Colorado State University

Paul D. April 16, 2009 at 4:16 a.m.

I just applied for a bachelor's degree program through CSU Global Campus. So far, this program looks great. The advisor was nice, knowledgeable and proactive. The tuition is way reasonable, and you're getting a degree from a school whose history goes back as far as when Colorado was just a territory! I also like the payment options, for those of us who don't qualify for FAFSA and don't want to take out a loan. They have payment plans, meaning that you don't have to pay your entire class tuition upfront like other programs. Sure, I get the hype about making sure I register for classes while my transcripts are being reviewed, blah blah blah, but no heavy pressure to do so. The courses look very interesting and there's good diversification with the majors they offer. Granted, the online program itself is relatively new, but of the dozen or so I've considered, I think it's the best offer available.

Elizabeth G May 15, 2009 at 4:53 a.m.

Ranking lists serve their purpose but they are often one-dimensional. Here at CSU Global academics are strong and the professors are of the highest caliber. If you are looking for the whole package in an online leaning platform, CSU Global is a strong and positive choice. Your experience and opportunity will be exactly what you make it just as it would be with any "ranked" institutions.
Best of luck Paul.

@@Paul D. May 30, 2009 at 1:27 a.m.

Colorado State University is a UNWR tier 1 national university. There are approximately 3000 degree-granting regionally accredited institutions in the US, so I guess being 125th isn't too bad. Let's see who Col-State beat-out in that USNews rankings:

University of Arkansas
University of Utah
Florida Tech
George Mason University
Hofstra University

Seems to me CSU is a solid mainstream institution worthy of respect. Alas, respect doesn't seem to be a concept with which you are overly familiar, @Paul D. I dare say they didn't teach it at the school you attended.

@@@@Paul D. June 3, 2009 at 4:44 a.m.

Why go as far as the top fifty? Why not the top 25 or even the top ten? Do you respect them more, or do you share respect equally among the top 50? What about the university that occupies the 51st position? It should not be respected?

Clearly, your respect for particular institutions must vary year to year, since relative rankings vary year to year. One year an institution may be in the top fifty, therefore you respect it, and the next year it is not, therefore you disrespect it? If, in the year after that, it is back in the top fifty again, do you respect it again?

That is what you are telling us. This is the basis upon which you deem an institution worthy of praise or scorn. It doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? Yet that is the sum total of your analysis.

. . 'nuff said

@@@@@@Paul D. June 5, 2009 at 12:57 a.m.

"The top 50 represent first tier schools."

No they don't. The tier 1 national universities list includes CSU. Go look it up in the USNEWS rankings.

The top 50 may comprise the totality of "first tier" schools to YOU, but that is an entirely arbitrary cutoff point. Again, I ask you - why not confine the first tier to the top ten, or the first 25, or the 100th ranked school? What is the significance of the number 50? Why is it those schools belonging to that cohort are praiseworthy, and those outside it are only worthy of your scorn? It's complete nonsense isn't it?

"[CSU] are considered very average by most."

Now, can you define "very average" and back that claim with appropriate citation, or did you pull it directly from your assets as you seem to have done with the rest of your comments?

Can you say what experience you have of CSU? Were you ever a student there?

You've never even set foot on a CSU campus, have you?

Thought not ...'nuff said.

I hope not..... June 9, 2009 at 6:28 p.m.

This comment is directed at Paul D.
Let's look at the "selectivity" (I should say non-selectivity")of CSU:

Fall 2007 Acceptance rate:
85.8 % (U.S. News and World Report)

How does this rate? Well, Wayne State University (who???), a tier 4 school, has an acceptance rate of 83.5; lower than that of CSU.

What about, say the top 25? In general, the acceptance rate is 9-23% (approximately). That indicates selectivity. An acceptance rate of 85.8% indicates non-selectivity.

CSU's acceptance rate is a joke!

Enough (please note the spelling Paul D.) said!!!!!

@@ Paul D. July 5, 2009 at 7:04 p.m.

This one goes out to the original comment in response to mine (Paul D.), from 4/16/09.

I'm not going to debate or justify my choice for an online school. Especially with someone who, judging by your arrogant, condescending, patronizing and abrasive tone, must have earned a PhD in "Social Personality Disorder", summa cum laude, from one of those "top tier" schools that you speak of so highly.

Statements like "The schools is for the C+ high school student at best. That describes you Paul D., doesn't it?????" make you the quintessential schoolyard bully of the comment board, and not the purveyor of critical commentary or expert advice. Ad hominem attacks or stereotypes had no effect on me during my early school years, and I see no reason to change that now.

Bottom line to all with more common sense and courtesy than the aforementioned troll: CSU Global Campus is an outstanding program, the classes are well-structured, the instructors are helpful and knowledgeable, the payment plan is great, and the resources are excellent.

If that's not good for you and you'd rather shoot for an online school with a lower "selectivity rate" just to make yourself feel special, do the research to find what you seek.

LOL July 7, 2009 at 6:17 p.m.

Wayne State (who????), a tier 4 school, is more selective than Colorado State.....LOL!!!

@comment July 5,2009 July 11, 2009 at 11:10 p.m.

You're wrong buddy! I found CSU's staff to be unhelpful and rude. I laughed at your insistance that they were helpful and wonderful!

Mike August 8, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.

If you live in the Colorado region you don't have a ton of choices. There aren't any schools in the top 75 from Colorado on the US news 2009 list. I don't think there is a school within 500 miles of Denver in the top 75 come to think of it. So if you are from this region and want an average school at a modest price CSU is a good pick I guess. I think it is a better price than the other first tier schools in the area like DU, Mines, and CU.