor was confused about the situation since I did not even have financial aid. Of course, through the whole process I was unable to speak with my assigned advisors and email responses were limited and unhelpful.

If you do enroll, do not plan on ever calling and reaching your advisor as they do not take calls. The system is not even designed for your calls to go through. Instead you must wait for them to call you back.

The professors are not teachers. They are people from the business world. I am not saying this is bad, but I have had some unpleasant conversations with them due to the fact that they do not understand the difference between teacher and some one who understands the subject. Due to the fact that the whole process moves very quickly; it is difficult to resolve things in a timely manner and every move must count. Books have also been a bit of an issue as they still cannot figure out how to properly address the parcels sent out.

If I could transfer without losing too much time I would, but at this point I am just looking to finish as quickly as possible. Be warned and take what the enrollment advisors say with a grain of salt. They are purely looking to close the deal asap and will tell you whatever they need to in order to get you in and enrolled. After that, they do not care and you will not hear from them again. I recommend to anyone enrolling in an online program, look at one affiliated with a brick and mortar campus. Avoid Kaplan if you can and do not get pulled into their deception.

I was called fifteen times in a span of fifteen minutes by an advisor after requesting "information" only about one of the programs. Then was told "your not Kaplan material" I guess because I am to smart to put up with the BS!