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South University Online

122 Reviews

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Annual Tuition: $16,204

33% of students said this degree improved their career prospects
48% of students said they would recommend this school to others

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lin

Reviewed: 6/13/2018

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Family)

Horrible institution. You will be tested on material not covered in the reading. You will not be taught anything as the "professors" are merely facilitators. From the beginning of this program I have brought forth concerns with the lack of guidance within the courses, the lack of lectures, and the lack of follow through when there are issues. I am now 20k into the program so I have to finish what I started. I love to learn. I love to test. I have been waiting for the opportunity to get my Master's... Read More

David

Reviewed: 6/7/2018

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Be very careful with this university. They over bill your student loan provider. I had opted out of e-text books and they still billed me for it. They charge you a clinical fee of $500.00 when you take your first class for the ARNP program that is non refundable ( even though you do not start clinicals until the end of the program). If you drop out of the program or you switch to a degree that doesn't require clinicals you do not get the money back. I had one bill that wasn't fully covered by my... Read More

debi

Reviewed: 6/6/2018

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Family)

Please I beg you, don't even think of attending this south university. Preparation is very poor and they hit you with exam when they know you have no choice of leaving the school. " if you don't pass this exam, you cannot continue with the program'. If you cannot find a face-face class, please go to a school that will give you value for your money and prepare you for career

Candace

Reviewed: 5/31/2018

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Family)

I will be graduating from South University in August and I am very dissatisfied with this school and their online program. First of all, it is completely self taught, second of all they provide you with ZERO help with finding clinical site rotations, and lastly they are not allowing me to walk in the year of 2018. I have paid South University nearly 60K dollars and they only offer a graduation ceremony to the online students once a year. I finish the program in August and they expect me to want to... Read More

Mike Smith

Reviewed: 4/16/2018

Degree: Nursing

Worst nursing school ever! Only cared about money and payment. Couldn't even get transcript bc I was on payment plan/student loan and didn't pay in full up front. Had to talk to high level manager and beg for one copy. Would not recommend!!! Go somewhere else if you are in nursing!

sd

Reviewed: 4/12/2018

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Family)

I am in this school and it is THE WORST!! For the NP program there are more than 3500 students and only 9 full time faculty members. Academic advisors, admissions counselors, they all have been talked to about the continuous problems associated with this program. There is no learning process, much busy work, and they will not go over information you missed on tests and review your areas of weakness. There forum brightspace is a joke!! I am still a year from graduation and am looking into other schools... Read More

Sad And Upset

Reviewed: 4/5/2018

Degree: Nursing

There were times that things seemed to be acceptable with South University, but there were so many problems as well. With more than one course, the website issues were terrible: old links, old references, outdated schedules, wrong links to other sites, dates that were posted wrong constantly, etc. One instructor was demeaning, rude, negative, and spiteful; she was the worst instructor I have ever had. With one test, there was a new format that had a second page to a test; I did not notice the second... Read More

T

Reviewed: 2/28/2018

Degree: Criminal Justice

Senior student at South and I regret it already. They don't tell you certain things in order to get more money out of their students. Very little support from the staff if you hear from them at all. Too expensive for very little in return or worth it.

Andrea

Reviewed: 1/9/2018

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care)

I'm about to graduate and through these two years I must said I had a good experience. The classes are hard, there isn't a lot of homework, but you will learn a lot. I do recommend this school. The teachers always responded to my questions and provided meaningful feedback to my work.

Cee

Reviewed: 1/3/2018

Degree: Psychology

Everything started off great the contact and communication between my advisors and myself, then they started letting me know they needed things at the last minute when it was to late. My financial aid advisor was the WORST! And so ignorant! I did not get to graduate from this college they messed up my credit so I picked up and went to a different online to, which I should have chose frm the beginning!!!! Im so angry with myself for ever putting myself in this kind of situation

Melissa

Reviewed: 12/28/2017

Degree: Public Health

The counselor and advisors were thorough and J. still makes weekly or bi weekly calls to check up on me. Also, they are great with making sure you stay up to speed with things. They give you a printed out schedule soyou know exactly what to expect

Carl Counts

Reviewed: 12/16/2017

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Adult-Gerontology Primary Care)

I just finished the Nurse Practitioner program with South University. My overall experience with South University was good. I would recommend South University. My financial and academic advisors were great. They checked on me constantly and were there for me when needed. The only difficult part was having to find my own preceptors for clinical but other than that it was a good experience.

Christine

Reviewed: 10/27/2017

Degree: RN to BSN

The High Point, NC location is Fantastic. I did not feel like a number there and my success was important. Whenever I needed to talk to someone, someone was always available, even without an appointment. The librarians are awesome and helped me learn APA format. I always receive emails on job opportunities as well. I graduated from their RN-BSN online program in 8 months. I would highly recommend this program.

Great Svhool

Reviewed: 10/27/2017

Degree: Nursing

I think South is a great school. I completed my BSN with them, each instructor was very professional. I can agree, its overwhelming, classes arent designed for the working family. HOWEVER, they were very understanding and sensitive to my daughters illness. They worked with me during her hospitalization , chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant.

Darrell S.

Reviewed: 9/26/2017

Degree: Business Administration

Most of my schooling went alright. The counselor's were always changing. The only counselor who really helped me along my journey was A. F. and they moved him to only help military applicants. Towards the end of finishing, the school decided as always to try to make changes to the program. It deleted all of my remaining funding amounts that were due to hit my account in less than a week. It took almost a month to correct this issue. A manager calls after a week and says they fixed and funds are to... Read More

Regretful NPstudent

Reviewed: 9/8/2017

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Adult)

I grossly regret signing up at this school. I have been with them for close to 2 years and it's nothing but b*******. I stayed with them because they accepted all my work from my BSN classes and if I wanted to transfer elsewhere, half the credits will not transfer over. However, I'm getting to the point where I want to just get the H*** out of the NP program and pay extra to go elsewhere. The classes are very rushed to where you don't have time to learn the material. The Nurse Practitioner program... Read More

Tina

Reviewed: 5/29/2017

Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Adult-Gerontology Primary Care)

The NP program was brand new when I started here, they are still developing the program and lots of changes while I was there and from what I hear, still lots of changes! I had no problems with the administration, was able to complete all of my clinicals on time. You do not get much help securing preceptors, it truly is up to you to make that happen. I have heard similar complaints from online students at Walden, UAB, etc. It is a doable program, worked for me as a single mother and I worked full... Read More

H. Davis

Reviewed: 5/18/2017

Degree: Nursing

DIY FNP program do not expect any assistance in the completion of your FNP through South University. The worse was the staff who are paid to assist you in setting up your practicum rotations after you find the site and preceptor. When you finally receive a response to concerns it is most often incomplete. I cannot recommend this University to anyone. It appears they are interested in your money, not your education. I am a veteran so I am used to getting screwed over, however at South University they... Read More

Mamma said

Reviewed: 3/18/2017

Degree: RN to BSN

I was told the courses that I needed by my admissions counselor after they received my transcripts. Somehow they added 10 more credits for the same course study. In two classes the information given online was a complete duplication. The complications from CHF were exactly the same as complications from Hepatitis. In another course the lab portion had 12 questions per quiz. Six of the twelve questions were duplicates. One of the remaining non-duplicates had two true answers but you could only enter... Read More

Chelsea Guy

Reviewed: 2/14/2017

Degree: Business

I attended South University from 2010 to 2016 and obtained 2 degrees. The first was an associates in Allied Health Science and the second was a bachelors in Business Administration and Management. I was going to school what felt like forever. I had friends in other online universities that completed their degree much faster than I did. Nonetheless I did make it. The reason I am writing this review is because I am very dissatisfied. For starters I was not told that I was going to have any out of pocket... Read More

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