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Do not be fooled by this college鈥檚 incessant calls prior to registration. Once they have you, it will be nearly impossible to make contact with anyone who can do anything for you. Pros: The classes are organized well. Classes are relatively easy which is great when you are a single parent working full time. Not a lot of textbook fees. Cons: You can never get in touch with anyone ever. My advisor never enrolled me in my second class and when I realized this, I sent her multiple emails and calls and... Read More it wasn鈥檛 until weeks later that I was added to the class a week in (25% of the way through). I had emailed her several times about my financial aid and never got a response for months. It wasn鈥檛 until I made contact with a person who used to be a part of the fin aid Dept (who gave me a direct #- bless her!) that I got any answers and she verified that my advisor hadn鈥檛 even looked at the email I had sent weeks prior. One person to rule them all鈥� there are no departments like a normal school. Your financial aid and your enrollment are managed by the SAME PERSON. So if you have someone who is terrible at responding to messages, good luck with getting any answers to questions. Financial aid- I completed everything I needed to complete before I was even enrolled. It wasn鈥檛 until halfway through my second class that any of my financial aid paperwork was processed. I never received an award letter telling me how much I was set to receive or how it was going to be distributed. I also never received anything in regards to how much of what I was eligible for in loans I wanted. So I was eligible for X amount, but didn鈥檛 receive the full amount because someone, somewhere, indicated that I only wanted enough FA to cover my class. So the FA lady I spoke with before adjusted everything and said it should take a week before the funds dispersed. Almost 3 weeks later I still have no answers. I spoke with her at week 2 and she said that she doesn鈥檛 know why it didn鈥檛 get processed but she was going to flag it so it would. I am still waiting. I was randomly dropped from my class for no apparent reason. I had been actively participating and had an A in the class, but without and warning it was going to happen and no email with an explanation, I have been dropped from the course. If there was some kind of glitch that could be easily reversed, I would still be anxious because of how long it takes for anyone to respond. They also just changed the recording on the phone line that if no one answers you must have the party鈥檚 extension in order to leave them a voicemail鈥� where is the ext? It doesn鈥檛 exist. Bottom line: If you have another option, TAKE IT! I will likely be filing a formal complaint with the state about this school and if you鈥檝e had a bad experience that hasn鈥檛 reached a resolution, I would recommend you do as well as none of these issues will ever be corrected unless they are held accountable. Every single low review has valuable insight for you!

*I was an I-SEAL student*. Indiana Wesleyan was terrible with communication. I would call someone or email and never hear back. The admissions rep told me that I would be able to get all of my practicum hours at my current work (elementary), but after the program started and I was halfway through my class, they informed me that I would have to go to a high school for part of it (even though my initial license is in elementary). They also told me that my credits from my master's degree in reading... Read More instruction should transfer with no problem and that all I had to do was send my transcripts.... that wasn't the case. They put me in the SAME CLASS that I had already taken. When I questioned it, they told me that I needed the syllabus from each of my past classes (this was not easy since I had taken these classes three years ago). Then, no answer until the last week of the class when they informed me that NONE of my credits would transfer. I wrote back and called and still no response from them. DON'T CHOOSE THIS SCHOOL FOR I-SEAL. Terrible experience. ,

I recently graduated from GCU with a Master's in Special Education. I absolutely loved the program. That is not to say that it did not require a lot of hard work, with dedicated time to study and write papers, as well as make regular posts. There were many life events that I had to pass on so that I could maintain my focus and good grades. I had the opportunity to also be teaching in Special Education while attending school and every class aligned and helped me with my actual job. The online learning... Read More platform was easy to navigate, and I received timely feedback when I did reach out to my professors. I also completed part of my undergrad in an online setting and I can say hands down that my experience with GCU far exceeded my expectations. I am already considering continuing on with my Doctorate. Deciding to further your education does take internal motivation and the drive to be organized and stay the course, even when it's not fun. GCU offers a great platform to be able to do this when you cannot attend on campus.

So, I'm 18 credits into my Master's, which is a 44 credit degree, and I have to say it has already benefitted my career quite a bit. The Special Education Law classes were particularly helpful. From reading other reviews, I think it helps that I was already working in Special Education when I started. I am an Alternative Routes to Licensure (ARL) candidate in Utah. Recently, ARL program candidates where changed from being considered a fully professional license to an associate educator license, which... Read More is a downgrade. I was concerned about that happening, so I enrolled in the GCU Master's program this last April. The first course was helpful because I haven't been in college for 18 years, and I didn't know what APA style was. We used something else when I went, and I didn't remember how to do it anyway. My enrollment advisor tipped me off to citation generators, which was also new. They reviewed educator ethics, which I think is always helpful. People act like they don't need this class, but if you don't think you need to pay conscious attention to your ethics, then you probably aren't very self-aware. A reminder about why we're here and what we're trying to do is always relevant. Then next class surveyed the disabilities and the SpEd categories, information I have used frequently in my job. Then, the Law classes hit. I worked very hard at them and earned an A and a B+ (89.8%. Sheesh). Halfway through the first law class, I took my PRAXIS test for Special Education Mild to Moderate. The few classes I'd taken made all the difference in the world to passing that test. I fully expected to need to take it more than once, as I had heard of educators failing the first time though they had more experience than I. I passed it the first time! My principal was impressed, and it gave me a legitimacy at my work that I had not had before. It asked specifically about content that was exactly what was covered in my GCU courses. Without those classes, I would have failed, I'm sure. I use information I learned at GCU for every IEP I write and hold meetings for. Yes, it is largely self driven. If you want someone to hold your hand, you'd better not take an online course. It was a shock when I saw how much I had to figure out for myself, but, I wouldn't know what to research or write about without the course curriculum. The teachers I've had so far have been responsive to my e-mails and questions. Right now, I have a 3.8 GPA, which hasn't been easy. People complain about the writing, but that's the only way to do an online course. You can cheat at a traditionally-styled test if you take it at home, online. You can't cheat at a benchmark that requires you to make tables and write 750 word reflections, etc, at least not without a much greater risk of getting caught. I'm pretty happy with what I've learned. It doesn't teach you everything, but Professional Development is a lifelong process. I plan on locking down my Master's degree and then supplementing it with additional classes every year. It is an investment, but if you're wanting to be rich, don't be a teacher. I'm a single Mom, paying my own way, and this is just how it is, no matter what college you go to. College is expensive in the U.S. But, for people like me, who can't get to a brick-and-mortar classroom, GCU gets the job done. I didn't want to be a banker, or an admin assistant, or a public relations manager, all of which I'm qualified to be. I wanted to be a teacher, and this is the cost of being a teacher. It's my favorite job ever, though it is definitely not an easy job. Sorry to people who had a bad experience. I've already had a very beneficial one, and I'm not even halfway through.

If you are looking for an expensive way to pay for your degree, this is it. If you are looking for an engaging, interesting, and professional university experience, it is not. I am no stranger to online education; I completed the last year of my undergrad in an online format (pre-pandemic) and loved it just as much as in-person. It was the exact same quality of education, just made more flexible. Now, I am in the freshly 鈥渞evamped鈥� Masters Education/Credential program, and unlike the other poster,... Read More I am not impressed. The assignments are beginning level and lack depth. If you are already familiar with the concepts, there is nothing to gain from the NuNav feature. Similarly, the supplementary links provided are seldom credible; there are no professional case studies or reports to be found here. At the administrative level, I will echo the same complaints as other commenters. Transcripts and financial aid take weeks to be processed. The advisors are hit or miss, but they handle everything, so you are forced to wait and rely on them. There is no independence in this system- you can鈥檛 even set your own email password. The 鈥榮ecure鈥� system is a nightmare. If you attended a traditional four-year university, I would not recommend coming here to continue your education. I was looking forward to engaging in thought-provoking, higher level courses, but now I dread regurgitating the same basic information for each assignment. I have been trying to push through since it is a quick and easy program, but it is so frustrating paying so much money for such mediocre quality.

West Virginia University offers an excellent Masters program in Special Education. The online degree program reaches students of diverse ages in all 50 states and internationally. Quality professors have created a rigorous and challenging course of study. The program requires students to think critically and interact collaboratively. As a full-time teacher in graduate school, I personally have found the advising staff to be very supportive and the professors top-rate. The program draws students who... Read More have challenged me to rise to the next level of excellence in my teaching. WVU integrates technology so that lectures are live and students collaborate in class in small groups, and we also discuss articles outside of class using online discussion boards. Field experiences allow students to observe local classrooms and synthesize information learned in class with best practices. I highly recommend WVU for graduate level learning.