National UniversityReviews of nu.edu

I don’t even know where to start….I enrolled to NU in August of 2020 seeking a BA in ECE with the attached ITL for credentials (2 previous years were spend at a CC clearing my prerequisites) My experience has been awful. The amount of money we pay to not be told ANYTHING ever is insane. They’ll tell you “guidance is in the emails” do you mean the dozens of spam emails we get daily? That’s not guidance, that’s not doing your job after collecting thousands of dollars. I ask all the questions and get wishy washy answers. I am 45 years old, I am not 22, I don’t have the rest of my life to mess around getting my degree. I have taken 36 classes, I am 2 months away from entering the ITL portion of my program. I asked about dropping the ITL portion to just obtain my BA so I can start working and make more than minimum wage as a paraprofessional. I was just told if I drop the ITL portion of the program and simply just obtain my BA I suddenly have TWELVE more courses that I need. I asked my advisor last week if I only had one more course left before the credential portion of my program and she confirmed…..It’s like suddenly I want out of the credential program and they don’t like that. I have been in college for 6 years total with no BA and I have only taken courses I have been advised are needed for my degree….it doesn’t make sense. We are students, we are the “customer”, we do not come to a University knowing 100% of the process, that’s the job of the university/Advisor. My current employer has other paraprofessionals going through this program and all are extremely unhappy and over this. So if I finish my current program which apparently has 2+ years left and student teach while making ZERO money that puts me at 8 years of schooling to be a teacher….no wonder there’s a shortage of teachers. There are NO check-ins, NO guidance, NO support, NO checklist or idea of where you’re at in the program (they’ll tell you to look at your academic advisement report but then tell you it’s not accurate and to contact them) it’s a nightmare. I feel shackled to this institution and I am really upset.

If you want to waste your money and time, then NORTHCENTRAL is the place. I was a student there for over 3 years pursuing my education in PhD in business administration management. I've successfully completed the first 16 courses with a GPA of 3.57. However, for the dissertation which is 5 chapters I have been stuck in Chapter 1 for 24 weeks, every week I submit Chapter 1 my chair denied it then they dismissed me from school. I sought opinions from esteemed professors at various universities, all of whom concurred that my research deserved approval. their validation only amplified the frustration caused by the perpetual roadblocks I encountered. In pursuit of justice, I hold deep respect for my university and all its staff and I embarked on a grade appeal—a route I hoped would rectify the situation. Unfortunately, the Dean's office denied it and dismissed me after costing me approximately 80k.

I have a minority friend age 50 with cognitive disability due to developmental disability-- who cannot handle college course work. After being rejected by various low bar small schools with high acceptance rates, but unable to comprehend the situation and refusing to be dissuaded, he has now applied to National University and has been accepted for a business admin degree, even though he has little proper preparation for this, and has never shown interest in business or aptitude for business. He is just desperate to see himself as academically viable. This will saddle him with debt, not to mention the frustration of failing his courses. He is impulsive and cannot manage money or strategize long term details. Additionally, his transcript alone (from previous failed attempts to succeed in low-bar schools) should have been enough to cause NU to do the right thing and not accept him and also not obligate him to loans/"scholarships." I see that NU keeps a close eye on these posts and does damage control responses to the negative reviews. NU--please respond here to let me know who I can contact to make sure his application is being revisited. Thank you

I enrolled in PhD program with North Central University, and halfway through my first year they were bought-out by National University. The transition has been chaotic and unorganized. They've let licenses for programs lapse that are requirements for courses. Communications from professors is spotty and unreliable. I'm constantly on the fences of switching to another institution except that I've already invested a year of my time and money into this program. I'm not proud to say I'm a student of NCU or NU and I do not trust that they have student's best interest in mind - they're looking for that easy paycheck and don't care about their product.

I applied for an MA in Counseling program. There was a delay due to required reference letters. In December the last letter was submitted. I followed up in early January and was told that 1 letter was still missing. I advised them that the letter was submitted in early December and they countered with holiday school closures. I'm at the end of the month and yet to have anyone follow up with me.

The MPA program itself is good. My complaint is the price that I was given before signing up is not the price I ended up paying. There was about a $10,000 discrepancy. There was an illusion that every third or fourth class would-be free and a Twenty-five percent discount applied. This was not the case.

Be careful when applying for and attending this college. I entered the clinical laboratory scientist program and was basically fed to the wolves after I finished. The college does nothing to help you find an internship afterwards so now I have been looking for an internship or job without any luck and it's been over 1 year. This college is so expensive and I feel like I had a better education at a community college 10 years ago. Thanks for wasting my time and money. Also double check if this college is accredited...seems a little sketchy now.

I called to get information about adding another teaching credential. I was bounced around and never got anyone who could answer my questions.