Healthcare Administration Reviews
MA in Healthcare Admin - great program 
By: pnewmark (In Progress) on October 6, 2009
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I am currently enrolled in the Master's in Healthcare Administration Program. I have a Bachelor's from a large, public university in Oklahoma. I'm also a CPA. My experiences with Ashford have been very good and I find the coursework to be challenging. I guess it's up to the individual. I know I will have to work hard to earn my grades and, eventually, my degree.
graduate says Great!
By: ckstringer (Graduate) on July 1, 2009
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They took 99 of my credits and in 18 months I graduated. They let me CLEP out of two classes that saved time and money--As a career changer (finance to health care) I am thrilled that I did this so fast and really learned something. They set me right up on the FAFSA and the money was there. If you don't get money it is becuase you make too much but there are always loans. I am getting my masters next.
Your success is up to you!!!
By: usalters (Graduate) on April 24, 2009
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This school and program really worked for me. As a career changer, I gained a wealth of knowledge about the Healthcare field from a management prosepctive. There will be classes and instructors that you don't like, but you would be hard pressed to find a school where that isn't the case. Other than the price, the deciding factor for me was the regional accreditation which is hugely important for anyone considering graduate school. The bottom line is you only get out of it what you put into it. I will not be persuing my graduate degree from Ashford only because the program is not CAHME accreditated (no online programs are), which is important at the graduate level.
Ashford Advisors pfft! 
By: Anonymous (In Progress) on March 15, 2009
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First I'll start by saying Ashford advisors are a joke! The classes are OK, so far. The financial advisor is rude, will not return emails, answer phone, or give call backs. By the way her name is Erin Murphy, if you eroll request someone else or you will be unsatisfied. The enrollment advisor, calls you almost daily, sends emails like a spammer, and lies. I was looking for a degree in Natural Health. This college doesn't even offer it. The enrollment advisor told me, since they are "cheapest", I should possibly get my general education done then transfer. Well a load of crap in itself, they enroll me in classes that are, well, a 5th grader can get straight A's in. Then a "Film" class, stating that is an English class. I requested that I not take it and get something else.. She was then rude saying it was mandatory for a degree... Since then, she stopped the email spamming, won't answer her phone, etc. Finally I got through to her. She had the nerve to say, she seen me calling but was on the phone with other students. OK, so that verifies they have caller ID. The 3 days I tried calling practically every hour on the hour, she was on the other line? I doubt it.. I believe her and the enrollment advisor was laughing at me for obviously making a fool of myself calling so much. The classes are not that challenging! If you want an easy 3.5-4.0 this would be the school. Make sure you have extra funds for tylenol, you will need it. All I have to say, if you have another option, PLEASE TAKE IT!
ADVISORS ARE CRAP
By: Anonymous (In Progress) on March 9, 2009
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They told my stepdaughter (with a D- Average in High School) that she could get her B.A. in health care administration and could be a CEO of a Hospital in just 4 years. That is total Bull S__T. The advisors there need to be a little more careful in advising ANYONE that they could achieve this lofty goal in so little a time frame, especially with someone who has no education in the first place to achieve ANYTHING like this.
Uncertain but motivated.....
By: Anonymous (In Progress) on February 26, 2009
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My review ratings are in the middle of the road mearly because I am a new student here at AU. My advisor--Jennifer G. is awesome. She has been helpful and I do hope I am making a wise choice with AU. This is totally different than anything I have ever done before, JG expressed an example to me saying its the same material that you would learn in a brick and mortar classroom, only in the privacy of your own home. True that. I'm still in my pj's drinking coffee! Thank you Jennifer G. (made you smile!)
Financial Aid Nightmare
By: barnestnk (In Progress) on February 25, 2009
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I enrolled in July 2008 with the help of an amazing enrollment advisor Jerell Lieberknecht who has helped me in areas that were not his own. My classes are easy enough,but the Financial AId process is a nightmare! The FA advisor I had never returned my calls, or emails. the customer service hotline did not know anything. They changed the process after I got my first disbursement, and now its the 7/14 rule, which is really not what it says it is because it takes them longer than seven or forteen weeks to get the refund to you, and had I known this when I first started I may have attended another school. I am still hanging in there until I can do better. I was so happy with Ashford when I first started that I got a lot of people to enroll and now we are just waiting on a better opportunity before we withdraw because we all have the same useless advisor who we have all complained about numerous times, and still no change.
Excellent Choice
By: athleticgurl77 (In Progress) on September 9, 2008
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I am in my ninth course at Ashford and I am thoroughly enjoying myself. I really think it is horrible that people say such mean things about this wonderful school. I must agree that the first course (EXP 105) was easy, and there were some students taking the course that did not speak fluent English. The second course (PSY 202) was a bit harder and I was able to gradually see the attendance dropping as the curriculum became more advanced. Now, being in my ninth course, I can honestly say that I miss those first few easy courses. Right now I'm taking Literature, and I've had just about all I can take on Shakespere and Hamlet! The book for this course is titled, Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama - I'm not joking when I tell you that this book has 2,235 pages (more pages than the Bible). This has been my biggest text book so far and the hardest course yet. My next course is PHI 107 and I'm looking forward to it because I love philosophy (not literature!). I believe that anyone who actually stays at Ashford for more than the first couple of courses, will feel they have invested in a quality education. As for those who have called Ashford a "diploma mill," you have to make it through the first two courses before your exposed to the advanced stages of your college education. The first two are basically a warm-up to prepare you for what's to come. I was a little worried initially, but I'm extremely happy now (I love a good challenge). The most exciting thing about Ashford is that I have the option of flying to Clinton, Iowa to walk across Ashford's graduation stage with the rest of my class. I couldn't be more elated, GO SAINTS!
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