WyoTech Reviews

"This was the biggest waste of my time and money. They highly exaggerated they placement rates, after graduation I received no help pursuing my career, and at the end of the day I ended up doing jobs I could have done fresh out of high school without the debt to follow. Huge promises from this school that didn't deliver at all. If I could take it back I would. Automotive field is dying anyway."

"I think things have change at WyoTech. When i went there it was one campus. They just where setup the PA Campus. I took the diesel and management class. Instructors knew what they were teaching and could make you comprehend. We had decent students to be around. About 40 student per class two instructors. Diesel Mechanics section had it the best, the new engines and new buildings. All student hated the BS of shaving and hair cuts. It was even stricter than what the recruiters approved of. Refrigeration course was excellent with diesel classes. ASM classes were drudge to get through. Like being back in high school. But they did teach you the BS to apply for loan and make business plans. General account practices, which was nice. They also taught you how to struct your shop profit on jobs and deal with employees. It's very useful if you apply it. Now the housing was a joke, huge mess. The motto at the school was the housing was a joke but the classes are very good to teach your job. So we deal with it. It was before the campus rooms and it was all off site with the old Buford, Plaza, downy and log cabin hotel. Now the kicker. 4 of the 4 phase of classes in diesel mechanic. The teacher give you the low down. Your only good enough to change oil or brake. If you lucky a water pump. Ryder will love you but your won't be mechanic maybe a techinician if you lucky. What they did is more start you on a career path that 10 year later in the field if you apply yourself you will be useful and have a good job. That's the little BS twist when they ask you at orientation who wants a job and we all raise our hands. They say too bad we only prepare you for carreers. 10 year later now i understand. I started changing tires at wyotech at $7.00hr with some brake jobs, in two years i was fleet mechanic for a place(making $40,000), now i make $26 in a very rural area. It's a good living and i could not advance with out fundamentals but Wyotech prepare to fight in the grease and tire pits where you have to start. But it will making you get out them fast if you have knowledge from Wyotech Overall 8-10 would do it again."

"Absolutely a wonderful experience beginning to end. The professors care but push students to excel. They pay attention to each person in a hands on environment, setting young people up for success. There are many opportunities for different specializations."

"This school was the best decision of my life. I had 15 students in my class. I got great one on one win my instructors. I heard some horror stories about WyoTech but it seems like they got their shit together when they got bought by Zenith Education Group. Now they are non for profit. There was no pressure w applying.had a great experience and top notch training with the DATE Mack/Volvo program. Got a good job working for Mack dealer in Tennessee. If you apply yourself you'll get great training. Very strict with following rules and professionalism. There are top notch employers that show up at career fairs to interview with.they delivered what they promise if you're willing to show up for class and learn. Campus housing is rent free and all utilities were included. Is a decent place to live but needs new carpet. Only had to pay for my food for 9 months."

"DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL. ALL THEY DO IS MAKE PROMISES TO HELP YOU FIND A JOB BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE. YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE GOING TO YOUR LOCAL BODY SHOP AND GETTING A JOB AS A HELPER. THE ONLY THING WYOTECH DID FOR ME IS TAKE 9 MONTH FROM MY LIFE AND 30K IN DEBT. PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY, BE SMART AND STAY AWAY. ITS BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE I GRADUATED AND THEY DIDN'T HELP WITH ANYTHING. AND THE SNAP-ON DISCOUNT IS ANOTHER LIE TOO."

"If you go to this school you will get nothing out of it. You will learn more if you play Papa's Burgeria then went to this school. The teachers do not teach you very much and they were very rude to me. I was very upset about how this school is run and I would not not go to this school again if it was between life or death."

"When I was at Wyotech it was the greatest experience of my life. The teachers are great and are very good at what they do. People will see Wyotech on my resume and see that I am a hard worker and am passionate about what I do. I definitely recommend that you go to this school."

"I was so excited when I started at Wyotech. I did not stay excited long. I had instructors just give answers to the test because they did not want to teach it. Instead of helping when I needed it they stood around making bets on the next time I mess up. The job out come was a lie my resume gets laughed at for having Wyotech on it. I have been working in the medical field just to make ends meet for the horrible loans that I can not even get transcripts for. read your loan contract well they will get you there. I really don't recommend this school anything is better. Every job fair while I was there I had put I Applications and had at least 2 interviews and in all my classes I tried hard was class and shop leader studied. I have a family to support and can not hardly do that because of the loans. I just hope if anyone thinking of this school really looks in to it and ask questions to many people have been royally screwed by this school."

"I enjoyed the school and the teachers. I was always in the top 5 of my class. Many people hated the school due to the strict rules and dress code, but I did not mind it. It is a school for those who are willing to give their all. If you're looking for a party spot as you go to school then Wyotech is not for you! The one thing I regret about the school is that I did not have my own project car to bring in and work on, so I just got all the odd job projects in the shop, but it gave me a wider range of stuff to learn from in cassis fab. The school offers job fairs and a ton of extra certificates you can work to get. I left the school with 6 certificates, and a job that paid $26 an hour. I then joined the navy as an aviation mechanic and received a 4 pay grade advancement dou to my past college with Wyotech. After I got out of the navy I got a job paying $45 an hour. The interviews told me the main reason I was hired was because of the skills I have learned at Wyoming tech! The school will help you find a job in many ways if you try! And they will help you find grants and loans to pay for the school and very low rates. My loan was at 1.5%. You can't ask for much better then that. After grants and scholarships I was left with $20,000 in loans. But I had them paid off in 6 years. It would have been sooner if I did not join the military, because I took a pay cut joining."

"Very good school, I miss this school taught me a lot more than being a tech. I wish I could go back and learn more have work though. I like way the course are set up. I was scared to leave my parents home and go to wy but when got there I every one was nice I had friend at school and friend's at church one of the experience in my life"

"I went to Wyotech in Laramie and it completely ruined my entire outlook on wanting to be a mechanic. The teachers are great people and great friends. Great teachers they aren't. The school is a joke. Please do not make the same mistake I did. The administration makes it their goal to make you as uncomfortable as possible. You are forced into shaving no matter what your medical condition is. Please don't consider Wyotech unless you want to be depressed and miserable for a minimum of 9 months."

"This place is the worst place you can go. When an representative talks to you about joining this school don't do it it's nothing but a load of crap. It has been the worst experience and decision I have ever made. Plus the schools instructors are not the best people they try to avoid you when you are working on an engine. Besides that if you do make the decision to go here, you are doing it at your own risk."

"I graduated top of my class, and for the 30k I paid for my education, it was not worth my salary. I have always worked in automotive, but needed that paper saying I was educated, but my salary did not change. I was getting $10-12 an hour offer.... can you imagine working and supporting a fame with 12 an hour.... I left this occupation and work in sales where I make more money. To me this school is about making money, I regret attending school with wyotech and look forward to getting more in debt and attending a higher education."

"If you apply yourself and try the school will teach you the basics. The elective classes on the other hand will teach you a lot. Mine was chassis fabrication and I make good money on the side welding. Just 2 months into my job I was promoted to lead tech because of the skills I learned at Wyotech. as far as cost goes it really is to much money my loans total $50,000 and when signing up I was informed it would only be 29,000. The core class not enough information electives are really hard but in the end they are an amazing learning experience."

"I was there when a group of the best teachers were let go. Big mistake. The equipment we learn on is destroyed and never works. The teachers care and try to make due with what they have. It costs to much money to go here. No one will hire Wyotech grads. Talked down to by office people."

"This is the worst school I have ever been to, that is saying a lot I have 5 degrees and one of them is a teaching degree. The reasons why I would not attend this school are as follows. One, the teachers in this program are new, I realize but as far as teachers or professors go they are terrible. Two, to be hired as a professor at Wyotech you do not need any sort of teaching background. Three, there is way to much information for the students to attain in a very short nine month period. Lastly, being a private school it is very very expensive. Now, the two teachers Mr. Bowers and Mr. Slaughter that taught this program need to be fired immediately. After being threatened by one of the and demoralized by the other. I would not give even one star to this so called school. It is in my opinion that students wanting to attend this Tech school or any other due there due diligence and check out all of their option before making his or her decision!!!!!"

"Do not attend Wyotech! Consider another school! They do not care for you. All they want is your money. You're education and experience is nothing they care for. Wyotech did not even accept my scholarship from Ford Motor Co. And AAA. Wyotech is also being investigated for money laundering by the state of California. Please reconsider."

"Teachers are great but they just fired most of the best of them so I don't believe this is a good school anymore. I paid way to much money to come to this school to have them steal my education half way through by let all the good teachers go... please don't come to this school."

"Great school a lot of hands on and very helpful. Not all my teachers were great, but I have to say most of them knew their trade and thats why i keep in contact with them. At the time i was attending school i was working in retail, now 4 years later I'm a building engineer apprentice for a local union. I'm still attending school through work learning other trades and furthering my career. I have to say wyotech was a good stepping stone that got me in the right direction. I'm very happy I found a good paying career because it took me a long time to find what I wanted to do with my life."

"WyoTech Blairsville-PA Wyotech was an option for me coming out of high school (2006)to have an actual skill to fall back on. Wyotech sent a rep out to my house.to speak to my mother and me. He told me and my mom that the schools is filling up fast, that it was my last opportunity to get into it, being that it is a new school and that it had taken off fast. He gave me the low down on how they have job replacement after graduation, thousand of contacts for the students, like BMW, it was one of their bigger dealers that are excited to get the students coming out of Wyotech, a big chance to be on TV with them like showing the cars that we will build form ground up, and maybe a series on TV. Everyone has an end of the year project where they have to build a car from the ground up, that I would be in big demand by the time I finished my two years…..Impressive Speech!! First lesson: what a crock of crap they feed me and my mother. To an 18 year old he can see his BIG dreams right in front of his eyes. Life is going to be good. I was an impressive speech. My mother and I were told that if I didn’t sign now, that I would have to wait another year if not two, to get into Wyotech-PA or I could go out West to the Wyotech when a spot opened up. Lesson # 2: I signed the papers. MISTAKE!! If it sounds too good to be true, it is. Don’t get me wrong I completely understand it take hard dedicated work to be successful. Not a problem. However, I do not expect to be lied to and it cost me over $40,000 when it is all said and done. On top of that I was unable to get into the classes I wanted and was forced into taking classes I really didn’t want, but to hear them tell you “YOU have no other choice because what you have worked for will count to nothing because you did not finish the program that you signed up for. It was a No-Win situation for me and that is saying it mildly. I don’t know why the classes I want was not available to me, nor did they really explain it to me. Just there is not room. All I do know is, I wanted to switch from the day time class because I was not learning anything from the disorganized teacher to night time, I heard night time was older guys and that class was a slight bit better. So when I went to do that everything went down hill. I was told no problem I could, so we did. What I didn’t know was I couldn’t start that class the next evening. That was the catch. They did not want to hear about how disorganized the class was. They really make you feel like an idiot when you ask about stuff and when you try to explain to them what is going on in the classroom. I did not get what I paid for from this school. I still owe mega money for those loans. I ended up taking a class I did not want, I ended up sitting in an apartment for weeks without being in class and STILL paying for that room, because if I left I would not have a room to rent when the class did open up nor guarantees I would even have the classes because that kind of goes with the rented rooms. How many rooms are rented goes with how many students per classroom, so we were told. They did not contact my mother per signed contact on the chance of the classes, instead they sent a letter weeks down the road, whereas she could not put a stop to what they ere doing. The loans were already in affect, so she was told. She contacted them, and the director of the school said their was nothing he could do, that I would be wasting whatever loan money we took out if I left, that we were still responsible to pay the bill for the two years. I am sorry but I was young and yeah they lied and bullied me all the way. So I am tell you young adults out there, watch what you sign, really listen to what they say and even though you get it in writing doesn’t mean this school will make it right. I would go else where and invest my money into something that is going to benefit you in life. This school did nothing for me except give me a very huge loan to pay. It cost me over $30,000.+ When it is all said and done with and I could have went to a four year college for that amount of money and be able to support my family on a real career."