Portland State University Reviews

  • 127 Reviews
  • Portland (OR)
  • Annual Tuition: $29,706
86% of 127 students said this degree improved their career prospects
91% of 127 students said they would recommend this school to others
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Keivan javadi khasraghi
  • Reviewed: 1/7/2013
  • Degree: Engineering
"From my point of view , as an electrical engineering master student , this university mostly is working on quantity not quality, as you can see there is diverse research areas in this university, but unfortunately most of them hasn't good faculty members who are working on this area, and also here isn't enough well equipped labs to do empirical research"
Carla Walter
  • Reviewed: 12/30/2012
  • Degree: Health Sciences
"The Portland, OR area is a fabulous place to live and explore. Portland State University is located downtown Portland, and has a great urban campus feel. School in general is always what you make of the experience, but overall PSU has great selling points and some real fall backs. The PSU network as a whole is frustrating. The process of going to school there (i.e. dealing with financial aid, registering, campus communication, etc) is extremely frustrating. However, the professors are worth the frustration. They are truly experts in their field. In my experience, the professors work hard to allow networking opportunities that set students up with internships and job opportunities. If you make it past the registration/financial aid hiccups, it is worth it!"
Leana Dickerson
  • Reviewed: 12/27/2012
  • Degree: Liberal Arts
"Love the graduate program at PSU. A lot of the classes are undergraduate/graduate level split, but the contribution from undergraduates and graduates alike is very insightful and professional."
Jacob Lear
  • Reviewed: 12/2/2012
  • Degree: Liberal Studies
"Campus is downtown Portland and thus results in high crime."
Jenna LeComte-Hinely
  • Reviewed: 9/27/2012
  • Degree: Psychology
"My program is the doctoral program in applied psychology. Students are very supportive of one another, and very collaborative, but there is a lot of red tape and hoops to jump through "just because". Faculty quality can be hit or miss--some are absolutely fantastic and others are clearly there because of their research skills (they have no teaching or advising affinity). Very tough to get out in four years--in fact, pretty much impossible. Many of these questions are irrelevant for grad students and more applicable to undergrads. For example, you'll probably never go to athletic events, almost no one actually lives on campus (even the undergrads--it's very much a commuter school), and social life--let's be honest, you're a grad student. You'll be lucky to meet anyone who is not in your program or the spouse/roommate of someone in your program."
Marilynn
  • Reviewed: 1/19/2012
"Despite of what you may have or haven't heard about PSU. One thing I would say is PSU is a great school offering many programs and having some of the best in the state. With it being the largest University in Oregon it's a school to 35,000+ students. That say's a lot, many students are choosing to go to school over others. It is a diverse community with having students from so many different backgrounds. It's facilities are just amazing as well and the park blocks are a great place to study. The teachers truly want to see you succeed, you just have to want to be able to succeed, this is college not high school."
leeann van
  • Reviewed: 12/22/2010
"I'm looking for a master's degree program, and despite living a few miles from Portland State University, cannot bring myself to apply for PSU's MSW program. I am willing to move for a few years to study elsewhere. In the past 15 years of working in the mental health field, off and on, I've had co-workers or acquaintances who did not know each other who have told stories about unhealthy professors who insult and need to gain power over students, or who just needed to retire: nothing was gained in certain classes. PSU's MSW program could be so much more. The admissions people who I talked to were rude and appeared distinctly uninterested in my interest in their university. One insulted my undergrad. college, which has a good reputation. It would be so easy for each of these departments to improve, yet for 15 years, I have heard the same things re: the MSW program, and the univ. in general."