University of Phoenix-Corporate Office

I just want to urge anyone who is considering the University of Phoenix to

please reconsider. First and foremost, the extremely high cost of tuition at

the University is not a fair exchange for the subpar education you receive.

You will be paying for shorter classes and peer learning, and from the

research I've done, most employers do not recognize a degree from University

of Phoenix as much more than a piece of paper.

I made the smartest decision ever by changing schools. I now attend Oklahoma

State University. Not only is it a division one school more widely

recognized, but its CHEAPER! The kicker is, the classes you take at UOP are

mostly non-transferrable to any State funded or division one school. After

many arguments and debates, frustrations and setbacks, a number of Oklahoma

colleges finally took UOP to court just to get a course catalog with

comparative class information for their courses so they would no longer be

left with the burden of trying to determine which classes you need credit

for when transferring. Secondly, you cannot get a transcript of your classes

from UOP unless you order it from the main campus either online, or by

calling at a cost of 7.00 per transcript. Need an overnight transcript? How

about a charge of 45.00 + the cost of the transcript itself! Yep, you got

it! 52.00 dollars for a piece of paper delivered to you the next day (within

2 days if you don't order by 10am Phoenix time!) I've sent heavy parcel mail

via Ebay transactions for less than that overnight!

The bottom line is, The University of Phoenix engages in unethical business

practices. I have filed formal complaints against them with the Better

Business Bureau. Will that make them change their ways? Probably not. But an

informative website like Complaints.com help average people like myself make

informed decisions. Should you decide to attend UOP, I'd like to say "I told

you so" before you're the next person here expressing your frustration.

Sincerely

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I am not sure where you got the price for your transcripts but that isn't right I overnighted it too and it was like $15 not 50. Also when I transfered to UNT in Denton to finish up my degree all my credits transfered so I don't know where you get this. The truth is it's such a large university 400,000 students that when 1000 people complain its may seem like a lot but that is the same as 3 people complaining about a smaller university. The truth is I have never had aproblem with getting a job and UOP being on my resume and I am proud of it. I actually got a job at as an HR manager making $70000/yr because my peer was working there and told me they had some openings in dallas.. Verizon actually pays 100% of their employees to go to UOP along with a bunch of other very large corp companies because those employers believe in their education. Examples of this are FBI, IRS, Verizon, Xerox, Boeing, Sprint and Ford Motor credit. You can contact any of these empoloyers hr department and find this info out. So nothing your really say sounds ligit. It just sounds like you are bitter about something else and I have found that it's usually that person's fault.