Colorado Christian University

I want to be honest in saying that a degree at Colorado Christian University comes with significantly more work than a general university, due to the demands of 180 "ministry hours" (volunteer work) before you graduate, and 180 verified chapel attendance points. It becomes very difficult to work, volunteer, attend chapel, and be a full-time student; especially if you have little to no familial financial support. But, I also want to say that I felt 100% prepared in the job force, and I secured a full-time... Read More position in my field with a non-profit organization's residential treatment center before I even graduated. I not once felt like I was under-prepared and if i had questions, I had amazing psychology professors that were willing to meet and pour their education, experience, and insight into me to help me better. My advice is know when to ask for help, and know when you are taking on too much; because it sets very high expectations. It's do-able, it's worth it, but it is very hard.

I attended CCU and received my Bachelor's Degree. I am now at the same school and pursuing my Master's Degree. Going to CCU is easily one of the best decisions I have ever made. I attended, and continue to, online. You do need to be self-motivated to be an online student. If you follow through with the assignments you will be fine. I graduated Summa Cum Laude because of this. Every professor that I had did everything they could to provide the best experience. I have no bad experiences with any professor.... Read More The classes take place at a quick pace so you have to keep up with readings and assignments. I did notice that a lot of people have complained about receiving a financial aid refund. If you are on probation it will take 6 weeks to receive a refund. This happens when you first begin the school, or if you are on academic probation. However, if you are not on probation you will receive any refund in four weeks.

Colorado Christian University was one of the best decisions I made when deciding on my future. The instructors are great and very knowledgeable not only with the course context; but they bring their personal experiences for the students to reflect on. The classroom size is not very overwhelming; especially, for being out of school for so long. The admin side of the house could use some improvements but that may be due to new staff and/or changes that has been occurring the past few months. Also,... Read More the program is not very diverse; however, I believe over time this stigma will go away. Overall, a wonderful school that I will recommend to others.

Hello Everybody, I love CCU and some of the professors, I have only had one terrible professor in my A&P 2 course. In 2016 it was 6 weeks until we received any FA that was already on our accounts and this is a huge problem because by the time it posted to my bank account it was 7 weeks at that point after the semester started. This has actually been going on for a while and I do not really understand what is going on. Like someone mention in their review already on here this forces you to use a credit... Read More card so you can buy your books and your supplies. We do have to pay our credit card I had to make to minimum due payments while waiting for our FA to come in. You can buy your books from the bookstore at have it taken from your FA but most of us do not they want too much. You should not have to get another loan or have to use a credit card to get by waiting for FA. This is what FA is for, to help you. So here we are in the Spring of 2017 and have yet like other schools to see our FA. I know other schools have already distributed to their students. I was applying for the nursing program but after talking to my financial advisor on base I decided to go somewhere else for my nursing education. They only run one cohort a year which is a problem, and with the FA mess I cannot risk it, and I cannot come up with thousands on my own to buy the required text books and supplies if I do not have my FA in time. The university I am currently transferring too will not accept the TEAS exam so I had to pay $120 for my new schools entrance exam. A few things I was told dishonestly about when coming to CCU two years ago: They only have 1 cohort us Denver students compete with the GJ students for spots. I am a 4.0 student and did well on the TEAS so I wasn't worried but at the open house there was some questionable things. I mangled and talked with other students who were afraid of the cost and the mess with FA. I feel the same way and decided not to apply and after spring semester just leave the school. I have other courses starting on Monday and have no way to buy my books for these courses it is almost Feb 1st and we still have not received our FA. My credit card is full from buying the books for the courses I have going on right now when the semester started. So this is my reason for leaving CCU. My best friend at Pikes Peak already got her FA and some students at UCCS. I cannot have a college put me in financial ruin. I need to pay my credit card off, and get my new text books but I am still waiting. Concerning professors some are understanding and will not mark you late for being late because you didn't have books. But some don't care and will mark you off on your assignments, apparently it is the students fault we have yet to receive FA and cant buy books. And I absolutely refuse to pay the bookstore prices. I use E books and I already checked into the book store and they do not have the E books for my courses. Love the school and love the biblical viewpoint but FA as other mentioned is a mess. I am heartbroken I did not apply for the nursing program and am transferring. But I have to do what's best for myself and my family.

I have a few complaints, one being this nursing Cohort is not up to par with other schools. They only run one cohort a year! And here is where you also get screwed, students in the nursing program who did not pass a semester take up slots so they can repeat a semester. Which leaves less available slots for people fresh coming into the program. I have finished all of my prerequisites at CCU of course. And attended the informational meeting and decided I need to transfer. I am now in a nursing program... Read More at another college. They need to have at least 2 cohorts running. The college I attend now has 2 and will add 3 if they have enough students. So I am unclear what the deal is at CCU. Some of the professors are awesome at this college but you will have some when doing prerequisites who have no business teaching any biology course. I have had one professor where us students couldnt even ask any questions too or go to for help because she had no clue what we were even studying. So she would give you the run around and never answer anything. They also are behind and still run the ATI TEAS I believe they are on the 6th version now. When I went to take mine a girl in the room said she never even studied and we are all supposed to have different test. Well there was a computer between me and the girl next to me and she cheated off the girl in front of her, she could see her computer screen during the Teas and here she passes with a 72, go figure! This isnt CCUs fault but ATIs because ATI was supposed to give each student a different test and apparently they do not, I watched this with my own two eyes. My other complain the FA is supposed to post to your account 4 weeks after the semester start date. Well some of us have had courses starting one week out from the actual semester date, which leaves us having to wait an additional week for our FA so a total of 5 weeks sometimes 6 depending on when your bank post funds into your account. When the other schools give it to you right after the semester starts and when drop date is taking place. For instance today is January 31st 2017 and at my college we already received our FA on the 19th. My friends still at CCU have yet to see dime. And she has 2 courses starting next week and doesnt have the money for books for those courses yet because of course has yet to see her FA. Some might think this isnt a big deal but it actually is some student refuse to pay college book store prices and many use E books which you cannot get at CCU bookstore. So they need their FA to get these books. My cousin told me when she started her spring semester for 2017 at CCU she thought she was going to get her FA but turns out she has to wait 4 weeks after the semester starts. So last minute she rented her books from Amazon and they came in right before assignments were due for the course and the professor was not understanding and marked my cousin late on her assignments. You might say this is the students fault? But its not who could blame her for not wanting to pay the bookstore prices. Thats the entire point of FA to help you pay your tuition and your books. What good is it when you dont have your FA money in enough time to help you pay for your books. Its almost as if when I was a student here I felt some of us students were being forced to have to buy from the bookstore because they will deduct those charges from FA, if you didnt have the money up front to order 3rd party. Which most college students dont, because we are full time students with part time jobs and some with children of their own. This is why I transferred as a nursing student I need my FA at least a few weeks after the semester starts. I do not have the extra funds to constantly be waiting for FA to able to buy 3rd party and to wait weeks and weeks to get my FA, and I got tired of being forced into their book store prices. Its almost like you need a loan to go to school here to get you buy until your FA comes in every semester. Get your FA and pay the loan off and start again doing the something the next semester. Who wants to do that? Not me! CCU is a good school and I loved many of the good people there. But this is my honest opinion and from my experience and not a biased opinion. It really sucks they lose good students because of these reasons. I almost forgot to mention they have these things called course evaluations where you rate the professor and the course this is done around week 4 of each course week 8 or so in the longer courses. In my A&P2 course most of us students gave our professor a bad review. Supposedly they cannot see this until the course is done with. Which she did see so that isnt true, because she was making snarky remarks about bad reviews she had been given and was downright rude about. Not only did we have to deal with her being a terrible teacher but had to listen to her mouth off the last few weeks of the course. The plus side if there is even one she did not know who gave her the bad review as far as name goes, but she knew she had them nevertheless. Also be far warned Grand Junction is also competing for nursing spots over there in Denver so you could have 100-300 students applying for I dont know 40 or so available spots. Seriously? We pay for a good education, my new school made me take an entrance exam which I passed with flying colors they dont even recognize the TEAS, the TEAS test is a thing of the past for most colleges so they are behind on that. And I was annoyed by this because I had to pay for a different exam at 3 other schools because none of them accept the TEAS. Only like 2 schools I know of actually take the TEAS exam here. So that was a totally waste of money on the TEAS! Anyway, if financial aid isnt an issue for you at this school, and you dont mind taking your biology courses online which would be so much better in seat this is the school for you. If you are a serious nursing student I suggest you seriously explore other options as well. Do not limit yourself to only one college. I have read reviews on here for different schools in the Denver area and their reviews can be challenged and this isnt right. Us student from our school should be able to give our reviews without being harassed and told we are wrong by people employed by the colleges. If I see that, I wont even consider their college students should have freedom of speech. I apologies for any typos as this was written text to talk!

The instruction at CCU is high quality. The teachers challenge you and expect a lot out of your performance. The instruction is appropriate for the ages of the students and gives great insight into the materials and allows the students space to explore the curriculum with the cohort and the professors. This program teaches you how to do what will be expected of you when the time comes. The administrative side of the degree can be frustrating at times but for the most part everything goes smoothly.... Read More The CCU website is also full of resources and the library offers amazing services and materials. I recommend stopping by and seeing the new upgrades to the campus and the friendly environment this school has to offer.

I really enjoy CCU but the only complaint I do have is the fall semester of 2016 Financial Aid is a mess. If you add up the time frame we will be going into week six next week, I have yet to receive my refund. Funds have already went out but nothing, I have contacted FA and still have not heard back from them. We had one week off and apparently they did not count this into week 4 when FA was supposed to go out. I have talked with other students who have this same issue. If this is how it is going... Read More to be every semester I need to switch school. University of Colorado Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak community college have already funded their students. So I have no idea what the deal is at CCU. But I put school funds on my credit card, and I need to pay the card off. But this is a bit hard when next week is actually week 6 of the semester and you have yet to see one dime!

Colorado Christian University was an excellent choice for me! The school's values and the way they integrated those values within the program was exactly what I was looking for and could not be found at a public university. The accelerated format of completing a class every five weeks gave great momentum and sense of accomplishment. While the school offers to evaluate life experience for credit, I opted not to utilize it. They accepted ALL of my prior academic credits, which enabled me to complete... Read More degree faster. All of the advisors, admissions, financial aid and academic did their best to help me accomplish my goals. I highly recommend Colorado Christian University.

You will not make a mistake coming here. The work is hard no joke. I actually found my Bible courses were the hardest so far. This college is not for everyone. This school is very involved with you. Your advisor is always there. If you are looking for an easy college don't come here. One of the things you have to do to even get into this college is write an essay. I have read a few reviews where someone did not get in because of what he/she wrote. With that said you have to have some knowledge about... Read More the Lord, Bible etc. Honestly if you know very little take a class like Intro to the Bible first. Because so far all my classes require biblical work. Or you will seriously be lost. FA is awesome they help you and send you emails when needed. I have called them probably 30 times just for varies questions. They have always been nice and say that's what were here for! I take online and on campus classes. Accredited yes! Exspensive yes! I chose this college because they are very military friendly and after reading horrible reviews about some colleges in CO, I feel I made the right choice. This University is not a deploma mill! You have to do the work or you won't pass. There is a lot of reading. I have met other classmates who have taken the same class twice. Trust us, you don't want to have to take a class twice:) Each class is so much reading and work. So basically if you are serious about a University by all means this one will not let you down! This college is very will ran, we have student activities. My only dislike is the cost. I am willing to pay it, because I know I am in good hands here. Also try to order your books a week or two before a class starts. Don't worry if your book is out of stock, it is sent to you asap when it comes in. CCU also has a number of locations to fit your needs. Don't waste your time and money going to a school with bad reviews. Listen to those reviews. Seriously many people can't be wrong. If you want a great college in CO that is for sure military friendly for you and your spouse, this is it! My husband just graduated here 2015! He willbe getting promoted this year because he has his degree. I love CCU everyone is so welcoming and I feel like I am right at home. Blessings!

This school is based on a Christian World View no argument, with that said, the school and the staff is clear in what they want out of you. If you are taking on-line classes you are required to write 1-2 pages a week, plus take part in the thread of discussion.

I have a full time job with overtime and I am able to keep up with the work load. CCU is both online and in-seat or purely online or in school. I have mixed both and you really have the freedom to choose your work load. Religious class credits... Read More do not transfer, but all others do. Great school especially if you are a devout Christian.

On-line is perfect if you work long hours, or have a shy personality. I strongly suggest going to a cheaper school for you generals, I made the mistake of not doing so and I'm currently trying to figure out how I am going to repay the loan.

Oh yeah, order your books a week prior to class beginning, reading is intensive. YES I do recommend this school even if you are not strictly Christian, you learn some interesting qualities about Christianity.

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I am very pleased with the school. The online lectures are out of this world. Having the ability to sit and physically listen to the instructor is awesome. The assignments can be difficult but I feel I have actulally learned from the class with all the research that must be done. Personally, I was intrigued by the accredation. So many online colleges have a great program but unfortunately they don't have the accredation to back you up once you are through with your program. So in my honest opinion... Read More it is not the easiest thing I have ever pursued, but it certainly has been very rewarding. The advisors, instructors, and any other faculty member make it a priority for you to pass your curriculum. The support is great here.