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This review is specifically for the Montrose campus. I can't speak for the Grand Junction campus. I did the welding certificate program. If you plan on taking this course, then I must employ you to look else ware. The program is nothing more than an afterthought and, a weak attempt at robbing hard working families. When I arrived, the tiny shop was way out of code. I counted at least six different OSHA violations. When I brought these issues up, I was met with strong opposition and discourse. Most of these... Read More issues have been fixed, but students were forced to occupy that building during this process. The students were exposed to potential shock/electrocution fires, burns, explosions, respiratory issues, dehydration, and embarrassment. Here is what to expect. Twenty plus year old welders. One Pocket sized band saw (that is shared with 7 plus students. It takes at least five minutes to cut a piece of metal, so you must elbow your way in. Or waste countless hours waiting in line (over the length of the course). You'll have to share a single vise, good luck grinding down your metal. You will share the shop with high school students, so prepare to spend countless hours cleaning your station before you can even think about welding. You will also spend countless hours packing in metal to cut, because the high schoolers waste all the metal you packed in. You'll get very little material to work with sometimes non. If you have a basic understanding of welding, then you'll be even more disappointed. They mislead you with the certificate. It's NOT an AWS certificate. It's merely a piece of paper made up by the college that holds no value in the real world. In fact, the instructor isn't even AWS certified. Good luck, they’ll tell you for an additional $200.00+ dollars they'll send the guy from grand junction to certify you. The course costs a little over 7k, which oddly enough is the exact same price as grand junction. Yet you get ancient equipment and they get state of the art. The Sturm Family donated 200k to this program, to which grand junction got it all. Then CMU sent all their junk to Montrose, so they could rob good hard-working folks. It only gets worse from there. Don't take my word for it. Waste 7k and find out for yourself. If I were the Sturm family, I would be extremely embarrassed to have my name any were near this building.

Colorado Mesa University is a phenomenal education institution. During my three years at CMU, I had vast educational and extracurricular opportunities. The school provides substantial amounts of financial aid (both federal and institutional). Since my freshman year, I was honored both merit scholarships and work-study. CMU is extremely engaged in their students' lives and providing the best opportunities and experiences; for example, while the school does not have unlimited work-study or federal funding, they... Read More offer Mav Works (similar to work study but solely from CMU) so all students have the opportunity to gain work experience on-campus. Education-wise, CMU has top-of-the line programs and instructors. During my studies, the Business Department allowed me to customize my traditional business minor as a marketing minor. CMU is located in a friendly community that offers a plethora of organizations that provide experience and networking, both on and off campus. Attending Colorado Mesa University has been one of best experiences and decisions of my life, I could not image getting my Bachelor's at any other institution.