"I went here in recommendation of someone I trusted and love and for me it was NOTHING but nightmares for me! I completed my program and they screwed up my final bill. They are expecting me to pay something I DID NOT agree with it. I plan on going for my graduate degree at another university and because of their dishonesty, I may NOT be able to get my transcript from them because of the outstanding bill. So, bottom line they are holding up me pursing my career. That is NOT fair to me because I worked hard for my bachelor's, especially during an extremely tough time in my life. Which I did not let it stop me. So, you can say I am NOT VERY happy right now!!! They are just "money hungry". So much for practicing their "Christian Worldview" - their so called "Christian ways". I hold them responsible for messing with my future now. Next time I won't listen to someone's recommendation."

DisgustedwithGCU

Reviewed: 7/11/2024
Degree: Psychology
Graduation Year: 2024

"Don't do it! They will drag out the process for money. Look into how and why they have been sued in the past. The grievance procedures are so restrictive that you can not really fight back. Just don't do it. I've had 3 chairs and 2 methodologist....taken 18 extension courses. I "opened a case" to push back on the process....they would only review the last class taken, not the process. Guess what they offered....a change in dissertation committee member!"

Rosalinda Elza

Reviewed: 6/19/2024
Degree: Psychology
Graduation Year: 2024

"I can NOT believe the nerve of this school! Trust me people they are out to get your money! They do NOT care about you as an individual. Grand Canon University is suppose to be a Christian religionSchool- I can NOT express to you how unfaithful they are. God does work in mysterious ways! I was in school for 2 weeks with A's just moving along, two weeks later I get a call from their financial advisor now mind you I'm already in school for two weeks.Why do Ineed a financial advisor they are trying to charge me $2500 for two weeks for something, I got nothing out of the financial advisor was supposed to be brought to my attention prior to me attending school not two weeks after me already in class. Any school will tell you you cannot start school until you speak to the financial advisor. Trust me I talked to plenty of schools $2500 for what? it was my time if anything they owe me $2500 for wasting my time trust me guys do not I repeat do not trust grand Canyon University all they want is your money stay blessed people! This is really unbelievable with our economy the way it is now people can barely afford to get groceries. Let alone this school is out to get my money. I guess this will just have to go down to collections because like I said what did they give me for $2500 nothing! They wasted my time for two weeks. Please share this post with all your friends. I would like Grand Canyon to know how they treat people in this world today.! same on them that is watching! Please share this post! Thank you and have an awesome week!"

Todd

Reviewed: 5/27/2024
Degree: Cognitive Psychology
Graduation Year: 1900

"Before entering any doctoral program at GCU, please be cautious and do some research. Number one: see if they have a core faculty listed with their research focus, expertise, and PUBLICATION HISTORY described. With GCU's doctorate program in psychology with an emphasis on cognition and instruction, there is no such page describing key faculty with whom you could work on your dissertation. The faculty members for my courses had no publications to their names (beyond their dissertation work, if that). It's hard to give credence to their feedback on your writing when they haven't published themselves. Number two: to a similar point, the feedback given on your work is low-level (e.g., correcting you on your APA format) and never intellectually substantive. I never had a reaction speaking to the intellectual merit of my argument. I felt this did not bode well for when it came time to write a dissertation. Number three: Most institutions with a religious affiliation do not incorporate religious content into secular subject areas. I taught statistics at a Jesuit university; I did not reference Catholicism in my teaching! If you go to GCU, make sure you are comfortable with bible verses being part of your curriculum, even outside a divinity degree. It struck me as bizarre that a doctorate program in cognitive psychology would have assignments (admittedly optional) that prompted for reflections on Bible verses and Christian faith as part of your studies. I don't generally give much weight to university rankings, but in the case of GCU, there is good reason for this educational institution being near the very bottom of rankings for national universities. Find another doctoral program, is my advice! (I cut my loses and dropped within the first year...)"

Mathew Kenneth Vroman

Reviewed: 5/13/2024
Degree: Substance Abuse Counseling
Graduation Year: 2025

"After my fifth class (I have made all As) I have decided to transfer. If you are looking for a Christian school avoid it. They don't practice Biblical authority and gave me a bad grade when I expressed my views on the Bible. I was told I could not express my view of the Bible and had to look at it how my instructor said. She messaged there is no open discussion. The problem I have is the question I was answering was a Christian World view. The only Christian world view is their interpretation of what that is and not how someone sees it differently. The issue is in their doctrine statement they state the Bible is authoritative. DO NOT ATTEND IF YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS TRUE. AVOIDE THIS SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

B. Thomas

Reviewed: 4/3/2024
Degree: Education
Graduation Year: 2024

"If I had to do it all over again, I would go somewhere else. The communication at this school was horrible, the counselors didn't know what they were doing or talking about. I was told different answers repeatedly and when you question them about it, they call you rude or unprofessional. Huh?"

Melanie

Reviewed: 3/8/2024
Degree: Forensic Psychology
Graduation Year: 2025

"I remember coming to the tours with my sister as she was picking out a college and loved how the community at GCU was and I knew from that day that’s where I wanted to go. I really did want to like the school. When I joined my counselor told me that had a criminal justice program I come to find out that they don’t (they have criminal studies) or something like that I was put into PSYCHOLOGY for no apparent reason it was so random. When I talk to my counselor she always forgets what I was talking abt. I had junior credits so there’s not point in dropping out bc of that. I also had another probably with a new counselor bc they are charging me for a class I dropped. I decided I wanted to go online next semester and they did not let me know that you had to pay for the class when I dropped it in the begging of the semester. So I have to pay for the class that I dropped which is the same class I was going to take online. In the GCU handbook it says that counselors need to let the students know of financial ramifications which they did not let me know and when I discussed with my counselor she said it was bc she didn’t think that was a concern to me. I pay out of pocket ofc it’s a concern. If I would’ve know I would’ve just taken it on campus since I had already paid for it. I keep reaching out and there’s always something new. I like the students everyone is so sweet, some teachers are strange like some want to be cool or they play devils advocate (Christian worldview teacher). He would have us argue reason why the Bible is NOT real. I’m a Christian but he rlly made me doubt my faith because he kept fighting us when we tried to defend Gods word. The point of the class was for him to help us grow not make us stumble. It was so confusing for me. The counselors I can’t with. They don’t have ur future in mind. I asked them abt why I wasn’t made aware of certain stuff and they said they’re just there to encourage u to look up what you wanna know. That they encourage every student to do that. I’m going to look into transferring."

Anon

Reviewed: 2/14/2024
Degree: Biology
Graduation Year: 2024

"Do not take online courses at GCU. Their adjunct faculty live in different states and could care less about your grade. I wrote over 40 emails to my advisor (in the first two weeks) about the teachers not giving a fair chance to get points back for discrepancies that the teacher makes up on their own beyond the syllabus. There is no one you can go to if you are having problems. The Dean of Academics do not handle these situations, which I'm flabbergasted by, why are you the Dean of Academics if you do not handle these cases? The teachers do not provide recorded lectures because they are not qualified to give lectures. No reviews are given for tests, so basically you are on your own. Good luck on whatever pops up on the test."

Aaliyah Stewart

Reviewed: 2/8/2024
Degree:
Graduation Year: 2025

"I really wanted to love this school as online school works great with my schedule due to needing to work full-time. However, I would NEVER recommend this school to anyone I know, not even my worst enemy. I was completely lied to about the cost of this college as well as the time I would be attending. My student service counselor was very good at emailing me before a new class started, but any time I had a question or complaint she just disappeared. Due to a crazy busy life I fell behind on finishing my FAFSA (completely my fault) and was dropped completely from the school without being warned that this would be happening. I tried to clarify what was happening with my SCC and then she transferred me to a different SCC. I spoke with this person for at most a day before she pawned me off on yet another person. This person, my current SCC, apparently has no knowledge of what my situation is and sent me an email telling me my entire course plan for the future might change and some classes I have already taken, and had to pay for, might not be included in my new course plan, which means that they were taken for no reason wasting both my money and time. Whenever I emailed him back to explain that I did not drop out in fact I was dropped and not warned at all beforehand that this would happen I did not get a reply back and still have not. There have been many times I have asked to speak to someone about the fact that I was lied to about the overall cost of my degree and how long this degree will take, both of which I have email proof of. Anytime I bring this up it is radio silence in both calls and emails, my very first SCC hung up on me whenever I asked about who I can contact about these issues to which she later blamed on "technical difficulties". Again DO NOT ENROLL IN THIS SCHOOL THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER ONLINE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM THAT ARE MUCH BETTER THAT I WISH I HAD ENROLLED IN INSTEAD OF GCU!"

disappointed

Reviewed: 2/6/2024
Degree: School Counseling
Graduation Year: 2025

"Currently in the online school to obtain a master's in school counseling. The online classes are easily managed and the counselors are great. However, the main reason I hesitated to attend a school out of my home state was due to the placement portion for the internships. When speaking with enrollment prior to attending, I was told that the school had worked with students in my area before and would be able to help with placement. Now that I'm nearing the end of my program, I've been told that my area was difficult for the school to help with placement. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO KNOW BEFORE I ENROLLED!!!! So the school lied about being able to help with placement, which is incredibly frustrating. This was the most concerning part of my education. That being said, if you're pursing a degree that does not include internships or you are attending in-state, then attend GCU, it's likely as good as any other school. But if you are attending online out of state and will need internship placement (and do not have existing connections). Don't bother. You'll have better luck in the log term with a local school that can actually help with this aspect."

Never Again

Reviewed: 1/9/2024
Degree: Early Childhood Education
Graduation Year: 2026

"Teachers- amazing Online- somewhat easy to navigate Getting started- easy, counselors were very attentive and helpful Asking for help or trying to leave? Radio silence. My first advisor dropped me without saying anything (I completely understand life happens and things come up) but my second advisor never sent me an email. I was given a week off of classes with no notice, I was put into classes without notice (which made me late + behind on assignments, I didn’t know I was in classes until I got an email to my personal account about weeks 3 & 6, keep in mind each class is 7 weeks long). My instructors were amazing and very understanding, my last even let me take some time to get caught up, gave me advice, and told me to keep proof of my emails and requests. When I asked to drop (personal reasons, could no longer be taking classes), they told me they couldn’t drop me because I was in the second week of class. And then I found out I’ve been withdrawn and have to pay the school because they withdrew me in the 6th week. The way I found out was through an email asking for money. Oh, and my entire first year was supposed to be free due to financial aid and scholarships. It’s not, and long before I withdrew they said I owe $30,000+ (which helped me decide to withdraw)."

Tasha

Reviewed: 1/5/2024
Degree:
Graduation Year: 2042

"I'm writing in the hopes of preventing this from happening to others as it pertains to the online RN to BSN program. I graduated with my ADN in December 2021 from my local community college. I decided since I was a mother and my daughter is still younger I would go ahead and just keep going to school and focus on getting my BSN so I could work at my current place of work which is a magnet hospital as a new grad RN since they did not hire new grad ADN's anymore. The recruiter assured me that finding a clinical site and preceptor would be no problem for the last capstone course which is 100 hours of clinical requiring you to shadow another RN with a BSN or higher. He said they worked with hundreds of sites all over the United States and never had a student have any issues. I started my search for a preceptor in September of 2022. Fast forward to today 1/5/2026 and I still have no preceptor or clinical site. I've called countless places that the school has "affiliations with" and they tell me they have no idea what I'm talking about or do not allow students anymore. The field office counselors never return your calls and do almost nothing to help you secure a site. I was supposed to be done with the program back in October 2023, but with only one class left, I have been forcefully "unenrolled" since July because I don't have a preceptor for the last class. Sadly, I now know that my situation is not unique and I wish I had never attended this school. I have wasted the last 2 years I have been out of my ADN program and now have nothing to show for it. DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL!!!! PS I am planning to write to the Department of Education about my experience as they have already been sued by doctoral students for deceitful recruiting practices and have to pay 37.7 million dollars and I feel like this may also fall within that realm. If nothing else maybe the DOE will look into the school and light a fire under their butts to removed this ridiculous clinical requirement"

Will

Reviewed: 12/29/2023
Degree: Organizational Leadership
Graduation Year: 2021

"There are different views of GCU on the internet, but I found my education there to be great. It was definitely challenging, but I expected that when I started my program, so I have no complaints. The professors responded quickly to my questions, and the overall experience was good, if not better, than other programs I've completed."

Bobbi Bolton

Reviewed: 11/20/2023
Degree:
Graduation Year: 2025

"I have a problem with financial aid. I have never received documentation in writing, cant speak with anyone in financial aid, and have been told by three different GCU employees three different prices for the cost of the residency. It takes about a month to receive my financial aid every time which seems prehistoric. I really wish I had made another choice."

Darko

Reviewed: 11/15/2023
Degree: Business
Graduation Year: 2024

"Took "University Success" as my first class and extremely disappointed. This class should have been an orientation video at best. It just went over how to access the online library, that they're religious, had you do online personality quizzes and other random nonsense that shouldn't have cost me 2 months and $3,000. This class had absolutely no collegiate value. The "discussions" mandatory in the class had no value added, the instructor didn't exist (didn't respond to discussion questions or pay attention to what was written in assignments). The instructor even had a section where he wanted us to discuss what to do with a pre-approval credit card junk mail letter... that made absolutely no sense in this class. I was so irritated because the counselors sold me on this was a quality education/degree and it was absolutely not. So after all their nickel and diming I had to pay just over $3,000 for this one class and it served me none. I learned absolutely nothing and got nothing out of it other than this school is terrible."

Jeanne

Reviewed: 11/1/2023
Degree:
Graduation Year: 2024

"Miss represents on-line status. Requires 200 hours practical time. 100 hours clinical with a NP or MSN with a certificate, which is not disclosed. They offer little help with placement. For what it costs does not supply what is needed. The school suggests at this level nurses do not know how to assess a patient. When going through the process of admissions they do not disclose what will be needed, they promote that they are for working individuals which they are not. Counselors do not return calls, difficult to get in touch with administrators"

Reviewed: 10/27/2023
Degree: Business Administration
Graduation Year: 2027

"Honestly, just run far away from this school and anything they “have to offer”. First, the student service counselors are deceiving. This is obviously a for-profit college that wants to belittle their students and strip them of all of their money. You will be harassed to no end after being blatantly deceived. Second, the courses are hysterical and not even remotely related to your degree. You spend so much time on these course and waste a year away. Doing online college shouldn't even take 4 years, because you don’t even get the same “breaks” as on campus students. They trick the system, trick financial aid, and leverage any kind of money they earn over your head. Avoid GCU at all costs."

SC Teacher

Reviewed: 10/25/2023
Degree: Education Administration
Graduation Year: 2023

"GCU came along at the right time for me. I returned to education after a 20 year stint in the Auction Industry. The classes allowed for me to continue my coaching career while working toward my masters. The instructors for the most part were willing to work with me in order to stay caught up with the assignments. It does get tedious at times but all things do. If you are serious and meet the deadlines you will have no issues. I believe most of the people who complain probably are not staying up to date on the work or feel that the work is not worthy of their time. I am glad I finished and would not have been able to get my masters if it had not been for GCU. Go Lopes!"

Benjamin75

Reviewed: 10/22/2023
Degree: Psychology
Graduation Year: 2022

"Attending this University was a negative experience. The student service office is lazy, dishonest, and disrespects the student. Some teachers know the problems in the unsupportive administration of this center, which is a joke, and they take advantage by disrespecting the students, etc."

Shawn H

Reviewed: 9/30/2023
Degree: Nursing
Graduation Year: 2023

"I am currently in the last class of my degree however, due to the counselors disorganization I am unable to continue. I am on hold for 3 months now and unable to finish my degree. I would not recommend this school at all. Overall, I have had a poor experience. This is my second degree and 4th college attending in my life and so far it is the worst experience I have had. The office of field experience is horrible and I have had 3 different counselors working on my field experience. Every time they call they have no clue what is going on."