Lincoln Tech Reviews

  • 302 Reviews
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  • Annual Tuition: $12,950 - $33,939
23% of 302 students said this degree improved their career prospects
24% of 302 students said they would recommend this school to others
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Student & Graduate Reviews

Amber
  • Reviewed: 1/5/2021
  • Degree: Licensed Practical Nurse
"DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL. They will take your money and you WILL NOT receive a license due to “the pandemic” but won’t compensate for it. A complete waste and no degree. Please just go to a votech that is cheaper and you will receive what you need in the time they said. It’s been a year and half and I’m still waiting on my okay to take the licensing exam"
Johanna Lockley
  • Reviewed: 10/27/2020
  • Degree: Network Administration
"I can say with 100% confidence that this school was a scam. I entered in mid-2005 at their Philadelphia - Center City campus. They assured me, as part of a selling point of their institution, that they had a job placement rate of almost 98% due to these industry "contacts" and all the help they gave you along the way. NONE of this happened. There were no workshops, no resume critiquing, writing, or coaching. Their program materials made mention of scholarships that would be available to students, however, I was only ever offered loans when I met with their "Financial Aid Counselors" including a private loan that I was not informed was a private loan. I was told that since they were accredited I would be able to transfer their credits once I was completed in their program. However, upon attempting to apply to a community college in 2010 after several years of unsuccessful attempts to find work with my Lincoln Tech degree, I was told by the Community College that they could not accept their credits and I had to start over from scratch as far as courses were concerned. After I graduated from Lincoln Tech, I contacted their career services no less than 30 times over a 6 month period. I was only ever told "We will get back to you" and I never heard anything from anyone. We were never shown how to perform job searches, prepare a resume, or schedule interviews. Additionally, they would take credit for jobs that we already had prior to attending, regardless of whether they were in that field or not, to use in their tours for potential students and new graduates. Needless to say I had wasted 18 months and $25k for a useless degree. I applied to over 400 jobs and never got a single one. The instructors were disinterested and the classes very informal. There was no effort to give us practical experience or, as they promised, "field trips to job sites to see how they operated and get into contact with Fortune 500 companies" I ended up starting over at a Community College and then pursuing a 4 year degree from an actual university. I would not recommend this to anyone."
Another one bytes the dust
  • Reviewed: 10/24/2020
  • Degree: Computer Networking
"This school from the very beginning was very shady, I was just a stupid kid that wanted to continue to learn, and possibly do something other than work at McDonald's. Well well well looks like I am here again, maybe someone will listen. First of all I was lied to straight to my face about what Lincoln tech is and what it has to offer. The promises I was told, was completely false. I paid $32,000 for 18 solid months . okay so I can't even transfer any credits, I can't get a job in the field, I can't even take out a loan for $50 because Lincoln tech ruined me financially. I would love to pay the school loan but I see it as a complete waste of my time. Yeah the instructors I had didn't even have any real life work experience in the field they were teaching. There was absolutely no hands on training. Sure they told me 70% hands on 30% book work. More like 95% book work and 5% hands on training. My tests consistented on my instructor reading a book to us word for word and than trying to pay attention for 3-4hrs. This was a load of crap! Our class failed almost every test. Mr. Drystate of Allentown campus was a lousy teacher. Didn't teach anything and just played on his hp laptop until we had to leave. This school is very mis-leading. I hope one day someone will notice all the negativity of Lincoln tech and shut it down so other people don't get caught up in the mess."
Marco
  • Reviewed: 10/21/2020
  • Degree: Diesel Mechanic
"I attended both the automotive mechanic and diesel tech programs at East Windsor, CT campus. The first thing I want to point out about education is that you get what you put into learning...regardless of where you attend school. I saw a lot of students here that were more interested in doing the minimum in order to graduate vs working hard to learn more. Second, every instructor I had was extremely knowledgeable in their respected fields. Yes, there are more students than just me... so I sometimes would have to wait a few minutes for my teachers time. The reason for that was that they did not give simple yes or no answers. What they did do was go over my question with me and then show me how to do that particular task one on one. Yes, it is true that in some classes I worked in a small group. I did not find that to be detrimental, I found that to be a good thing, especially since the reality is that you do not work alone all the time in any job. I found that the people that made the complaint that they felt they were wasting their time at the school were the same people that felt showing up on time for class was optional. I also found that if there was ANYTHING I did not fully understand that my teachers had no problems at all staying after class to help me one-on-one. In addition they have tutoring and every single teacher I had replied promptly, even to emails I may have sent asking questions. I think this school gets a lot of bad reviews because they make you earn your grade, they also put you in a position to make you responsible for your actions. Sadly, the vast majority of the students I saw that just graduated high school felt that since they are paying tuition that the school OWED them passing grades. I would recommend this school to any person that is serious about learning about the trades they school offer. I do not recommend this school to people that are not willing to put in the effort to learn the information covered. This is a trade school, you cannot do the task one time and then expect to be proficient, I saw many students that would do the task once and make no effort to do it more than once to gain experience. Those were the same students that blamed the school for what they did not learn do to because of a lack of effort. In summary, this is a good school for those that actually want to learn, this is not high school...this is trade school - the job is to teach the students the required skills to become employed in the fields they study. They do an amazing job and have great instructors...for the people willing to put in the effort. Lazy and late will never help a person in the workforce."
XXX
  • Reviewed: 5/4/2020
  • Degree: HVAC
"Feels like I wasted a year of my life. Don’t believe the walk through they give you when you come to visit . Making money is their main concern. It’s mostly bookwork and quizzes. When you finally get the chance to do anything it’s like 4 people in one group since the equipment is so limited. After you graduate you are on your own , unless you want to go to Hussman. Hussman is all this school has going for it. All career services does is check what jobs are available online and send you the link. All the students get that one sheet of paper resume , all they change is your name. Definitely not worth $30,000"
J
  • Reviewed: 3/29/2020
  • Degree: Welding
"This school is only out to get your G.I. Bill money! BEWARE VETERANS! Weeks on end every month, there was never enough or sufficient supplies to weld. Deadlines for assignments and projects are still due at the end of each phase despite the lack of supplies. Attendance is still crucial! The majority of instructors do not care to help students, they will tell you if you miss a day you need to ask what you missed from another student to get caught up. Learning is individualized from books, YouTube videos and students who currently weld at their job who don’t mind lending a hand. Very nice facility, but very poor learning environment. For $18k you pay to reuse scrap metal to weld on and again you’re crunched on time with getting assignments and projects in due to the lack of supplies. Most times you do have take a day or two to cut your own metal when they do have supplies. You also have to worry about machine and equipment parts being in stock in the vending machines to do specific welds which can hold up your progress. A lot of your time is wasted beyond your control. Most classes start big, but mid-way through more than half of the students are gone and even less than a handful left towards graduation. BEWARE - if you miss more than 4 days or “too many” days in their book to include excused absences, you will still have to pay the WHOLE $18k tuition for the welding program no matter if you only attended 8 days of school or 5 months of school. Read the fine print when you enroll - It’s a CONTRACT! If they drop you for any reason, know that the G.I. Bill will NOT cover the full tuition. Their formula for what you owe after your G.I. Bill is lie. You will not receive the remainder or any of your federal pell grant (if applicable). You will not receive your BAH if you do not compete the whole phase; so don’t get dropped a couple days before the phase is over or they will report you didn’t attend the whole month. Expect to also have a student loan with Lincoln Tech after. Strongly DO NOT recommend this school. This school puts on a facade."
Jenniffer Nieves
  • Reviewed: 1/30/2020
  • Degree: Medical Billing & Coding
"I’m writing this review because I want to thank Lincoln Tech and most of all Debra Williams for helping me move forward with my career and always believing in me also helping me get a good job in my career field. I’m so thankful and grateful for her."
Melissa
  • Reviewed: 1/20/2020
  • Degree: Business Administration
"I attended Lincoln Tech. in Paramus, NJ for Business Administration Specialist in July 2007 to March 2008. I went to all the classes, which were Monday through Thursday. I passed my class but couldn’t attend the graduation ceremony because something had come up. With that being said, I was told they would mail my Certificate for BAS to me. Well, I just paid off my student loans in December of 2019 and have yet to receive my Certificate after numerous attempts back and forth to the school in person, and I even tried calling them, demanding it as well. It’s been about 11 1/2 years and still no Certificate......."
Jason
  • Reviewed: 1/10/2020
  • Degree: Automotive Technology
"Lincoln Tech in Whitestone Queens is a terrible school. They want your money and nothing else, they do not prepare you for much of anything. They push you to take your ASE's. They force you to pay more for classes if you miss a certain amount of minutes. They do not help you after graduating to provide you with a decent job. They are a front for money. The treat their instructors terribly. They don't have enough instructors for a classroom of 15-20 anymore. They will group you into classes of 40 and the hands on training is a joke. The instructors are always off doing who knows what while the students are just hanging around like high school kids, and those who are actually trying to learn something, are provided with no assistance. I finished the program with high honors and a 99.8% attendance and excellent grades. When I left the institute, it was difficult to find a job. I was unprepared for the real world. Everything they feed you is a fairy tale. They push you to take the ASE's and get certifications. You can just buy the textbook yourself for $150 and teach yourself. Then grab a job at any basic repair shop and learn from there. Save yourself from going to this useless institute."
Student
  • Reviewed: 1/8/2020
  • Degree: HVAC
"There are no words to describe how terrible this school is. Never mind the textbook learning with outdated equipment to work on, you cannot even feel safe parking your car in the lot. Multiple cars have been broken into as well as people shooting out windows with bb-guns. It is not a safe environment. Lincoln tech cares about 1 thing only.. the money they make. If their stocks are doing well, they don’t care. It’s full of lies, the initial tour is amazing until you spend 15 months here and realize spending $100,000 on a university sounds better. The offices are disorganized. Instructors are nice and knowledgeable but have no updated equipment to teach on. I recommend looking for a different trade school. Better options available at a way lower cost."
John Anderson
  • Reviewed: 12/17/2019
  • Degree: HVAC
"THIS SCHOOL IS A BUNCH OF BS WHEN YOU FIRST SIGN UP AND TAKE THE TOUR YOUR LIKE COOL THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD SCHOOL THEY HAVE EQUIPMENT, PROFESSORS, ALL THAT BUT AFTER YOUR 2-3 MOD YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING THEY SHOWED YOU IS A LIE YOU HAVE LACK OF EQUMENT TO WORK ON AFTER 105 YOU WILL BE COMBINED WITH ANOTHER CLASS SO INSTEAD OF HAVING YOUR REGULAR 15-20 PEOPLE A CLASS YOU GO TO 40 PEOPLE A CLASS BECAUSE THEY don’t HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO TEACH YOU TAKE CLASSES THAT ARNT IMPORTANT YOU SEND MOST OF THE TIME IN TEXTBOOKS AND NOT HANDS ON AND WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO DO THE HANDS ON THE. CLASS SIZE IS SO BIG THE PROFESSORS JUST SEND YOU IN GROUPS NOT EVEN CHEXKING TO MAKE SURE YOUR DOING IT RIGHT THIS SCHOOL IS A JOKE WHEN YOU GET OUT JOBS WILL LOOK AT YOU LIKE A JOKE JUST BECAUSE YOU CAMR FROM LINCOLN ITS SO MUCH MORE THATS WRONG WITH THIS SCHOOL THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBURG"
Lamar
  • Reviewed: 10/7/2019
  • Degree: HVAC
"Lincoln Tech is by far a useless trade school and only care about making money. They don't care if you graduate or not. If you have a learning disability they won't help you. They just push you on to the next class. Miss a payment and your out. Shame"
Rodolfo
  • Reviewed: 9/28/2019
  • Degree: HVAC
"The program there was not as in depth and the instructors would not explain thoroughly. The students are ghetto and rowdy. Did not get a job after going to this school and honestly I wasnt prepared. They have to make the program explain hvac better and go deep in the science."
sherrice spence
  • Reviewed: 9/27/2019
  • Degree: Medical Assistant
"i am very excited i chose to further my carerr at lincoln tech . My advisor was awesome made me feel very welcomed and look forward to the rest of the school year. My instructor is great she explains in a detailed manner , when questions are being asked she answers."
Elizabeth
  • Reviewed: 9/22/2019
  • Degree: Culinary Arts
"They only care about stealing money from students. Tuition is so High that when you graduate you become a slave to your debt of about $15,000.00. You don't need to go to Culinary school to work in the Kitchen. Just apply for an entry job and/or apprenticeship. This school is a scam and all other school that are technical that pays minimum of $10 after you graduate."
Emily
  • Reviewed: 9/22/2019
  • Degree: Culinary Arts
"Greatest regret of my LIFE!! After you graduate you will owe 18k and your entry wage is $10-12 an hour!! I SUGGEST YOU RUN. If you really want to work in the culinary field you don't need to go to school. I figured that out when I worked in New York City. They usually hire Latin people who doesn't have papers and they just train them in the kitchen. So if you want to start tell them that you will work to be trained. Because you will end up in the bottom anyway wherever you start. And by the way our head Chef never went to any culinary school. He worked at Burger King first then got his experience from there then move to our French restaurant."
Lynn V.
  • Reviewed: 9/9/2019
  • Degree: Licensed Practical Nurse
"Currently go to school here now and wish I read reviews before I did. No one who works here is on the same page and they will give you false information and then other administration will get mad at you when you were told something different. The teachers do not teach material and barely seem qualifying. The first mod teacher Mrs.Harris seems very nice but she plays favorites and is never in order with things. The English teacher is a racist and has made very degrading comments to a classmate of mine and all the school said was "this has happened before". The A%26P teacher literally does nothing and has the funds teacher do all her stuff. She just talks, doesn't explain, and then expects you to know everything. And god forbid you ask for help I've been told straight out "too bad" and "I cant help you with that you should know". I don't recommend this school honestly and am scared to see what is to come but I have given so much money I regret it."
Anon
  • Reviewed: 8/31/2019
  • Degree: Licensed Practical Nurse
"I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANYONE INTERESTED IN GOING TO LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN NEW BRITAIN TO LOOK ELSEWHERE!!! These mf don’t care about you. They don’t care if u understand the material or not. ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY! Don’t waste your time. And if u happen to ignore all I’ve said so far, when or if u fail a class on days, NEVER APPEAL. They NEVER do anything about it. But for evening classes, they get excused, no problem. Oh and the rules change EVERY SINGLE DAY! One person can get an excused absence and u might not, simply because they have favorites. There were clinical instructors who reworded what you said because you not supposed to show them up. They are the only one who should know this kinda stuff. You will leave this school taking antidepressants and anti anxiety meds. I have NEVER experienced such horror. This school is a nightmare. NEVER GO TO THIS SCHOOL!!! You will fight for grades and information so much more than actually learning what you need to. It is the worst school I have ever attended in life. Just wait out the years to go to a SENSIBLE college or university cause this place makes no sense. I’m saving you the trouble of this place."
George wheeler
  • Reviewed: 8/7/2019
  • Degree: Automotive Technology
"I go to the coulumbia campus in Maryland and would like to thank Mark baile he has taught me alot first in a intro class and in basic electric he is a wonderful teacher and a awesome person my time at Lincoln tech has been amazing as I love to learn and grow they are helping me make my dream come true. Thank you for your time"
DEedee
  • Reviewed: 7/30/2019
  • Degree: Welding
"Most instructor are lazy the just sit outside under a tree. You have maybe 2days in class then you pretty much have to learn it all by yourself on the internet. It's just a waste of money in all honesty. Financial aid is terrible they tried to kick one kid out completely for a paper he had to return to Mexico to get and when he came back they no longer needed it. Just a lot of bullshit with this school. Unfortunately I am stuck here for a few more months."