I am not sure I agree with D02833651's post. I took a course at DeVry and had a good experience. Certainly the course was difficult but I was able to get through it well enough.

As for the professor, you have your bad professors everywhere and while it is more annoying online, it happens just as much at B&M school. My point is that you cannot commend the whole school for one bad class experience.

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Kaplan University is ranked numeral uno when it comes to fruad scams and deception, don't enroll.

add poll leader UoP to that
http://www.uopsucks.com/

Back when I decided to get a university degree I chose Athabasca University because (a) I was from Canada, (b) It was fully accredited, (c) it was based in my province at that time, and (d) I knew someone who finished his Bachelor degree in business there. It was my first experience with university of any kind and it was excellent. I originally intended to go into business but wound up taking some science courses and took to that much more. I later transferred in to the University of Alberta faculty of engineering because I'd found what I really wanted to do and engineering seemed to be the way to go. I'm currently in a Ph.D. program in San Antonio, TX and am looking for undergraduate courses in computer science. I hope this helps someone out there.

I know this is a tough question, however, I hope one of you smart people out there can answer it.
List in order of student body population the top ten distance learning institutions offering Ph.D/Doctorate degrees.
I assume number one is:
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Thank you, Boyd

Hi Boyd -

Before I win, I want to know something about the prize. Is it bigger or smaller than a BMW?

And - you'll note I'm careful when it comes to contests - when you say "student body population" you're referring to ALL levels, including those seeking doctorates, right? And is this US schools only, CHEA-recognized Regional or National accreditation - or limited to Regional? With so much at stake...

Johann

I have been a student at UoP for nearly a year. When I first enrolled I thought that I wasn't mature enough to complete an online degree b/c I would stop and go at a traditional university--but this school has proved me wrong. It is quite expensive and its true that education is what you put into it. I have made a wonderful choice!! Again the only negative aspect is cost, other than that it's a great learning experience. My classes are only five weeks long and in each week you have to answer discussion questions and individual assignments as well as team assignments. All of my classes so far have been A's and B's with one C -- better grades here than online. It just requires a lot of research when doing assignments.

I am glad your doctorate at UOP is working out for you, but I am sure students at Capella or Walden would say their program is the best. ONe of the issues when I looked at doctorates was cost, I just couldnt justify paying $50,000 to $70,000 for a doctorate degree, despite the pay offs.

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I just finished one class with UOP against all my work buddies wishes.
I found the UOP uses a team effort for classes. So if you are a slacker, you can still past the class with everyone on your team carrying your sorry butt.
If your strong and don't mind carrying everyone else, great.
I didn't live the format of learning at all. Tons of emails going back and forward to see who is doing what, posting comments twice a day four days a week, so they know you are doing something. Their web site was very hard to navigate with constant time outs.

I have taken classes before at UOP, but at their brick building.

I don't recommend the online with them. I spent 75% my online time just lost in limbo.

As far cost, it didn't matter to me since my employer was paying for it.

My husband works in HR and tells me that University of Phoenix does not have much clout as far as resumes go. Fair or not, a lot of employers seem to have a bad idea about this school. Maybe it's just because it was the first online school... when it first came out, people thought it was just a diploma mill. Other than that, I do know one person who has gone to school there, and she seemed to like it. The best part for her was that all of the materials for her classes were online, so no need to purchase textbooks. I really don't have enough information to vote here myself, though.

I am currently researching PhD programs and am interested in Northcentral University (Arizona, not Minnesota). Does anyone know what kind of reputation it has?