Azusa Pacific University Rankings by Salary Score

This review is for the mft program located in the Azusa campus. I am very disappointed with my experience at APU. The enviorment is very childish. If the faculty favor you, then you pretty much can get away with anything. However if you are the type of person that speaks up, is bold, free spirited, are not easily controlled and do not allow others to bully you, then the staff will not only dislike you but they will make it very ovbious too. Your emails will many times be ignored, many students will shy away... Read More from you, professors will be rude, and they may even speak badly about you to your site supervisors (during placement) and the list goes on. I learned much more about psychology in undergrad then I ever did in this program. The program takes on many students that are not a good fit for the program or profession and reject many others who are. Go to another school. It is not worth it.

the teachers are really helpful for the ELM program, they are overall very knowledgeable and keen on ensuring that new grad nurses understand the most important aspects and that the students feel well prepared to enter the nursing workforce. Most of the classes are helpful in building foundational knowledge in nursing, though there is indeed ALOT of busy work and assignments that don't really have that much relevance and that you will likely immediately forget once you into the field. I liked most of the classes... Read More and thought the information was important, though there were a few classes that will definitely raise your blood pressure specifically scientific writing, research methods and ethics. These classes all require several papers that you will most likely lose sleep, sanity and your health trying to write..... The assignments take enormous amounts of time that is probably better spent teaching students more practical knowledge.......Despite this though the program does provide quality education and the staff and generally very helpful and supportive. The staff are more than willing to write letters of recommendation, help further your understanding and clarify things. Additionally the staff are honest about what to expect on the NCLEX as well as what can be expected in the nursing work environment. Every nursing school is gonna have some amount of BS, that being said I would definitely recommend this program to anyone looking to go into nursing.