<p>I just wanna know what you guys think of devry university of phoenix and full sail</p>
<p>With all the very good nonprofit alternatives available, I fail to understand why anyone would choose one of these places. I eagerly await enlightenment.</p>
<p>Perhaps the students are relatively poorly informed about the other options.</p>
<p>They might also be attracted to distance learning, evening classes, or simply availability of classes compared to overfull local community colleges and state universities*. But that does not necessarily mean that they are great choices.</p>
<p>*Indeed, some have claimed that cutbacks in government funding of community colleges and state universities have resulted in greater government financial aid spending for students at the for-profit colleges and universities.</p>
<p>My biggest complaint about the for profits is that their credits typically do not transfer to a regular college. </p>
<p>One of the draws of the for profits is their lack of gen ed requirements. You will not take classes unrelated to your major. A bachelors degree can be earned in about 2 years. </p>
<p>In my area, ITT Tech actually has pretty good job placement with decent wages. At least for grads of their computer degree programs.</p>
<p>I would never suggest that anyone attend one. Look at your local CC and state schools - many have online and evening/weekend classes. A for-profit degree simply doesn’t garner the same respect or lead to the same optima as a real college degree.</p>
<p>Look carefully at the individual school’s graduation rate and job placement. Some for profit colleges are very good, others are not.</p>
<p>avoid them</p>
<p>For-profit schools are masters at marketing and making that profit. They are not the academic atmosphere of a school that requires attendance and interaction. They have very low, deeply low, admissions standards. (DH did some admissions consulting for one entity.) The issue isn’t the notion of distance learning- many universities offer that and do reasonably well. The issue is standards at a for-profit.</p>
<p>The commercials for Phoenix are touching. That’s marketing. Proceed with caution.</p>
<p>I will say that DeVry used to be a very good attendence-based school for tech training, in my field.</p>