Keiser University

For the love of god, do not give your phone number out to the online university application department. I’ve received 15 calls over the last 3 days. I blocked one number, and they started calling from another! All I wanted was basic information, not harassment!

I am posting this for anyone who is considering attending Keiser University’s online program in the hopes that they will consider other universities so they won’t end up in the situation I am in currently. I just completed my business degree program with Keiser and come to find out that they will not release my transcripts nor my degree until I pay them a $ 2k balance which my student loans /​financial aid did not cover while I was in school. This would be okay, if this had been communicated to me when I was solicited by their aggressive telemarketers to attend Keiser back in early 2011. What these telemarketers tell you is that you are required to pay $ 50 per month while you are attending school and that student loans and financial aid will cover the rest of your tuition. Now I’m in a position where I owe $ 60k in student loans which I’m going to have to start paying on in 6 months, but cannot pursue a decent paying job because they will not release my degree or transcripts. The other thing I would like to mention is that nobody from the school will get back with you if you have a concern. This has happened to me frequently over the last 3.5 years. I emailed the dean on this matter and she just ignores it and will not even reply. If you are considering attending Keiser, looking back, I would suggest you look into other schools that are more affordable. For the most part, the instructors are decent, but now that I’m finished there, I feel like I paid for a Cadillac and received a Chevy Cobalt.

This is a review of the general education classes and forensics program. Overall a good school with an awesome group of teachers. The professors really care and they teach hands on applications for the real world. After getting an education here I felt ready for my career. The price is high ($ 7800 per semester) but I actually learned more here than at another school I used to attend. Classes are 1 month long (for day classes and online classes) so they go quickly. Night classes are also 1 month, but once you get to your main forensics classes they are 2 months long. There are a few reasons I do not give it 5 stars: 1. The parking situation is horrible at this campus (other campuses like Pembroke Pines are ok, though). Sometimes you’ll get a flat tire because you have to park in the barren wasteland they call the parking area. 2. Although the professors are great, it seems like they are constantly making decisions last-​minute and sometimes we run out of supplies. With classes being only a month long if you run out of a supply chances are you won’t get it by the time that course is over. With the high cost of attending, they should never run out of supplies. 3. A couple of the classes seemed like a waste of money because they didn’t have a professor to teach them and the professors they ended up hiring knew nothing about the topic. This seems like a HUGE rip-​off, especially when you realize you just paid $ 2500 to teach yourself. But again, this was a couple of classes only and the others were great. I just hope soon they are able to get an actual laboratory set up so the students can learn such applications in the proper setting.

Keiser University is a good college for people who work. They have 2 different times to take classes am and pm. Parking is a pain though because there aren’t enough spaces for everyone who goes attends the college. Over all i would give them 4 stars.