University of Phoenix-Online Campus
College of Business - Graduate

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Name: DegreePicks

This degree alone will not get you a job. In fact, it may hinder your job search with some companies. However, in many cases, it can be a good complement to an already strong resume. If you are working in government or education, this degree may be a good option to meet the requirements for a raise or promotion. If you are working in a corporate setting and hope to move beyond middle-management, there are cheaper and better options available to you. Your best option is likely a distance or in-person MBA from a recognized state or non-profit school. The degree is not a fluff degree by any means, and it requires a significant amount of work. But for the amount of money and the amount of work required, there are many other schools that will give you a better return on your education investment.

Name: allgonewrong

I would never pursue an education at the University of Phoenix. This school has a terrible reputation and some employers do not consider an education earned at the University of Phoenix to be of any worth. I must say that I agree. There are far better non-profit, respected, AACSB-accredited business programs.

Name: Dan

When I started to look around at online degree programs the first one I saw was the U of P. (Mainly due to there massive internet and TV ads.) Once I researched them and their programs I found that they were not what I wanted on my resume. The reputation of this school is lacking in all areas. Also, after searching the internet I found that they (or their owners) have had several lawsuits filed against them. One lawsuit I found was even filed by the Federal Government! Between the lawsuits and the bad reputation, I decided to look elsewhere.

Name: vjmba

University of Phoenix online was one of the original online schools for MBA programs. It was expensive, but the professors I had (Marketing VP's from DuPont, GMAC; Lawyers and Law Professors from the US Gov't, Harvard and Yale; Accounting Professors from NYU) ALL had real world experience and were able to put things into a language that someone not in their field would understand and actually be able to use in day to day business. Everything I learned in this program prepared me to excel upward into senior management at large organizations. The support staff at the university - library, financial aid, registrars - ALL made the process of working and taking classes seamless and almost pain-free (except for the homework and papers! ;-) It was A LOT of work - MUCH more than what colleagues had to do with other schools BUT I am actually able to use what I learned...them? well lets just say that they haven't moved up the 'food chain' as far or as quickly as I have. I owe much of my career success to University of Phoenix!

I am in my 5th out of 12 classes in the program. I took one class in the classroom and the rest online. Pros: You can start immediately for online and classroom is not much of a wait either. The online library has an extensive collection of journals, but no books (con). You can switch from online to classroom easily. Classroom is once a week and four hours in length. Class is 6 weeks long. Cons: Online is close to 400 dollars more than campus per class, and there is nothing additional provided by the school. Actually their costs are less with you online, since there is no building cost. You will teach everything to yourself. What you put in through reading the material is what you get out. They do not have teachers, they have facilitators (school's term) and they are simply grade givers (mine at least). Facilitators have no say in course curriculum, all is decided by the wizard of oz. Finals are created by the university and the facilitators have no idea what is on them. So far, every test has had questions that were not in the subject material, but you can use google. Some facilitators do not know what book we are using. The QRB class is a complete waster of time and money. Be prepared to write a paper almost every week on a topic that often does not warrant a paper. In the online course you have log in 4 days a week and discuss twice on each of those days. Facilitators will post questions. Some post only 2 and do not count your first response as discussion. What? How is that not discussion? You will spend a ridiculous amount of time on the discussion board, whereas in the classroom you have 4 hrs/week. There are no partnerships with businesses to enhance and apply your learning. You will only look at fake companies where some of the information is grossly limited. The cost rose three times so far. No other school will want you to transfer credits from here. Good luck trying to determine how to drop a class and no verifiable way exists to know if your "adviser" accomplished the drop for you. Poorly run in every way is this school. Take the GMAT/GRE or not, but find something better.

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