Rasmussen UniversityReviews of rasmussen.edu

Returning to Rasmussen University has been the biggest regret I made! First Semester started off wonderful! My professor was very attentive to the class, quick to respond to emails, thorough in lectures and explaining assignment in great detail, and genuinely cared about his students! This was not the case Second Semester - you're not notified of classes until Monday of the same quarter - therefore you start off slightly behind. Everything is self-taught! YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE HAVE BECOME MY BESTEST FRIENDS! Grades are not inputted into the system in a timely manner, either causing your formal grade to decline or assignments/homework marked as late. Sometimes, certain assignments will go without grading after teachers expressed to potentially grading those same assignments! I still have assignments from Week 2 to Week 4 that have yet to be graded in Finance Accounting! It is frustrating! Especially when they are unfamiliar with operating Microsoft Teams for class meetings and lectures. Lisa Callihan is one of the worst teachers by far - she'll do these "quick lectures" and post her information for students to contact her with questions, but once you do; Ms. Callihan will claim that you are harassing her. She teaches Communicating In Your Profession. I cannot wait to pass these classes and transfer elsewhere. Everything I've learned up to this point, I learned on my own accord.

This was one of the worst jobs I ever had. Extremely unorganized and a huge communication gap. Many of the students and student workers complained about the management. During the interview, they told me one job description. But when I was hired it turned out to be way more. They have no problem sending you to the wolves to meet their goals. Which is why they are 'for profit.' There is little to no support staff on campus and they expect you to be a self learner. Be aware. They offer the sign on bonus but have no problem letting you go so you have to pay them back. Because it is a lump sum check, the government will take 35% of the check for taxes. And when the college demands their money back, YOU have to pay back those taxes. So, you actually lose money. They have had the same job postings for months and even well over a year. Because nobody local wants to work for them. So, they have to reach out of state to hire hoping people do not know their reputation.

I applied at Rasmussen University in Ocala Florida School of Design after speaking to the student administrator/advisor. I started in 10/2021 and attended for 9 weeks before withdrawing. I transferred with an A.S. degree in Graphic Design for Print, with a goal of obtaining a B.A. degree in Graphic Design. Before signing the student application, I made it clear that I was widowed, disabled, and on a fixed income. I was adamant that I was not going to apply for a Federal Student Loan and didn’t apply. I did apply for the 2021 FASFA, which I did receive. I was told that there were grants and scholarships that would help supplement the cost combined with the FASFA. Nearly six weeks into the 11-week semester, I realized that I had been manipulated and deceived. At that point, I was given a 5 ½ week semester, which was unexpected. Therefore, I was a week late for the semester, which left me very far behind in the short semester. This made it impossible for me to catch up. According to the student catalog, you must make payment arrangements prior to the start of the semester, and it is the administrators that take care of the details of the financial part of your education. So, when I received a call from my student administrator/advisor and was told everything was good to go, it was implied to me that financially, everything was squared away. I had asked repeatedly to speak with the Financial Aid office but was to discover that there was no such office available to students. Eventually, I would discover that there is only a collection department once they contacted me informing me there was a balanced owed. When I contacted my student administrator/advisor, he told me that my paperwork was probably lost and not to contact the collection department. “Don’t worry about it. Everything is taken care of,” he said. This suggested to me that grants and scholarships had not yet been applied to my account. Rasmussen has been an ongoing nightmare for me, from moving me from the University of Design in Florida to Minnesota, overcharges on my account, to insisting I sign up for a Federal Student loan because President Biden was going to issue a Federal Student Loan forgiveness program. Silent videos inside lectures from LinkedIn Learning, 6:30 a.m. phone calls to be hung up on, threatening emails to pay my bill when I had just made a payment. My active student email has recently been deleted, yet my Dropbox is still accessible and is attached to the student email. The email was the way I was making monthly payments. My student email was deleted after I was informed that an investigation by BPPE, the Department of Consumer Affairs, was being launched into Rasmussen University. There is only an implied contract and nothing in writing. The only contract available is in the student application, which pertains to Federal Loans, not personal payments. I was also told by three different people that payments would be applied to my credit score, and this has not happened yet. Update: As I was writing this, I received an email stating that “We do not report to credit bureaus”, only if you miss a payment, I was told and harassed with emails, and early phone calls ending with a hang-up. And “We do not provide any formal statements, letters, etc. regarding the payment arrangement. We offer students to make payments as a courtesy.” This is in response to an email I sent requesting to have my payments applied to my credit and a statement of understanding. I recently spoke with a pro-Bono contract attorney who told me that Rasmussen must supply a Statement of Understanding so that they cannot just do things “Willy Nilly”. Nothing I have received in this recent email is written in the student application or the student catalog. I have received nothing in writing that I will be paying over the phone since I no longer have access to my student email. Rasmussen University has poor business practices and at the end of the day, it comes down to Buyer Beware. So, heed my warning and stay far away from Rasmussen University.

Why give a study guide when you know you don’t have control over the exam? It is terrible that instructor will give you a study guide and none of the stuff came out. Why not let the students study wide. Nothing in the study guide came out. What is the point of assignment if they really don’t count towards passing. That time we spent on assignment can be pull towards studying for exam. If assignment don’t help you pass

Stay far away from this school they lack integrity and honesty.I just finished my first quarter took 3 classes and they failed me in one course do to a nuty instructor who was incompetent and dishonest.I had my choice of attending 5 nursing schools and I chose Rasmussen huge mistake.I came into the school with a 92% on my teas exam and a stellar GPA yes 92% top one percent in the country.Rasmussen only requires a 65% on the tease.After getting this grade and trying to have the advisor two dean's address this issue all I got from them is dishonesty.Do not trust this school with your future you will be rolling the dice I'm trying now to transfer to another school I am absolutely sickened by them cheating me out of a grade and my money my advice to all the folks who have been screwed by Rasmussen is to contact the medical board of Minnesota and file a formal complaint contact a Miss Marilyn krasowski she handles these issues also go online and expose this school for what it is A HUGE SCAM leave reviews online everywhere Facebook Instagram all the nursing boards online give detailed information as what the school has done to you I will be setting up a Facebook group for scammed students by Rasmussen so please look out for that in the next few days and join I am determined to teach this school a lesson that they cannot step on folks scam them rip them off and get away with it ,good luck to all and cheers !!!!!

I just completed this first semester at Rasmussen and I am contemplating changing colleges while now before I waste all my time, money and energy. I completed pathophysiology, all my assignments were at 100% however my exam scores were below the 78% threshold. Therefore I failed the entire class. I missed this by 4 questions. First this class is taught soley online, the instructor taught from power points that had minimally covered the context on the exams. I attended each and every class, did my reading and felt fairly confident I would do well had I not I would have dropped like the rest did. That's the other point about 1/2 the class dropped right away the ones that stayed lots failed. They won't show or tell you what you got wrong. You are left with the option of moving forward, retaking the class and hope to hell to don't fail another cause then you are kicked out of the program and all your time and money gone, you simply can't transfer these credits. I feel that if your going to commit to Rasmussen they should give you options to complete the program fully. I am just questioning this school - to me it seems that are just taken your money. Personally I am not sure I want to travel down that road.

This is my second review and I am closing in on being done at Rasmussen. I have been hesitant to divulge my identity to the people who have reached out from Rasmussen due to the fear of retaliation by instructors. I did have communication at one point and thought I would have a phone conversation, but that has not happened. Regardless, I am nearing the end, thank goodness. Most recently the lack of equitable treatment has been unbelievable. Blaine campus, new instructor, cannot complete skills assessments timely and in the class time (despite other instructors being able to do so). Therefore the balance of the class is being told that anyone who has not completed their skills assessment has less than half the time of those who completed in classes prior. And if the skills assessment isn't completed prior to the "12 minutes" that those points will be lost. This, after the first half of the class was allowed at least 20 - 25 minutes per person to complete the same assessment. This is likely related to her being a new instructor, first class ever taught, who doesn't know how to organize the class time. Should this impact the balance of the classes grades inequitably, each student should file an appeal. We all work hard, all pay the same enormous prices, yet due to a disorganized new instructor, some people may be penalized unfairly. This is not exactly unique. The lack of experience/knowledge and responsiveness of some of these instructors is really sad and costly.

Do not attend this school by all means! wish I could rate this so-called "university' a zero. I have had the worst educational experience in my life. This place is just a diploma mill. If you are searching for a technology school- please stay away! You are not going to learn anything. I was a Cybersecurity program student and feel robbed. None of the instructors care to explain materials, tools, and advance technology. I felt like this program has been abandoned for years. The program director doesn't bother to revise or at least look at the materials presented to students and make changes. The hyperlinks embedded for additional study and reading are broken and lead to malicious sites selling fake IDs. The assignments for core classes are outdated, written poorly, with many mistakes. Even after numerous complaints to instructors and advisors nothing has been changed. It is a shame to raise tuition and not provide quality education to students. The majority of instructors for cybersecurity classes are reluctant to explain the material and assignments and don't like when students call them with questions, and overall don't care how you complete the module assignment or whether you understood the topic. You will waste your time and money at this school and learn nothing about the industry. The servers are often times down, the tools and applications are outdated, with expired licenses. You will have to wait a day or two to get in the SOT sandbox to complete your tasks. Career advisors are a big joke. They are not helpful at all. They will not care if you struggle to find a job after you graduate. If you are in the bachelor's degree program the career advisors services are useless. They will talk to you in a condescending tone and remind you that you are not the only one here needing help, so therefore they can't help. Or they will throw some general ideas like set up LinkedIn and go from there. Again, stay away at all costs! This school is not worth the price you will have to pay.