My friend went here for the Business program and while it was a little costly, it was a great degree. She made connections through her professors and secured a job quickly after graduating. She had to wait a while to speak to any counselors or advisors though. But the online format was excellent and she said the professors really seemed to know their stuff.
Name: William
Post On: July 21, 2010
Grade: A
This is a follow-up review. As I have mentioned on my previous review, I saw many Air Force people finish their BS/BA from Bellevue and get commissioned as an officer when I was stationed in Offutt. I just got done doing an evaluation with admissions, and here are some things I'd like to say about BU:
The Admissions Counselors were very helpful. They were very nice. They were prompt and courteous (unlike many other community college admin people who rarely returned my emails or calls promptly, if ever).
In my case, my stockbroker license & investment adviser license, and some CCAF credits counted towards ELA electives, which knocked off 20 elective credits. I think that I would've met the electives even if I didn't have the CCAF credits, just from my licenses, but I don't know this for sure. All I know is that I've met them, and that they count professional licenses towards electives via ELA/PLA if applicable.
Their accelerated cohort program is amazing for working professionals like me. And my timeline for completing the program is 1 year! I will be in the BS - Business program.
The tuition is about $335 per credit. This is almost half of what Univ. of Phoenix charges per credit. (And I wouldn't want Phoenix on my resume anyhow.) On top of that, the accelerated program completion time is one year if you have all the core and electives met; so, the actual cost of getting the degree is much lower from my calculations compared to most other colleges in any category. (I.e. if a college doesn't accept ELA/PLA towards electives, you'd have to take elective credits which will add a big chunk of cost to your degree plan.
Anyhow, I am impressed with Bellevue thus far. That's my final answer for now. I will follow up after I complete at least one semester. A+++
Name: William K. C.
Post On: July 12, 2010
Grade: A
When I was stationed at Offutt, AFB in Nebraska, I got to know Bellevue University. In Omaha, NE there were about three choices for getting a college education (in rank): 1. Creighton 2. University of Nebraska 3. Bellevue University. All I know is that BU offered their education to many international students and many military enlistees. I see this as a good thing. Bellevue gave hope and opportunity to the international students and Air Force enlistees alike. I had many buddies from the Air Force that completed their BA/BS from Bellvueand continued on to better career--whether it was to become a commission officer or to get a decent job in the corporate world. So far, my analysis of Bellevue's degree programs are very millitary friendly. Other colleges say they are military friendly, but Bellevue really shows it by their program. As for the tuition, if you compare your total tuition cost to get your BA/BS to other university programs, you will see a big difference I think. I will continue to contrast Bellvue with others as I go along, since I have not enrolled with Bellevue yet (I plan to soon).
Name: dbrenton
Post On: March 26, 2009
Grade: F
I was looking for a college that I could take completely online with in my budget. I was very excited when I found Bellevue. I immediately emailed and received a call from them. I had several conversations with their registration office. I explained to them that I did NOT want a student loan. I expressed this OVER AND OVER. They told me to fill out a FASFA form. I did and they kept telling me my college was going to be "paid for". I thought maybe I qualified for some program that I was not aware of. I had my classes lined up and was on the phone with another advisor when they finally told me that I would have to pay back all this money that I was going to receive because it was a student loan. I was crushed. I wanted to go back to college and get my Bachelors Degree but I will NOT take a student loan. They lied to me over and over just to get me to sign up. I feel like they were trying to get me to sign up and not realize what I was doing. Then when I found out, I think they figured I would just say, "oh well, i came this far". Not me. I withdrew from Bellevue. I will not make that mistake again. I'm still looking to go back to school but not at Bellevue.
Unfortunately I cannot comment on the actual school just the registration office. My grade for this school reflects on them not the teachers and academics.
