ITT Technical Institute Reviews

"I'm not quite able to call ITT Tech a scam, because they actually do provide a campus, and provide some people who call themselves instructors to repeat things that they learned that day or the day before.I'm not quite sure if the tuition listed on this website is quarterly, but my loans totaled $47,000, WAY MORE than the $19000 listed.While I was a student there, I was aware that they were teaching things that they themselves had learned the night before, a number of teachers told me just that. ITT graduates people who don't understand the most fundamental of the coursework. Teachers would typically leave the room when midterms were being taken, most people would cheat off of notes or other people. Their bottom line is passing people through their system as quickly as they could.I am also aware that whenever a graduate got a job they would take credit. That is, if I got a job at McDonalds flipping burgers, the counselors would take credit for that."

"I have recently stopped attending itt due to their horrible ethic. I was told upon signing up they would work with any work schedule, this was a LIE. They have horrible student services, teachers that do not respond to emails or work with you at all. I wish I had researched before I spent my money. TRUST ME DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME HERE!!!!!!!"

"I am attending itt tech right now and ready to drop out! (and I pan too this week) im not much of a person to give up on things but i just cant take it anymore. For example my teacher asked me what career was I wanting to have. ( i am in business adm.) I said i want to start and own my own car insurance business. he says ahh thats all right like it wasnt good enough or something. that hurt my feelings. on top of that it is way too much work for anyone to do. We get assingments weekly but the directions are give very poorly and confusing. The staff is nice but when it comes to the work it is past poor.So if you enjoy lots of unessisairy work and people who pretend they are there to help you then this is the school for you!"

"After my experience with ITT Tech I realized how bad of a school this place is.The sylabus for classes are confusing. Often providing old information.Professors appear to change frequently. I did not seem to have the same professor more than once. Students I know who have a degree from them have found it to be useless when it came to finding a job. Do not waste your time here!"

"I graduated ITT Tech in 1998 with a 3.8 Gpa in the field of Comupter aided drafting. The years I went to school are the same years CAD and 3D Modeling were really heating up. After graduating I stayed on at my current job for 2 years because I liked it. I did use some of what I learned at ITT at my current job. My boss quit and they pulled in a dude that I really didn't see eye to eye with. Went for a new job in 2001 with my degree and landed one. After 9-11 and the economy crashed I lost my job and it seemed all of the CAD jobs dried up. I was left with a degree and no job with Students loans. Currently I paid off my loans and I still have not landed a job with my degree. I gave up around 2003 anyway. Now I work anywhere I can find a job. WORST MISTAKE EVER! IF I COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN, I WOULD NEVER GO TO ITT."

"I enrolled in ITT thinking it would give me the skills I needed to get a decent entry-level job as an engineering technician. Instead, I got a second rate education and a $50k note to carry. My credits wouldn't carry over to any other school and in order to get a job, I had to go back and start all over. Don't waste your time on this school. They are only after your money. My community college education got me a starting salary of $50k plus bonuses and benefits. I still stay in touch with a few of my classmates. Most are not working or not using their degrees."

"I was hoping to get some people's help on this. I currently go to ITT and I'm only in my 2nd quarter and I'm going to school on my post 9/11 gi bill. I know big mistake and i'm trying to make a get away soon. When this quarter I'm in right now which is only my 2nd quarter is over I'm planning to leave and go to a community college. I was trying to see if anyone else on here has left like that and if they give you crap as you leave or anything like that. I have heard a rumor that if you discontinue school there they will make you pay a fine?? I'm just hoping it's a rumor."

"All they care is your money nothing else. Don't waste your money and time. The dean and director are good for nothing. Please stay away form this school, you end up pay more loans."

"The teachers are just there to collect a paycheck they need to keep money coming into the school so they pass people along for revenue purposes only they care not if you understand the work. 3 months i attended this school and accumlated $5000 in debt, When I advised real IT professionals that I attended ITT TECH they laughed the school is a joke and a scam for taking money they boast about accredidation but thats just more money in their pockets its really. Don't attend this school waste of money the commercials are fake those are paid actors because the got fees taken off of their loans to participate. 1430 was a balance owed due to what loans weren't covered for 3 months. This school is a SCAM leave know while you have time."

"Beware! ITT Institute is a scam. I was a 4.0 student and was sexually harassed, financially taken advantage of, and pushed around when it came to taking classes online. My advice is to do your research, staying far away from this school."

"My decision to go to ITT was based on the course list, ads, visiting the campus, and seeing the layout of the school.Quarter one went well, it was the basic classes, I expected them to be easy. Second quarter...just as easy. I received my Associates in Computer Networking with a 3.95 GPA and learned almost nothing. It would of been a 4.0 but honestly it was just hard to come waste my time in classes. 95% of the labs did not work. They are 11 weeks courses. The teacher I had for my linux admin class had never used linux before. My windows system admin class labs didn't work. The teacher had us try to get it to work for the first 6 classes. The problem was the VM software we were using didn't have the capability that lab needed. They were using free VM software. Tuition was around $44k. We rarely used the books that were included in this tuition. The "tutors" were just students with A's or B's (in which should be everyone). After I had my associates I went to start my bachelors degree (no other school would transfer over my degree). I took one quarter and had to move out of state for work. I was told my classes would transfer into any other ITT. This was not the case. The classes I was taking were not offered where I was moving therefore I was giving F's as it was past the drop deadline and they had no other way to let me finish these classes.I did have two good teachers while I attended. Only two. This is the only good thing I can say about this school."

"I graduated from ITT Atlanta with a bachelors degree in 2012 in Information Systems security. I agree that ITT is expensive, but you can attend any college and end up with the same results as far as job placement and so on. Shortly after I graduated, I found my own job through a world-wide employer with an entry level position as a System Administrator. I didn't like the career services at my campus because they will expect for you to take any job they through at you. I feel as if you are determined enough, you will find any job you want after graduation."

"I graduated from ITT Tech with an AS in software development technology. This has been the best decision I have ever made. Before ITT I would read books on software engineering and computer programming but it really didn't make sense to me. After taking the intro to programming class it all became clear. The teachers were helpful, knowledgeable, and very patient with their students. Because of my degree and knowledge I obtained from ITT I landed a job as a Data Analyst/Application Developer for a Realtor association 3 months before I even graduated. Do not think that ITT will just hand you a job on a silver platter, I did the school work but even went beyond the required work, I practiced coding all day and read as many books on software development as I could. Before I landed my job I started looking a year in advanced for programming positions in my career field. The only thing I have noticed that you are limited on is where you can transfer your degree. I have started my BS at Strayer University who agreed to accept my entire degree from ITT Tech and the good thing is they are regionally accredited. As far as student loans go, well I wouldn't know about that, I joined the US Navy when I was 20 years old, not only did the military pay my tuition, I actually got paid to go to school. When I asked my boss why did he hire me out of all the others who applied his exact words were "because you went to the military got the experience in IT and obtained your degree." Its all about what you make of your life you can either can blame someone else for the path you choose in life or you can take control of your own destiny."

"Itt-Technical Institute was by far the worst educational experience I have ever had, the (sales man) treats you as if you have walked in to the car lot promising you everything in the world, but providing very little. I started off with a loan for 2 years worth of school at an astonishing $40,000 the career field average doesn't even pay this amount annually, but I figured the more you spend on your education the better the education right??...Wrong! Not only was the education very lacking you paid a very large lump sum for it along with the credits being unable to transfer which of course was never mentioned just located in the fine print. I believe that it really doesn't matter how you preformed in class as long as they were receiving money you were going to pass. I am now almost $70,000 dollars in debt with Itt-tech and harassed constantly by them and Sallie Mae, this is quiet the debt for someone who makes $40,000 a year. As with everyone I was promised a job and ended up getting job offers from Itt-Technical institutes career services that I was not qualified for nor where they even in the same field."

"I'm going to ITT right now, and I'm wanting to get out, But with me being under 24, I'm stuck here, since my parents won't allow me to leave. I knew from the start it was too much money, and from what I've been hearing. I'm not finding it worth staying. I went to the career service to ask about a job, he suggested I go apply being a waitress? During class the instructor tries to help me, but I don't understand it. Is this school worth going to? No. If I could I would drop out right now. Wish me luck on paying $45K."

"I attended ITT in 2010 shortly after leaving another for-profit school and based on a friend's recommendation. The staff was friendly, and because I was using my GI bill, I wasn't worried about costs so much. The adviser said that at ITT tech you don't take any Math, English, History etc. courses like other schools..You just focus on your degree. I was excited about this but then it turned out to be a play on word and was not true..you take a math class, but it isn't called College Algebra MAT110 or anything like that like most community colleges and state universities. They have a specific name for it but everyone in all majors take the same exact math and english class even if you are very good at math and english..I don't recall a placement exam, though. Another turn off about the school we're the people who attend. The parking lot where breaks are held are dirty, and smelled like weed all the time. They recruit anyone they can to bring their numbers up. Oh, and if you miss class, they call you to find out why just like in high school. Why? Because for-profit schools get paid per student, per attendance. So they want money. Why do you think state colleges don't care if you skip class?? I'm so glad I read review boards just like this one sooner then later. I left about three weeks after attending ITT Tech simply because it wasn't a good fit and my friends who were going to state universities URGED me to go elsewhere or said they'd give it the benefit of the doubt lol. I went to a community college instead, and now i'm finishing up my bachelors degree at ASU in the same field I wanted."

"This school is terrible!!!! They were so quick to get me in, so that they will get paid, and didn't give me a full break down of what will really happen once I started. First off, the "job" they got me, yes it sounded good at first, but it was a contractors job that didn't last nor was I getting paid or working the full time hours I was suppose to be. Now, I'm stuck with a $30,000 student loan I have to pay back plus a $7,000 private student loan from a company that does nothing but give you the run around. Every time I call this 'private student loan company' they give me the run around I can NEVER talk to the same person every time, they always tell me no one works their by that name, as if this is some type of scam! Well, after they got me that piece of job, they had me to sign a form stating they got me a job, so they could get paid (again) and that was it. It's difficult to get a job, based on the job itt tech got me in which I didn't really use my skills I learned in school, and when I tell employers what we did, they look at me like "really". So I highly WOULD NOT reccommend going to this school, personally I feel like they only try to get you in & get you out so they could get a check plus half the instructors they had WERE NOT good instructors at all, the entire 2 years I was there I had 2 great instructors. So now I'm going to an Accrected school for Nursing, so that I could make a better salary to pay back these outrageous student loans. ITT Tech has turned me against Computer Science. OH! For the record, you don't get back any refund checks, financial aid pays for your classes & books & the school keeps the rest....."

"guys if i was happy with itt tech i would not be writing here, but honestly if i can go back in time i would not walked the same path please save ur time and attend a better school with alot less loans it's very expensive and the quality of teaching sucks. if you want or know someone who wants to go to itt tech please think twice !!!"

"For the amount of money I owed 6 months after my graduation date with an AAS ($53k), I could've went to a much, much better, honest, and noteworthy school and had at least my Bachelor's, possibly more.There wasn't a single job I could find once I got out of ITT. The first job I had was as a computer hardware tech, making minimum wage ($6/hr), barely able to afford gas in my car. After that was a crappy T-Mobile call center at $8.50. Neither one of those salaries could pay the $910 a month that Sallie Mae now wants from me a month.Needless to say, the only way I am able to afford those insane monthly payments for a USELESS degree, was to join the military. Don't get me wrong, I love my job now, but hate that I wasted my time and money at ITT."

"Anyone can pass the classes if they show up to class, the teachers were actually reprimanded for failing students. I learned very little there and am very lucky to be someone who is genuinely interested in the material and took the time to learn on my own. Several hiring managers have told me that with 3-5 years experience in the field I'm better off leaving ITT off my resume since most ITT graduates learn nothing and have no idea what they're doing when they graduate."