Keiser University Reviews of Associates in Nursing

"Where do I even begin, they make you take pre reqs to only deny you before even starting the program, super disorganized and ruthless. This is for the Miami campus, don’t even waste your time, money hungry and loose files along the way. You know how frustrating it is to call and they are completely clueless ? Make you take 4 pre reqs and pay out of pocket to be like sorry you are denied into the program."

"As an international student, I would say: go there, they will help you with the documentation needed. I had amazing teachers, counselors and structure. It was a very good experience, I'm coming back soon! I will be forever grateful for how this university helped me."

"BEWARE I attended Keiser at the Fort Myers campus in 2020, and left the program last fall due to a multitude of issues. I was in the BSN program, I had miserable professors who spoke poorly about other professors and students. I was declined meetings to review exams or go over hard content. Professors told us how they 'hated teaching students in person, and never took students under their wing due to not enjoying educating' The now senior class started with 22 students, keiser failed 19, making only 3 students eligible to test for their state boards. The financial aid department only allows one scholarship per student, and the financial advisors will always all tell you different things. After meeting with the dean, I was told that I should transfer out of the program, and to stop creating 'drama' Stay away from this university at all costs.... I am now at a different university, 12 months away from graduating and learning so much information, continually supported by my deans, and teaching staff."

"PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA! AWFUL! I would never recommend anyone to this school. Its unorganized, a revolving door of professors, zero communication and just a money hungry business who treats students like merchandise on a shelf for sale. The Port St Lucie campus has been nothing but a headache and a million times worse since COVID. NO considersation for parents or those at home with families and home schooling. The most incompetent professors I have ever seen that in no way should be teaching those who will be giving life threatening drugs one day, its scary really. Being home with a baby and the worst virtual learning experience with god awful teachers caused me to fail to get kicked out of the nursing program. No I am in debt over $30k with NOTHING to show for it. I have gotten a lawyer and hope to have something done. DO NOT recommend this school."

"THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. As if 2020 wasn’t stressful enough, Keiser University has made it even worse. Between them not being able to keep a professor to them literally having half of my class fail instead of assisting us, knowing they are at fault. We’ve gone through numerous professors and even had new teachers for the last few months of nursing school, which is known to be the most challenging. I’m heartbroken, 70k wasted."

"The nursing program at Keiser is terrible. The program director and professors are not professional, they are extremely lazy and do not teach you anything. They read from slides and expect you to teach yourself how to do everything. The pharm teacher Dr. Pos is the only good teacher they have in the program, she actually cares about her students and wants to help you learn and succeed. Save yourself a lot of money and frustration and go to a school who actually cares about what you learn and not just about cashing that tuition check. Indian River State College and Palm beach State College are much better programs at a fraction of the price. I wish I had made the decision to attend those instead of Keiser. I was fooled by Keiser's fancy brand new building and tour of lies."

"Oh my goodness. I’m two weeks away from graduating from KU with my ADN. I have not failed one course. I’ve been on the Deans list. I’ve dedicated 4-6 hours daily to my studies and I’m going to pass my NCLEX no problem because I put forth the effort and I taught myself, which is really what all colleges are about. So lectures can be insightful but you really have to do a lot of self study, especially in nursing. The professors are hard on you. Sometimes ruthlessly hard. Sometimes needlessly hard, but from my viewpoint a lot of it is because some of these students want the entire world handed to them! I’m an older student and I definitely see this behavior consistently. What is disheartening is when a student who is always on top of their game comes to a professor for guidance and is met by a complete wall. Like am I not making your job easier? Also the clinical instructors! I had one that made me want to throw up every time I went to clinical because she was so scary and ruthless. Perhaps I was just too timid but man. She made you never want to mess up a moment in your life. I really would have liked it if we would have had at least one super hands on clinical instructor that was more of a preceptor. Like take their students under their wings and show them things. Like this is what a stage IV looks (and smells omg) like, this is the treatment, these are the nursing interventions and rationales etc. I don’t want to be afraid to make mistakes. I want to be confident. Thank goodness for good hospitals that love their nursing students because I had to find my own way in clinical. Don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty, unless your clinical instructor is mean. Then find your way without them if possible. Being a COVID student online is tough. Being bombarded with 9,426 assignments and then being told that we have to be flexible and tests are on these days but then they change after you already make your work schedule is nonsense. They will tell you that they are flexible. They are absolutely not flexible. At all. I’m fortunate that my job wants me as an RN there because they wouldn’t put up with this last minute rescheduling crap for just anyone. Basically-if you want to pass you had better work for it, and do not expect this school to be flexible even though the advisors will tell you it is to get you to sign up. It isn’t flexible. It isn’t easy. Put in the work or be prepared to fail."

"everyone that goes to keiser fails. the teachers suck and the students are dumb....is this even a real school??? teachers do not prepare students for test and the students are really ghetto. Front desk people are really nice but, what does it matter when the rest of the school is trash"

"TERRIBLE! Terrible communication! As a first time college student I thought maybe moving away from home and going to Keiser would be a great idea. But once the time came to move I realized that I was biting off way more than I could chew. So I had to withdraw from classes and pick a college closer to home. The bursars office stated on a phone call that the new loan that had just been sent out just a couple days before I withdrew from the University that they would take out a little over $2,000 for a withdrawl from a university fee and the rest of the $9,000 loan would be sent back as a refund but now they are saying that that is against policy and I will still have to pay back the loan even though I am not attending the school for that term. Extremely upset and aggravated. MONEY HUNGRY SCHOOL STAY AWAY"

"I went to the school and everyone was very friendly and helpful. I stressed this was my first time attending and wanted to make sure of all protocols and was not sure if I felt comfortable with " online courses as this was new to me" I am a single parent and work fulltime so was hesitant to sign up for something if I was unable to cancel immediately if not able to commit to 100%. IN was told that I was not able to access the online portal until the evening before to meet the professor and get an understanding of what is expected during the course but would be able to cancel within a few days with no issues. The 1st day of school I sent an email and left a message stating I would like to cancel due to many reasons and just did not think this was the best timing to proceed and please let me know what needed to be done to cancel. Long story short weeks have gone by with no communication on their end, I even sent them an email the first week and copied several employees because I was getting the sense I was being avoided still to hear nothing. Showed up on my day off Sat morning to return unopened books and they book store was closed and no one seemed to know a thing, I showed them my emails and messages and they were shocked!! Now almost being a month later I have not heard from the them besides harassment calls and emails asking me to sign up for classes for Feb. Needless to say be CAREFUL I was soo excited to start and felt they were helpful in the beginning and after I reluctantly signed the papers (this day I had just came from making funeral arrangements and it was the last day to sign up for classes so they knew I was beyond stressed but assured me not to worry). I fee l was scammed and just opened the mail today and received a bill for $ 2373 for a class I DID NOT EVEN TAKE??????? After being told I had a few days to cancel!!!?? SHADY maybe I'll finally get a call after this post???"

"PLEASE DO NOT GO HERE!!!!!!! i am a just graduated high school student that has chosen to attend keiser in hopes of achieving a masters degree and becoming a nurse practitioner. THIS SCHOOL IS A JOKE!!!! the first problem was with financial aid. my mom started the process of getting everything paid for and ready a year before i was suppose to attend, fast forward, we are now a month before fall semester starts and they say they cant find any of my papers and that i wont be able to attend school unless they have my papers. so once they made my mom take time off of work to resend all of my papers that they lost they told us that it would be smart for my parents to take out a parent plus loan to cover the extra little amount that is not covered by my scholarships, and whatever money is left over from that i will be getting back, they told me that i should be expecting around $1000-2000 back during the month of october..... the month of october came and went and there was no money credited to my blackboard account. so i went in to talk to someone and they gave me every excuse they could possibly come up with every single week until the month of december when we were about to go on winter break. turns out. they pay your tuition with your loans first and then your scholarships and then whatever money you have left over from your scholarship ends up going to another student.......... please reread that and make sure you fully understand how poor their communication skills are...THIS IS A FOR PROFIT SCHOOL WHICH MEANS THEY WILL DO ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO S**** YOU IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY OUT OF EVERY LAST PENNY YOU HAVE!!!! the nursing director when i went to go talk to her didnt even know what her own program entailed and on top of no one communicating with each other you are treated like a child. the dress code is absolutely ridiculious as well as their reason behind having one. i should not be paying $2000 per class and still being told what i can and can not wear like a highschool student. that is absolutely absurd. and anyone who still decides to go here after reading this is absolutely insane. i would rather be in debt over student loans than in this unorganized facility. OH!!! almost forgot to mention.... they bad mouth every other college they possibly can to make you think youve made the right decision, sort of like a toxic relationship... tearing down everything around you so that you feel lucky that they accepted you when actually theyre ruining you."

"STAY AWAY FROM KEISER UNIVERSITY!!! I attended Keiser University (West Palm Beach) campus back in 2015-2016 and that was the biggest mistake I ever made. The only two good things about this school were the professors and one class per month. I received a check from Keiser at the end of the school year, I still have the voicemail from one of the lady from the Bursar's office that called me to verified my address because the check had returned back to them due to bad address. I got the check and I thought it was left over money from mine student loans, so I used it to caught up on bills. A month later I found out that I have to pay back the money because the money was for my last class with them. Two years later, they are still holding on to my transcript until I pay them $1,700 which I already paid $400.00 towards. The manager at the Ft. Lauderdale campus is blaming me for cashing the check, saying that I sholud have returned the check back to them. I feel like they screwed up and need to own up to their mistakes and waive the amount and give me mine transcript. I DO NOT recommend Keiser University to anyone. Save yourself the headache and go to South University, for the same amount of money you can graduate with a bachelor degree at South University."

"I went to the Orlando campus from 2011 through 2013. Mrs. G, was by far the worst instructor I ever had, but other than her inability to teach in a classroom setting and ridiculous exams, the school was great! Mrs. S, is the best! It is definitely expensive, but it's faster than taking 5 million unnecessary prerequisites and wasting 4 years (plus waiting lists) on a public university, so you can start working faster."

"Just wanted to say that this was an awesome program that did exactly what they said they would do. I got my ADN and passed my NCLEX the first time. I am about to start my dream job and I owe it all to Keiser and the awesome professors who went above and beyond to make sure I had what I needed to succeed."

"I graduated from the Port Saint Lucie campus in nursing and I am making great money! I was about to drop out after I failed a class, but J. and J. in financial aid worked together to keep me in...they took time to help me get back up and found a way to help me afford to re take the class. You simply don't get that type of help at a community college. They really cared about me and I could tell it wasn't just for the money. Yes Keiser is expensive but worth every penny because of workers like them. Thank you guys. I'll never forget how you cared about me...just a single mom trying to make a better life for me and my daughter."

"The program is extremely fast paced, you barely have time to learn anything. You "pump and dump" the information between tests to keep up. And guess what? If you fail, there aren't any seats open in the program for 2 years and you have to transfer. Don't waste your time, go to a real school."

"School is very unorganized, teachers are very unprofessional in the nursing program. Teacher stated she was going to make test harder because we all did so good on last test. Which is unfair. Also the teachers talking about the students unprofessionaly and in front of other students. Made comments that they didnt care if you have a family on a ventilator that you cannot miss class or being on your phone."

"School is great :) H,M,M....are the best. I go to the one located in NPR, FL I really enjoy my time here. They try really hard to work with you. I think that people who actually take their time to work with you and care say a lot. They care about us"

"DO NOT ATTEND THIS SCHOOL/NURSING PROGRAM, please! The instructor turnover rate should be a good indication as to how awful this program is run, and what a bully the Program Director is. ONE of my instructors actually taught, the others just read off of power points. The workload is so much that you aren't able to understand and retain information long term. ATI is God. You're given books, and told to read them, nothing else. Clinicals are ALWAYS getting canceled for one reason or another. This program does not allow students to learn and feel confident in their abilities. The lab is a JOKE. All of the mannequins are broke, no supplies, no organization. Choose another school, do your research! This school is WAY too expensive for the low quality education you will receive."

"I took all my pre reqs at IRSC before starting the ADN program in Melbourne. I was out with my ADN in 14 months at a cost of about $28,000. It probably could have been less but I needed to cover my living expenses at the time. Financial aid folks were awesome. Helped me find scholarships as well. The instructors were great for the most part. I am not sure what people mean by "you buy your degree". You cannot buy your nursing degree at this campus. It doesn't work like that. Keiser nursing grads are sought after because the clinicals are tough and so is the program. I understand not everyone has a great experience to share but if you know what your goals are and ready to commit then this is a great program. (Melbourne, FL)."