University of New England Reviews

"I feel that the faculty is really invested in our career and are willing to help us in any way!"

"As an online student I can not rate the on campus questions. I do however know the Biddiford area and I can say that it indeed offers a wide variety of social, entertainment, and job opportunities for on campus students."

"Wonderful support from staff and instructors. Excellent, competetive curriculum and flexibility allowing for the program to fit into a busy lifestyle."

"This is my first online program, so it has taken some getting use to. It is my belief that online programs have more of a workload than a traditional setting. Overall, I am enjoying and learning from this MSW program."

"I am an online student in the MSW program offered by UNE. Because I do not attend courses on the campus, some of the ratings categories do not apply, such as transportation, surrounding area, campus safety, and affordability of living. The faculty and staff are excellent, I feel as though there is a strong connection even though we can only use technology to interact. I feel that my degree will be beneficial and worthwhile."

"Great masters program for working professionals! Instructors and online staff were all helpful and supportive of all students despite the distance learning environment. Highly recommended for self-motivated students seeking an alternative to the classroom learning environment. Courses were well-structured and organized."

"It's a great school to study but not for social life."

"This program seems more concerned with protecting themselves from litigation by non-compassionate conservatives than protecting liberal, moderate, compassionate conservative, pro gay rights and women's right students from emotional and psychological harm in discussion forums and group work. This school is around 80% female and a male student in our class expressed his very strong anti-abortion views in a discussion board. Several other students chimed in to express their support for him and congratulate him for speaking up and wrote things like, "the life to save is the life of the unborn". Despite the fact that this student was displaying textbook passive aggressive behavior and writing things like "I'll be a damn good social worker", "those people should be more responsible with their sex lives"....."many people can't have kids"....."I don't care if I sound like a misogynist"..., I was told that after expressing my concern that this student was unprofessional and acting unethically, I must have a phone conversation with him with our professor on the line and work out our problems with each other. This was beyond degrading and psychologically abusive. I was expected to give my personal phone number to a raging anti-abortion advocate and listen to him further express his feelings of entitlement to bombard us with his views on discussion boards. For every 5 incredible social workers they graduate, they go out of their way to dismiss intolerance as belief systems deserving of respect and coddle and nurture a future generation of "social wreckers" in the process. In another course, I was in a women's rights task group and one of the members decided to make a web page advocating for women to have free access to fertility treatment and another member felt female genital mutilation was an issue she couldn't imagine how to advocate against that she should provide resources for people who want to get FGM without judgement. The fertility treatment advocate actually tried to take credit for my work at the end of the course and claimed my webpage was her own. Even though you may be working full time and have a family while you take courses they expect you to do group work with people who are lazy, and don't want to work if it is inconvenient for them and display textbook passive aggressive behavior on-line. If you don't want to put up with this because you have no time and you expect maturity and accountability in graduate students, they will isolate you and publicly shame you for not working this out with those students. I suspect there are faculty members with radical ideas that should not be implemented as classroom policies who they refuse to call out for their psychologically abusive learning tactics. I love this school but I worry about being apart of something that fails to recognize their complacency with intolerance and excessive coddling of passive aggressive and socially loafing students.Read Less"

"I would definitely recommend this College to everyone. The faculty is amazing and the students are great too."

"Social work is a tricky field and it can be a bit difficult completing these classes in the online environment without any face-to-face interaction. However, most of the professors are accessible."

"This is a very good dental program. As a new school, the faculty takes an active interest in the students and their feelings involving the curriculum. The facilities are state of the art and all equipment is brand new. The business professional dress every day can become tiresome, but it provides for a fantastic atmosphere of professionalism. Finding an apartment in the area can be difficult at first, but once you get used to the area it is quite easy. The town of Portland itself is a fantastic place to enjoy four years of school. As a tourism city, it provides a plethora of fantastic restaurant, bar and shopping options. Students must be prepared for a commute at this school. Tuesdays will be spent at the medical school in Biddeford, roughly 20 minutes south. During your clinical rotations, you will also travel throughout Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. For me this will be a fantastic opportunity to enjoy Northern New England. For some, they may not enjoy the travel.Read Less"

"I was very happy with the online program at UNE, some of the questions do not apply since I did my program completly online"

"The University of New England Masters of Social Work provides many different and flexible options for graduate studies in order to accommodate students from rural or international geographic areas. My personal experience with all the faculty and staff has been one personal investment in my success. The University of New England is a top rated school that maintains a small student to faculty ratio for optimal education. The con of the program for me will be commuting to the school as it is located three houirs away.Read Less"

"Excellent program with high expectations. Challenges you in order to learn the material well. Prepared for clinical rotations and feel ready to practice on your own by the end! PA program"

"I believe the pros of this graduate program are that it is accredited, but does not require a GRE. One of the cons is the cost of tuition."

"This program is both demanding and challenging. This online program has afforded me the ability to be a stay at home mom while perusing a Master's degree."

"The program is an accredited MSW program that prepares you to become a licensed clinical social work. The educational faculty is amazing! They are very knowledgeable and supportive of students and one another. I was always able to get in contact with a professor quickly about any questions or clarifications I had about assignments and lectures. The school does not provide aid to graduate students other than student loans, this creates a financial burden after graduating."

"I am very pleased with the academic rigor of the program. Faculty is responsive and considerate and holds students accountable for deadlines and quality of work. I only take online courses, and while that can make it more difficult to connect with everyone engaged in a course, the technology has been nearly flawless and I receive prompt responses from everyone in every capacity."

"Pros: UNE has successfully taken every initiative to diversity and give their students a quality education. Because the faculty and staff understand that each student needs individual guidance, they have maintained smaller classes to ensure that high quality of education continues. Cons: I have not found one yet."

"Since I am completing the MPH program online, I am unable to provide reviews pertaining to campus life or the surrounding area. So far, I have enjoyed UNE's MPH program. The pros would be that the teachers are wonderful. They are quick to respond to emails, they provide constructive feedback and guidance. There is also endless opportunities for group activities and discussions with fellow online classmates."