Pioneer Pacific College Rankings by Salary Score

I'm happy that I entered the nursing program with 4 years experience as a CNA, as it really gave me a leg up when it came to communication and hands on work during clinicals. Aside from 3 instructors the rest were a mess. Several had another job waiting for them and didn't put the effort in to fully teach us. A clinical instructor spent half the time taking naps at the facilities we were in, or straight up asleep at her desk in front of the class, the other half of the time she mumbled her way through lecture,... Read More leaving students to look up the info she didn't know. One instructor shoved her personal opinions of certain subjects down our throats, to the point of flat out making up info. Actually, this applied to a few of them. The structure of program itself was fine, as far as the order of classes each term. The problem was when the instructors wandered from teaching the subject matter, and actually tested us on materials not approved by the school board, we all saw our grades drop. And what's worse, is they admitted they were in the wrong at the end of the term, but did nothing to correct it, or give us a chance to improve our grades. And don't get me started on the Director and administrative staff! Myself and several other students faced financial, physical, and or emotional hardships that we were forced to push through, as they would not allow multiple classes to be missed. The only option given was to drop that term & maybe be able to pick up in a term or two, depending on their enrollment status. I was only allowed to return with a doctor's note (actually multipl, as they didn't like the wording my doctor used), and threat of lawsuit. Where is the compassion, they're all supposedly nurses!? The NCLEX test prep class was not the least bit helpful. I am lucky I had enough time after finishing the program to take my own prep class online prior to actually taking the NCLEX, or I do not think I would have passed. I would warn more people to not attend, but they already closed due to financial loss from COVID. Sure wish I could get some of that pricey tuition refunded!!

I was very excited to begin my schooling to become a medical assistant. The student admissions advisor took me through all of the exciting subjects I would learn, how hands on the program would be and how I would learn all of the skills I needed to be a medical assistant. However this picture painted in my mind was destroyed well within the first term and continued through the rest of my schooling. We had multiple instructors through the school terms, the classes were told that they just did not fit what was... Read More needed, when in reality we believed it was due to favoritism and instructors realizing that the school was a joke. Teaching was sub par at most. One instructor tried to get students expelled because she was frustrated that they had challenged her to information that they were unsure if it was given to them correct. If it was not for grabbing an externship at such a wonderful teaching clinic, I do not think I would survived. Every aspect of the "college" was lacking. Financial aid, the teachers, admissions, administrative faculty, and the students who did not care to be there. Overall, I would not recommend this program to someone who is wanting to jump into medical assisting. Very few positive things and a bunch of negative.