Carrington College Reviews

"I went to Apollo College back in the mid 90's and to be perfectly honest, I wouldn't go back to that school or ANY "for profit" school if they had the cure for AIDS and held a gun to my head. They fed me lie after lie after lie by telling me about "Top-of-the-line training and instruction". At the time I was applying, I was told over and over by some recruiter/sales lady that they will "Work with me" when I disclosed that I have a diagnose learning disability. Obviously, they didn't. When I was a student there I was working full time and pulling a 3.8 GPA. During my class time, I was locked out of my math class for being 3 minutes late (I was using the restroom at the time.) Subsequently, I had a nice chat with the "Director" of Apollo College flat out telling him that I did not pay upwards of 15,000 USD to be locked out of a class room. He decided that I was causing a disruption for being late. I had NOTHING but problems there from then on. I failed ONE math exam and it dropped from 3.8 to a 2.2 GPA. After several months of my instructors going on vacation during my remediation, no back up. just sitting there in an empty class for weeks at a time, meetings with CEO at the time, even my math teacher had the gall to tell me to "shut up" when I was trying to speak. Needless to say,I've had enough and quit. As a result, I wrote a 8-page letter to the Arizona Board of Private Post Secondary Education as well as the District Attorney's office. They were VERY interested in what I had to say and as a result, Apollo College paid back ALL my student loans and ALL the grants. Later on, I come to fins out that all the accrued credits were no good if I wanted to go to another college, so in short, I had to start back from square one."

"Not the school I would choose again. They just want money and don't really care about anything else. The collection department is comprised of the most inept people in existence. Incredibly rude and will not allow you to speak or set up a payment plan."

"That was the worst experience that I had in my life. Awful career service and staff. It does not matter how your grades are good and how disciplined you are at the end you will lose something like your money, time, and trust if you are a serious person about your education and life. I'm still feeling betrayed. I wouldn't go to details otherwise I have to write a book. I try to not think about how my bad that experience was but they give me a life lesson."

"I agree with the previous reviews, I wouldn't recommend going here for numerous reasons: 1) They claim to help you on your class/assignments but act like we are all cheaters. They won't let you see what you missed on exams and wont give extra credit...seems fishy. I think they want certain students to fail to get money from them retaking classes. 2) They only have a quarter of what other universities have, even though you pay a lot more. 3) You are a guinea pigs for new teachers who never taught or barely have experience...so the classes are disorganized. Again, for the price you pay its ridiculous."

"Terrible school. It is very expensive compared to other career schools. The "teachers" don't even feel like they know much about the profession they're giving lectures about. I would NOT recommend attending this school if you can find some place else."

"2018 was amazing. New Dean has ruined the program. Her nurses eat their young mentality is rejected onto students who want a safe and professional education. Dean does not I know how to use the programs that students are supposed to be proficient in and lashes out and threatens them when she cant find what she needs due to her own incompitance. Dont go here.. So sad what happened to this school. The dean has killed this place and the new owners need to be accountable."

"Carrington college as a whole is a terrible school. If you can go to a community college I would highly suggest doing so. The tuition is very expensive, you are lied to about graduation/ placement stats, you are asked to submit documents numerous times because admission and records and your program director don't share any information. We are asked almost ever "semester" if we know anyone who would like to enroll in Carrington College probably because no student in their right mind would apply to this pay to go college. The instructors are constantly revolving making every class a challenge because you are the test class for the new teacher to learn the ropes of teaching. Instructors are not impartial to all students and are known to pick favorite students and let them get away with almost anything. You are not given any time to truly digest the material since most of your classes are only a week long with tests every day. The one benefit is that our instructors are currently or used to work in the field however their "real life examples" from their job seem to mirror some episodes from the TV show House or The Good Doctor making them seem less credible."

"I attending carrington college in pleasant hill for the respiratory program. Carrington is a great school for someone who knows what they want. Its not a school for someone who needs teachers to tell them what to do and baby feed you. You pay to get in get out and take the boards. They help you pass your exams and thats exactly what I needed. I read a lot of negative reviews about this school and although they do have their flaws, if you stick with the program, youll end with what you wanted in the beginning. If youre naturally a good student and you take learning seriously, youll have no problem with graduating and getting your degree. And thats what we all want at the end of the day! Their career services department was awesome in helping you with everything you needed and tutors are always there to help. I had bad teachers and great teachers at this school but all schools have that. Dont be surprised if the program is disorganized and feels shuffled, just go with it. They want you to graduate cuz its good for their statistics, so they dont do it on purpose."

"This is for the Sacramento/Northern California campus: I've completed 2 programs at Carrington. Both times, they have messed up my financial aid. When I came back for the 2nd program, they said that I owed them money from my 1st program and I couldn't start the 2nd program until that was paid in full. But how is that possible when they don't let you start until all the funds are paid up front?????? So, guess what, I ended up paying the additional 2k so that I could start the Dental Assisting/Associate Degree program. I finished the DA/Associate Degree program in March 2018 and now I'm getting calls from a Devry associated lender saying that I owe them 4k. I don't even know who this lender is or where they came from. I got federal aid and grants to cover my tuition before I started the program and now I find out that Carrington also has over 2k of my grant money that they haven't used or disbursed to me according to FAFSA. (funny how I owed them 2k, and they had the funds the WHOLE time. So, in essence they got paid twice) I've called and called Carrington Financial Aid department and emailed several different people and NOBODY ever responds. This surprise loan is now hurting my credit and even though I told them how important it is that they get back to me, no one has called me STILL. I think their financial aid people, don't have a clue about what they're doing. They have misappropriated my financial aid and now they messed up my credit. I am going to file a complaint with the Department of Education as well. They have no regard or accountability for people's credit or how their mistakes mess up people's lives. This is ridiculous!!!!!!!!! For those of you that are interested in Hygiene, go to the American Dental Education Association instead. You can finish the Hygiene program and get your degree in 2 years by enrolling in 1 program, instead of 3 programs and 4 years +100k at Carrington. I wish I had found out about this program 5 years ago. I'd be a Hygienist by now."

"Very disappointed in this school. I had heard about this school and how students did not have to be on a waiting list for long compared to the good colleges. I went ahead and applied and I regret having done so. Biggest waste of time and money. I was suppose to graduate this year, yet they decide who to help and who to not help. They bend their own rules as they please and help those who they only want to help. I was a 4th semester student. I only had 1 semester to go and they ruined it for me. The teachers themselves lie. I was told to stay and pass my final and if I made high enough score they would let me advance to 5th semester. I scored higher than required but to them it was not enough. So instead of dropping the course like I had planned, the teacher told us to stay and pass. Well I did and they did NOT pass me. Now my GPA is too low and I doubt any good college will take in my credits. I have sacrificed part of my job and when I was attending I blew off some good job offers. All for what? Please do not go to this school. It is a huge mistake. Now I have to pay back 35,000 and nothing to show for it."

"DONT GO HERE. I CONTACTED THE ADMISSION DEPARTMENT AND THE WEBSITE. THEY LITTERLY WONT TELL YOU IF YOUR CREDITS ARE VALID FOR THE SCHOOL OR NOT. THEY CANT EVEN RECOMMEND A SCHOOL SO I CAN TRANSFER CREDITS AND BECOME AN RN FROM AN LVN. WHY DO YOU NOT HAVE AN LVN PROGRAM. OR A REFRENCE FOR AN LVN PROGRAM. HEY LETS SPEND $33,000 AND 1 YEAR OF SCHOOL AND FIND OUT IF THEY EXCEPT MY ACCREDITATION OR NOT!! (said everyone who goes here)"

"I have never in my life been so disappointed with any establishment. They put me through 6 weeks of school working my butt off ( I have 5 kids to boot) to tell me that my homeschool diploma was not acceptable. I told them before I ever even started that I had a non accredited diploma and they said it was fine and still allowed me to start. I then asked if I could keep going if I got my GED, and I have an actual email where they said yes. So, once again, I studied my butt off and got my GED in 2 weeks, (On top off getting A's in classes) only for them to tell me it doesn't matter and they won't accept it. They then tried to charge me $3,000 for only 6 weeks (the whole certificate only cost $8,000 with a grant) and start over. I had to get a lawyer involved and they ended up charging me $254 for physical books. I am no longer in school and am very leary to try again. I am so disgusted with their lies and money hunger. I am so glad not to be a part of this "school" anymore and can't believe that they are allowed to get away with doing this to people."

"This review is for the Mesquite campus. Disappointed would be an understatement. From day one everything has been disorganized. None of my credits (from an University) were utilized. Mid-semester your getting notifications of withdrawal threats because the filling person lost all your information. The staff are unprofessional and not very knowledgeable. When you have a real issue or concern, staff treats you like a PRESCHOOLER, literally!!!!! all they want you to do is have you draw and color pictures & stuff you with candy None of which is conducive for the RN program. They have literally told students to drop the course & retake it, instead of providing resources to help them pass. (It looks bad if students fail, rather than students withdrawing)The Fundamental/ med surg teacher act as if she has a vendetta against the entire class, (she takes PLEASURE in giving failing grades)she is without compassion or nursing skills. She gives 8+ chapters to read & gives test on whatever comes to her head. She words her questions completely wrong, so I ask how do you expect a right answer? For the skills section she skips through a you tube video & expect you to follow suit. No hands on demos just partial you tube videos ( when skills are a huge part in what makes you a nurse) The lectures are beyond horrible, I dont even want to elaborate. I've been an LVN for 11+ years and she confuses me, & Please don't ask a question or you will automatically be disregarded and shunned. The students aren't being prepare for the now Kaplan test nor NCLEX, we are just being lectured on making sacrifices for the school, & pressured to give a great review so they can keep funding. The only thing that has been consistent at this College is the automatic payment reminder e-mail. Honestly, I do not recommend this College to someone who wants to become a nurse and make an impact (because you will not learn a thing) however, if you are in the field and want to advance, why not it's only 18months."

"This review is for the Mesquite campus. Disappointed would be an understatement. From day one everything has been disorganized. None of my credits (from an University) were utilized. Mid-semester your getting notifications of withdrawal threats because the filling person lost all your information. The staff are unprofessional and not very knowledgeable. When you have a real issue or concern, staff treats you like a PRESCHOOLER, literally!!!!! all they want you to do is have you draw and color pictures & stuff you with candy None of which is conducive for the RN program. They have literally told students to drop the course & retake it, instead of providing resources to help them pass. (It looks bad if students fail, rather than students withdrawing)The Fundamental/ med surg teacher act as if she has a vendetta against the entire class, (she takes PLEASURE in giving failing grades)she is without compassion or nursing skills. She gives 8+ chapters to read & gives test on whatever comes to her head. She words her questions completely wrong, so I ask how do you expect a right answer? For the skills section she skips through a you tube video & expect you to follow suit. No hands on demos just partial you tube videos ( when skills are a huge part in what makes you a nurse) The lectures are beyond horrible, I dont even want to elaborate. I've been an LVN for 11+ years and she confuses me, & Please don't ask a question or you will automatically be disregarded and shunned. The students aren't being prepare for the now Kaplan test nor NCLEX, we are just being lectured on making sacrifices for the school, & pressured to give a great review so they can keep funding. The only thing that has been consistent at this College is the automatic payment reminder e-mail. Honestly, I do not recommend this College to someone who wants to become a nurse and make an impact (because you will not learn a thing) however, if you are in the field and want to advance, why not it's only 18months."

"I graduated back the Phlebotomy Technician Program back in June, it's now September.... and I still do not have my diploma, or any way of showing proof of completion. This is due to the fact that they double charged me for my externship fees. I've been contacting them for two months now, and still now solution. This school is very unorganized, impersonal, and Completely in it for the profit only. Due to my inability to provide proof of completion, I am not able to get a job as a Phlebotomist. I paid the school costs off in full back in March, but still.... nothing. I've been given over 12 people to contact, in which I did. Only ONE person out of the 12 I was able to get ahold of.... and still, nothing was solved... even though I was promised that this would get taken care of. I'm p*****."

"This school is seriously the WORST. The same professor teaches the first semester, and he doesn't want to help teach. When he is asked a question his response is "well basically..." and then veers off topic. Half of my class failed first semester. Our grades weren't posted until 7 weeks into the semester. Multiple students went to the professor himself, the tutor for the school, multiple administration people, and finally the dean and not one person could tell any of us were we stood in the class. The few study guides we received were from a different book than the one that we were learning from, and the study guides were handed out a week AFTER the test was taken. The only way to make a grade in this school is by taking tests, there are no assignments. When the school realized that most of the class was failing both Chemistry and A & P they changed the re-seating requirements, literally TWO WEEKS before the semester ended. When we had first enrolled at Carrington there was a two class you could fail rule, and still go on. Well they changed that, two weeks before the semester ended they sent out an email saying you had to request to be re-seated, go through all these ridiculous steps, and wait 180 days probation. So myself, and my other classmates were of course annoyed, but we did as we were told, and two days after the semester ended AFTER we all sent emails to be re-seated we got emails saying "since you did not request to be re-seated you are kicked out of the nursing program." I could go on and on about how unorganized and terrible this school is, but I will leave you with this. A student in my class had spoke with the tutor at the school in regards to this issue and she responded with "Well new students pay an extra $50,000, you're just going to give them an extra $2,000." That just goes to show you how money hungry the school is."

"I am a 3rd term nursing student at the Reno campus that is about to go into their 4th term and am beyond disappointed with this school. They cannot keep staff, having lost most of their good academic faculty over the last few years to TMCC and UNR. What students are left with is a school that is nothing like the one Carrington used to be in 2015, possibly earlier. The dean jumped ship, along with multiple firings in the administration that have left positions open and the administration extremely short-staffed. I have a friend who went here and graduated in late 2014, and she doesn't know ANY of the teachers now except some of the general education teachers and 1 nursing instructor. The general education instructors were good and comparable to the UNR instructors I had for general education courses. The nursing instructors are terrible. This is coming from someone who has straight A's and isn't writing an angry review due to low grades. They are genuinely bad and if the terrible instruction doesn't have you failing on its account, it will at the very least cause you much needless suffering. Imagine an environment where teachers can't get fired or reprimanded for even the most serious instruction and professionalism issues. Imagine the type of issues this would bring to the company in the long-run, like harboring terrible instructors and disgusting culture. This is what is happening with the Reno Carrington campus nursing program. The campus started having serious issues, many if not all of the good instructors left, and now almost only the bad are left and the dean cannot afford to let any of them go. To sum up the academic faculty culture: lab instructors are unsafe and have caused multiple accidents this semester alone (during one unsafe act I saw a lab instructor cause an acidic solution to fly into a students eyes that caused the student to have burning eyes the whole night. when she documented it she never wrote she did it, according to the student. This kind of lack of integrity is commonplace here.), nursing academic faculty are rarely prepared, do not communicate with their students well, and show such a level of disorganization in their class structure that I often wonder if some of these 65+ year old instructors have dementia (people make mistakes and are sometimes unprepared, but coming to class late and forgetting what is assigned to be done that day while class is going isn't right and students paying $50k+ deserve better). I could write quite a lot more about the issues with this program, but I just want to instead sum it up by saying this: I am sure people look into this college because it is a 2-year program and TMCC/other colleges are harder to get into. I would STRONGLY suggest first trying to get into ANY other 2-year option for your Reno nursing academic needs, as I am very sure no other school will have issues quite as severe as the Reno Carrington campus currently does for their nursing program. I am already looking for my potential to transfer next term to another school if possible."

"I went to this school and its THE worst of the worst. The staff, the program, the classes. Honestly they just want your money & wont speak to you unless youve paid. Terrible communication and unwilling to respond to questions. The teachers made me cry literally almost everyday. They are critical, mean, and pushy. They wont assist you in clinic and will sit in the middle of the room and gossip the whole time. Its an aweful environment if youre falling behind even slightly a little. Concerning finances, Its taken me over 3 months to get a hold of somebody. They also charged me for semesters I didnt attend. Hardly ANY of my credits transferred and I already had a previous degree. They dont tell you this, but you have to have a 75 or higher in your classes and wont tell you until youve signed papers. And then once youre a senior you have to get a 90 to pass. If youre considering coming to the school, I would NOT recommend it. Find somewhere else"

"This review is based on the Mesquite Campus. Save your money and time!!!! The instructors are horrible their way of lecturing is to read word per word from the book. To begin with one of the instructors for Med Surg is just plain rude and talks down to people. We have spoken to dean about her behavior and lack of knowledge and nothing was done. You do not learn a thing as they do not know how teach but as a student you are automatically supposed to know enoough to pass a HESI after each semester. How we all asked each other if we have not learned a thing this semester. For each class you are supposed to read around 10 chapters because you will have test over them the following week. That is around 30 chapters a week that you wil be tested on , and impossible to learn of off. The test are another thing they are not based on the material you have read so they are NCLEX type questions they say! Then why not teach us the correct way afterall we are here to learn. Horrible Horrible Horrible RUN RUN RUN.... I know that you get drawn into a school that says you can earn your ADN in 2 years or less but at this school you will not. Do your research for this school before coming here."

"This review is based on the Mesquite Campus. Save your money and time!!!! The instructors are horrible their way of lecturing is to read word per word from the book. To begin with one of the instructors for Med Surg is just plain rude and talks down to people. We have spoken to dean about her behavior and lack of knowledge and nothing was done. You do not learn a thing as they do not know how teach but as a student you are automatically supposed to know enoough to pass a HESI after each semester. How we all asked each other if we have not learned a thing this semester. For each class you are supposed to read around 10 chapters because you will have test over them the following week. That is around 30 chapters a week that you wil be tested on , and impossible to learn of off. The test are another thing they are not based on the material you have read so they are NCLEX type questions they say! Then why not teach us the correct way afterall we are here to learn. Horrible Horrible Horrible RUN RUN RUN.... I know that you get drawn into a school that says you can earn your ADN in 2 years or less but at this school you will not. Do your research for this school before coming here."