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53 % recommend

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Based on 419 reviews

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Accreditation: Regional accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission
Top Ranking University: Ranked #18 in the 2012 Guide to Online Schools Rankings
Military Friendly: Offers credit for military training
Institution Type: Private for-profit
Carnegie Classification: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Physical Campus: Over 200 campuses worldwide
Year of Inception: 1979

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A very pissed off x Phoenix

School not recommended by Regina Holbrook on February 08, 2012

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Beware if you decide to waste your time with this School. These people candy coat everything to sucker you into there little scheme. I am a stay at home mother and wanted to better myself, so I enrolled in to this facility.

The administration were pretty cool and really worked with me. Most of the Professors were great, but after about nine weeks of getting all A's and B's in all my classes up to this point, I had A professor who who basically made fun of me in a post for asking a question. This really pissed me off! After this incident she started saying that I plagiarized a final assignment and then three assignments after she had already graded them. Which I received at least a b on. She said she used the plagiarism checker and that I copied my words from some website, that I have never seen nor have I ever heard of it before. She sent me the link to the website that I was accused of copying from.

I have to agree there were a lot of similarities in my word but no way was it word for word or even close to being copied. I wrote her a very not nice letter and told her that I didn't get this far into my schooling with almost a perfect GPA by cheating or coping someone else's work and that she should kiss my A**, then I proceeded to ask her how she liked that for academic writing? I dropped out and have refused to answer any of their calls, because I did try talking to a few people about this particular Professor when I first had the problem with her making fun of me in a post, and their response was " I'm sure she didn't mean anything about it.

So now I owe them money and I don't think I can get another loan to go to a better on line college. Not to mention I have found out that the degree that I would have gotten would not have been accepted by several places!!! Seriously, UNOP quit LYING TO YOUR STUDENTS!!! THIS SCHOOL SUCKS!!!

Lesson learned

School not recommended by Stacia on January 31, 2012

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Everyone holds their own opinion, and I do appreciate when someone takes the time to write a review-good or bad. I wish I had seen this page before enrolling in their online program. This was my experience.

I obtained my AS online, so I knew the commitment and sacrifices that would need to be made in order to get my BS. I chose UOP because I was told all my prior credits would transfer and I could graduate in 2 years. I am withdrawing after this first class is finished. I have been a student for 5 weeks and still I have no official count on my credits since someone “overlooked” the mailing requesting these items. Financial aid is still not in place and due to this I am responsible for the $1700 for the entire class. Every class has a “team project” that is due. There were 4 members in my team and it wasn’t until two days before the assignment was due that one of my team mates said she was “too pregnant to help”..I’m not kidding! These projects are 20% of the final grade. Fortunately, the remaining members, and myself, were able to pull this together in time.

However, her portion was not done well since we had to research and try to combine while we all lived in different time zones. Do your research when looking at universities; it’s all about the numbers.

It is what you make it!

School recommended by Jennifer on January 23, 2012

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I am 6 classes from finishing my Associates in Hospitality Travel and Tourism. I am seeing a lot of reviews that the school is overpriced, and too demanding. If you are doing an associates program it was almost the exact same as I paid for a previous degree; my advisor was there regardless (and I had the same Academic and Finacial advisors the whole time). My instructors worked with me when I needed it and was ready to give up when I had an illness.

In an associates program you take two classes at a time, yes you have deadlines and attendance requirements, I worked third shift during my program and never had a problem. When you work until 7 in the morning, going to an 8 am class isn't easy, but I went at 1 - 2 a.m. when I was at work.

No care for int'l students!

School not recommended by Upset int'l student on January 17, 2012

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They made me pay $45 to apply online/over the phone (which took 2 hours) and then when they took my money, then decided to tell me they cannot enroll me for ONE class because I am an international student, although I had authorization from the school with whom I am have my F1 visa. You could not have let me know before you took my money Phoenix!!!

Fraud

School not recommended by Lisa Bennett on January 11, 2012

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They will tell you what they want you to hear by asking the appropriate questions. Then get you in to find out that they have no idea what they're talking about and how their classes really operate. They're very overpriced and too demanding. Going to you local university or community college is highly recommended from me.

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