Stanbridge University Reviews

  • 34 Reviews
  • Irvine (CA)
  • Annual Tuition: $32,173
77% of 34 students said this degree improved their career prospects
68% of 34 students said they would recommend this school to others
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Student & Graduate Reviews

Fatemeh
  • Reviewed: 11/24/2015
  • Degree: Nursing
"I give one star to stanbridge college because Stanbridge college is not an organize college at all. I graduated from LVN program part-time on 2012 from this school. I applied for AND program even though I did not have a good experience with Stanbridge College but their hours was ok with my job. I applied on March 2015, and I took entrance test (Accuplace) on May 2015. After I finished with all paper works & interview on October 2015 by mid November, I called them to find out when list is going to be out. They did not care even to call you and let you know. The admin. told me that I didn't make the list!! I'm working in medical field for more than 12 years & have LVN from stanbridge! He told me they picked those students that they took TEAS test, I said "what? " Tease test is not school is require. You cannot do this to students. Stanbridge college requirement is Accuplace but they lied because they picked only those that took the TEAS! In addition, he told me mostly those people, which they have their Bachelor degree they got pick. Do you think is it fair the entire hidden requirement? They waste my time for 7 months. They did the same to one of my colleague. He took the TEAS & he had all pre-req done, & good GPA. Stanbridge college told him you got accepted for August 2015 but after a week they called him, and they told him" sorry we don't have any spot for you but we put you down for January 2016" , which the actual program start May 2016! They did not give any explanation to him that why they did change their mind."
Kevin
  • Reviewed: 2/7/2015
  • Degree: Occupational Therapy Assistant
"Excellent labs - we had beautiful labs and access to the nursing programs simulation lab which is world class as well as the new skills lab. We did not get to use the new synthetic cadaver lab as it was opened towards the end of our classes but it will be a great resource for future students. The instructors were practitioners and enjoyed teaching bar two - one that was too strict in my opinion and another that was too easy. The school had 100% pass rate for NBCOT last year and am hoping that reputation and my hard work gets me licensed in March!"
M
  • Reviewed: 4/24/2014
  • Degree: Licensed Vocational Nurse
"Yess! Finally done - loved the program and my classmates. Clinical sites were excellent - NCLEX review was early but very good - long days, the Judy Miller class needs to have shorter days. Thank you Charles for your positive attitude!"
JN
  • Reviewed: 4/15/2014
  • Degree: Licensed Vocational Nurse
"The full time program is tough with school 5 days a week. It took a while to get used to the pace but by term 2 I got the drill down. My clinical sites were excellent. I loved WAMC and Healthbridge. My instructors were AWESOME - thank you Ms. A and Ms. M and Ms. P. We only used the new Simulation lab in term 4 but the practice codes were really useful."
Maria V
  • Reviewed: 4/2/2014
  • Degree: Licensed Vocational Nurse
"We had great clinical sites and I loved my acute rotations. OB was short and we experienced both c-section & vaginal deliveries but rotation was short. Sim lab experience was awesome. Peds was good but Healthbridge census was low during our rotation. Overall very good instructors with the exception of a few old school nurses who are very strict."
MV
  • Reviewed: 3/28/2014
  • Degree: Occupational Therapy Assistant
"Awesome program, loved every bit of it. Met lifelong friends,and had an enjoyable experience. Stanbridge has a large therapy program and every imaginable lab possible. Get to know your fieldwork coordinators."
Anonymous
  • Reviewed: 10/12/2013
  • Degree: Occupational Therapy Assistant
"Great campus - love the renovations to the student lounge, and student center. Our program has very a nice director and the teachers are very well educated and approachable at the same time. Lots of different labs to practice in. Don't like the parking options on some days."
Ronda
  • Reviewed: 6/10/2012
  • Degree: Licensed Vocational Nurse
"So anyways I am reading these reviews that are being posted here and I couldnt help but post back due to one review that made me laugh. She is whinning about the treatment she was receiving from the instructors while she was attending. Get ready for real life honey. When your DON calls you into her office and rips you a new one and has you in tears at work, your gonna realize these nursing instructors were sweet as pie. They push you to succeed and if you cant succeed then this isnt the job for you PERIOD. So get ready to be bawling your whole career when the charge nurse and DON are on your tail about your job. The instructors are the best and expect a lot from their students. The people complaining are obviously the ones who thought they could cakewalk through this school and pass."
Mary
  • Reviewed: 4/6/2012
  • Degree: Nursing
"I am a recent graduate of Stanbridge and waiting to get my authorization from the board. I loved my instructors - Ms. A, Ms. W, Ms. R, Ms. P and Ms. D - THANK YOU for showing me the way and for all of your hard work. On to the Respiratory Alumni class and getting ready for NCLEX - I hope the Career Service team helps me with a job - they have been great so far with the resume & ACE the interview workshop."
Anonymous
  • Reviewed: 11/7/2011
"I researched schools intensively before deciding on Stanbridge. I could tell that their standards were the highest of ALL other VN programs I looked at (which was all of them ;)) and I felt comfortable with the challenge. I also felt that their high standards were set to make their students the best, so I trusted them with that.I'm currently starting Term 4 (the last one!) and am excited to be done soon. Let me tell you one thing- DO NOT listen to these reviews that whine and complain about everything from the nails to the hair to the uniform policy. I have a few classmates that remind me of those reviews and believe me, there's always about 1 or 2 of those REALLY annoying people who complain about E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G! I am starting to believe these people just like to complain because honestly what they complain about is NOT THAT BAD.Anyways. I suggest this school for people who are looking to WORK HARD. It is by no means an easy program. You practically give up your life outside of work (if you work) & school in order to study and keep up with the curriculum. But I honestly feel that if you are passionate about becoming a nurse and passionate about doing the best you can do, then you will have no problem. It won't be easy, but you'll benefit most from the program.I work 2 jobs, totaling full time hours and go here part time. I don't have any kids, and to all the moms in my class, I SALUTE YOU!Let me address some issues that I read a lot in other reviews and I am going to give you my honest, and as un-biased opinion as possible. 1. INSTRUCTORS- Yes it is true, I have had 4 instructors in just one 6 month period (where ideally you are only supposed to have one). Yes, they leave with or without notice. Yes, it can be difficult to adjust yourself to the different teaching patterns of each one but it's not the worst thing that could happen. I've had the same teacher for ALMOST all of term 2 and term 3, and that consistency was nice. However she wasn't the best at actually teaching the material. 2. UNIFORM-Why it is SUCH a big deal to some people, I have no idea. I think some people like to just fight against rules for the sake of it. But let's be honest, we are in NURSING school. Yes, your nails need to be short because they do not want the patients feeling SHARP nails pressing into their skin as you check for a pulse. Plus, it's just not sanitary to work in the hospital with long nails and gather all that bacteria :/. No nail polish, big deal. Yes your hair needs to be up. Again, big deal. You are working with a lot of elderly patients with dementia for the first 2 terms and the last thing you need is them grabbing your hair OR having your hair fall into a stage 4 wound you are changing the dressing on. Now the jacket situation. In term 1, they enforce everything. In my opinion it is just to make a point. You will see other classes with students wearing jackets and you'll complain as to why they get to wear jackets and you don't. Honestly most teachers after term 1 agree with you and will tell you that yes you can wear a jacket in class if you're cold. Just be discreet about it. 3. CLINICAL LOCATIONS-No, they are not ALL in orange county. But when you think of all the other schools competing for hospitals/LTC facilities, can you blame them? The worst for our class was when one group had to drive to Torrance every saturday. Yes it sucked, but what are you going to do. You get over it.4. ADMINISTRATION-I have definitely experienced the most issues with administration. It's true, they just aren't very organized. Students AND teachers are all confused as to how they lose papers, documents, payments SO often, but it happens. It is definitely very frustrating. The ONE solution to avoid any issues with administration, and please take this VERY SERIOUSLY: MAKE COPIES OF EVERYTHING! If you do bullet points for a theory absence, make copies of the remediation paper and your bullets! If you sign ANYTHING, MAKE COPIES before turning it in. ALWAYS get a copy of ANYTHING you sign. KEEP ALL COPIES in ONE folder you can find easily. YOU WILL NEED THEM! I almost lost financial aid because they lost my taxes and FAFSA information, I then received an email saying I would have to pay out of pocket what I was supposed to be getting covered, and that if I didn't pay the $5,000 I could not continue with the program. Needless to say I was pissed. And of course this was the one time I didn't make a copy of the paper I signed when I turned everything in. Thankfully after diligently emailing them every day telling them that THEY HAVE my papers, they found it and it was resolved. But it's issues like that that most people complain about. But for me it has never effected my studies. It's just an annoying factor.I really think that this is the best private school to get your LVN. They provide free tutoring whenever you need it, they have review, certification and alumni classes all the time. They've stepped up their attempt at extracurricular activities and I really feel like they care about their reputation. Obviously they want your money, they are a private school. But they also want their students to do well, they want their students to be the best and I think that's why they are so rigid sometimes.If you want to do well, and I'm not talking like just-pass-the-tests-well. If you want to make the most out of this (since you are paying $30,000 anyways) then this is how I suggest studying.1st- READ the material assigned in the books once. Highlight the important information.2nd- GO BACK and take notes on what you highlighted. If you like working with notecards, I would suggest taking notes and then making notecards from your notes. The more you re-read and re-write the same information over again, the faster you learn it. And you will UNDERSTAND the information.3rd- REVIEW the power points. I do not suggest only reading the power points before a test. They are meant as a short overview of the material, and if you only read your power points or your notes from your class review before a test- it will only be in your short term memory. Sure you may pass, but good luck at the end of the term when you have to take a 100 QS cumulative test on ALL of the information from the past 6 months. Try to at least stay on track with studying, if not ahead.We all get caught up in life and exhausted from studying, and I have myself slacked on studying for certain tests, when life got too hectic or I was just OVER school. But try your hardest and you'll do great here ;)."
jessica
  • Reviewed: 2/24/2011
"I am just finishing term 1 and love how much I have learned - learning to go to school 5 days a week, 40 hours was grueling - but here I am, headed to the end of term and having survived the famous Stanbridge curriculum and strictness. I loved how much I learned at clinical - loved Brighton Gardens and love how much confidence working with live patients gives me. Looking ahead with apprehension at the tough term 2 and 3 med-surg classes but have heard the instructors are super available with tutoring and really help you. For those of you looking to go to vn school instead of waiting 3 years at a jc, doing the vn and bridging is a good way to go. Be careful before you commit to full time programs though because you cannot work and need to study every day at least 3 hours after school, I study 4 - 5 some days. Stanbridge is a school known for excellent results and you will need to work hard but the teachers are very helpful and go the mile with offering tutoring - even student services is always calling to check on absences and helped schedule tutoring for me once. I also love the amount of community service programs we are able to participate in - the school is very involved in giving students chances to volunteer."
Jeff B
  • Reviewed: 2/1/2011
"I am a recent grad and can tell you this program is excellent but tough - not for slackers. The school has held a NCLEX pass rate near 100% every quarter since their program started - its on the nursing board website and the school website also and I know I will be well prepared to take the exam and get my license the first go through. The career department reps have been amazing and have helped with rewriting my resume and given me a portfolio cover and really gone out of the way to help me. I know they will help me with job leads as soon as i get my license. Also great classes for alumni - love the trach/ventilator courses and wound care."
Josh
  • Reviewed: 10/15/2010
"I was attending their IT program and found out within the first couple classes that I could have done it all on my own! They really don't offer that much hands-on experience. Everything I learned in class I could have gotten straight from a 25-dollar book at borders. It's a total rip-off! Now I know why the CEO drives a brand new 7-series. I thought the administrative staff was also very rude. I think they are all related to one-another, and they are obviously over compensated. If you are interested in IT you are better off at community college than at Stanbridge. You also wont be in debt when you are done."
Unknown
  • Reviewed: 2/4/2010
"Don't get me wrong, I made GREAT friends at Stanbridge, but they definitely need to make some improvements. And I may only be in term 2 right now but the instructors that I have had up to this point have been extremely well educated and know their stuff. However, they need to get more facilities lined up for the students to go to (and possibly ones that they know will pass JCAHO), second half of term 2 - SVN's should be placed in a hospital rather than back in a SNF to prepare for term 3. Now, in the classroom it is a different story. Ok so they don't want you to bring your own laptop and plug it into their network, then they should supply you with a decent wireless connection to use during the day, since half the time their laptops/PC's don't work worth a darn. Keys will be missing from the laptop keyboards or you will be going through a powerpoint, on slide 124 of 167 and the screen will refresh and take you back to slide 1! The internet connection is constantly dropping, unless you use your own pc, don't ask me why that is but it never happens to me!! And in the evenings when you need to access the powerpoints from home to study for an exam you can never access the powerpoints because all of the 'connections' are being used up with the Tuesday and Thursday evening classes. And they call themselves an IT school.I am not sure what the Accounting side of this school is like but if it is anything like the IT side I would probably stay away!"