Bellevue University

beast February 19, 2007 at 1:34 a.m.

I am currently a B.S. student at BU and I love the program. It is reg accredited and very flexible.

Cheryl May 27, 2009 at 1:03 a.m.

5/26/09
Do yourself a favor and stay far away from this University. Just because a school is accredited means nothing. Big Rip off. Pay the extra money and look into another school. Teachers(oh forgot the same teacher teaches you the entire time you're obtaining your degree)The actual Degree just says Bachelors of Science. You have to call school for what your major was.
BEWARE!!!!!!

Just graduated. Very happy with my experience. June 9, 2009 at 3:29 a.m.

I entered Bellevue with my associates degree and they transfered all of it. After that, I only needed to finish my major requirements, a required ethics course, and some electives. I did all that in 15 months... 12 of which were the accelerated cohort for my major, the ethics course took 3 months, and I finished my electives throughout the year via CLEP and DANTES exams.

I found my time at Bellevue to be very engaging. The learning was intense in the accelerated program, since each class was packed into 5 week sessions. The term-length combined with the ammount of work that was crammed into them made the learning VERY hands on and interactive. I felt like I had to swim to survive, but at no moment did I feel any lack of support from my instructor.

Because of what I learned in my classes, I felt encouraged to seek out ways to apply myself outside of class. This caused me to find a volunteer organization where I continue to work to this day. My real life experience there, combined with the fast paced learning environment, provided me with a really great understanding not only of the material... but of which direction I wish to point myself in life.

While attending Bellevue, I worked full time teaching English in Japan. Unless I was able to complete the material at my own pace throughout the week and turn in assignments online... I would have had to make some very big sacrifices to finish my undergraduate education. Bellevue has a great system.

Since finishing my major courses I have been accepted into a great grad school where I'll continue my studies in counseling psychology/psychotherapy. Classes begin in September and I couldn't be more excited!

If you have drive and do well learning on your own, I think that you would benefit from taking classes at Bellevue. Like everything in life, the knowledge that you obtain from your education and the experience that you gain is a direct result of your own effort.

Good luck!

-Tony P.
Bachelor of Science, Behavioral Science
Bellevue Graduate, 2009

mattc August 6, 2009 at 8:17 a.m.

I attended what was probably the best classes I've ever taken, security management was awesome.

Bellevue is not the greatest school however, they screwed me over pretty bad. Prior to graduation, you sit down with your counselor, to ensure your credits are up to date ect. My counselor fail to inform I owed credits, this was negligence on his part. I paid graduation fees, and continued with the graduation ceremony and family graduation ceremony. Weeks later, I learned the hard way that I was not completed with my degree, even though I was lead to believe I was-it was very embarrassing.

While traditional universities may treat you like a number, Bellevue U, with their accelerated courses, will treated like you're manufactured via factory conveyor belt. Small defects aren't a problem, they own up to it either.

Snowflake August 31, 2009 at 1:47 a.m.

Beware. MA of Management Program is a nightmare. The instructors are inconsistent with their basic requirements, you will have no contact with your academic counselor, and although they market that it fits well into a working lifestyle, it allows no work life balance...at all. The ego's of the PhD instructors are like none I have ever known. Apparently PhD = GOD. Worse yet, their surveys are all to the Likert Scale so you can't even make constructive comments. Simply, they don't want to know.

I "wish" I would have chosen a different Master's program. This is a high priced alternative for being treated poorly.

kempo November 1, 2009 at 1:55 p.m.

Bellevue is one of the schools I would like to obtain my MBA in Finance, but it seems the school will not let me look at a syllabus from one of the classes. Anybody going or recently obtained an MBA please email me a copy? kemposun@gmail.com

I'm surprised they will not provide me with a copy because many other schools do, and even some schools like Liberty have samples. Bellevue only shows an outline and no syllabus.

RE: To those concerned about their diploma. November 15, 2009 at 10:01 p.m.

I commented earlier in the year upon graduation, but I would just like to chime again in regarding the issue that keeps coming up regarding the diploma.

I hope this will clear some things up for you.

1. Your diploma lists your degree ("Bachelor of Science", etc), but not your major.

2. Your diploma is NOT your "degree". Your degree is the level (degree) of knowledge that you have obtained.

3. If you are counting on a piece of paper to prove the amount of work that you have done as well as your educational level, place more pride in your transcript instead.

Your transcript lists your major. So, if you want to lug around your big ($100) diploma everywhere you go to show people how well you've done in life, that's very honorable of you. Although, if I were who you were showing it to (for instance, an employer) I would be more impressed by looking at the work you have done, the classes that you've taken, internships, test scores... which are listed on your transcript if done while in the program.

I am currently in a CACREP-accredited Masters of Arts in Mental Health Counseling program... and since graduating from Bellevue, I have also become a Mental Health Worker at a large state hospital here in Vermont. Neither institution has asked to see my diploma. What they cared about was (timpani-rolls and bolts of lighting, please) my official college transcript.

If all you went to college for was just the physical proof that you graduated, which is what your diploma is, I feel very sorry for you. If you attended college, took out loans or paid lots of money, stayed up endless nights reading and writing papers to gain knowledge and skills that you can use to benefit you (and society)for the rest of your life, fantastic! Order a transcript for your own personal use... and stick it in the back of your diploma frame, like I have. Then, at any time, you can whip it out to show whoever you want to prove your self to.

Regardless of what you do, it doesn't matter if your diploma just lists the degree, lists the degree-and-major, or if you only have a copy of your transcript... any potential employer or educational institution will ask for an official, sealed transcript from your university. So really, it doesn't matter if you write the degree your self in crayon. Never mind, that probably would NOT benefit you ;)

My point is, care about what you do and why you go to school. Don't care about an insignificant piece of paper with a few words on it. Like Bellevue, many other universities simply list the degree and not the major. This includes a whole slew of well-known institutions, including some who are Ivy-League schools.

Assess and be confident in your own skills and your own knowledge. Put your self out there, be honest with your self, and work in light of the best interest of others as well as your self. This is what will make you successful.

-Tony P.
Bellevue, '09
Bachelor of Science