Webster University Rankings by Salary Score

I hadn't heard anything either way about Webster before attending, except "it was easy" and getting smiles from people when I mentioned the Webster name (I thought this was good thing at the time!). A friend told me to only go to AACSB schools as anything else is not accepted by corporate America. He was right. Webster's classes were sub-par in every way possible from the ancient computers (the handful there were), to the tatty and torn carpets in the Sverdrop building (disgraceful), to the instructors who... Read More simply didn't have a clue to what they were teaching. At least 50% of my courses were in a combination of shopping malls, rented old offices in a bad part of town, and a run down old high school they rented classrooms in. The overlap in course content was shocking and it got ridiculous. The quit rate was also very high with about 40 to 50 percent of students bolting after the first 2 or 3 courses simply out of disgust and perceiving this is just a joke degree maker. It really sucks writing checks for $2500 a course when you aren't getting anywhere near what you're paying for. It became obvious that a Webster masters degree would be absolutely worthless and laughed at in the job market and that the $40k given Webster University would be burned. Refund demands at this place are replied by a simple "sue us." The oddest thing is that nowhere in my time at Webster University did I or my class meet any "alumnae" which we thought was very odd. It was like Webster didn't want us to talk to past graduates who may bad mouth the school. I also felt that Webster University lied to me, or at least misled me in a number of ways. They claimed a top 20 ranking for their business school. This I later found out isn't true with Webster's business school never ranking at all in the General MBA rankings. The only place where the school got a ranking in the #300 to #500 mark was in other categories like "Online MBA" and "Non MBA Business Masters." This is a big difference from what I was told. And it shows. My Webster University Masters-MBA hasn't done a single thing for me in the years since I graduated. Yet, I have had to watch friends and colleagues rapidly rise from having degrees from respected and high ranked AASCB schools. For me, my Webster degree was a total waste of time and money and wouldn't advise it. I now just take it off my CV. Looking back, I realize Webster University is such a money- crazy business as they simply don't put a dime into the school, its classrooms, technology or course quality. Don't go!

Webster needs to be investigated by its ACBSP accreditor regarding its academic standards and programs again! After being pointed out to me by other students, I read the ACBSP's reviews of Webster's George Walker Business School and they were unsurprisingly awful! After going through half of its MBA I like so many other students demanded refunds that the school still refuses to give (do I sue for my wasted 6 courses that cost $17,000 like many of my classmates?). These are not Masters level courses in business... Read More and are in reality a cacophony of first year community college and high school courses without the rigor. It's so obvious that Webster University doesn't invest a dime in its business courses as is nothing more than profiteering on selling bogus academics. There were no professors anywhere and just a bunch of basic textbook readings followed by easy tests. Not a single spreadsheet anywhere in any class and no real deep technical skills in business. If I wanted to waste my time studying easy first year technical college I would have registered at the local community college and paid 1/10th the price not $800 a credit hour for academic garbage. Webster charges $3000 for what is essentially a $250 Community college course, except with less depth. From talking to upcoming Webster graduates it also became clear that Webster's brand name is on par with University of Phoenix in the workforce and with companies. Graduates sadly found out that corporations stopped years ago paying for employees to attend Webster's business school because of viewing Webster's degrees as a waste of money and time. The same it seems with hiring as I watched "soon to be Webster MBA graduates" sick and angry with what they were finding out regarding Webster's MBA brand value, hire-ability and reception in the job market. Any Webster/George Herbert Walker Bush business degree is wasted money and time. Wished I had gone to Wash U or SLU in the first place and taken a proper and respected business degree. With literally hundreds of MBA and business degrees out there of much higher quality and reputation, avoid Webster for any type of business education as you are just burning money and time on something completely worthless.