Excelsior College

Sandra Bartholomew August 8, 2006 at 5:43 p.m.

Excelsior College actually has 28,000 enrolled students, not 7,000, and it was originally established in 1971 as Regents College. The name change to Excelsior College in 2001 reflected change in status from a state institution under the Board of Regents to a private, non-for-profit college.

Steve August 13, 2006 at 3:57 p.m.

Thanks for the correction. The information has been updated.

JT January 28, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.

Excelsior was a great experience. I needed 60 credits and completed in less than 3 months. Really top notch service (better than the traditional colleges I attended beforehand) and the degree is well regarded, Excelsior students have gone on to graduate studies at Ivy league universities and enjoy the special pride of demonstrating the knowledge they have gained independent of traditional classroom settings. I don't know of anyone who has anything bad to say about the place.

Rick March 16, 2008 at 9:38 p.m.

I recently completed the online MA in Liberal Studies Degree. It was a terrific experience. The teachers were positive and helpful. The education was on a par with any other I have taken at other traditional institutions of higher education.

I was an older student returning to school for the sake of knowledge. Excelsior fulfilled that goal.

I would recommend Excelsior College to anyone seeking a degree.

sonoma May 11, 2008 at 3:34 p.m.

Has anyone completed the BSN degree?

RN May 19, 2008 at 5:07 p.m.

Sonoma, I am a graduate of the BSN program and wouldn't trade my experiences or learning for anything. I liked it so much that I am now enrolled in the Masters Degree program.

YOU should go for it!!

kelly June 9, 2008 at 3:06 p.m.

I'm interested in the RN associates program at Excelsior. I have finished enough clinical hours to be eligible for the program. I am curioius to how the exams are (without having to take the course) and how helpful the books are for those exams.

P October 17, 2008 at 10:21 p.m.

I just graduated from the ASN program at Excelsior and could not recommend it more! It was an ASWESOME experience. I did not purchase any books/materials. I used the internet and purchased some of the practice exams (specifically in areas I was weak like Micro). This is a very good program and I was able to find employment easily.

Beth February 16, 2009 at 3:26 p.m.

I am interested to attend the health sience BS program any one who attended the program please email your commient and experience at tgfcali@yahoo.com

Kama May 15, 2009 at 3:51 p.m.

To the actve duty personnel on here, how many credits did you receive through Excelsior for military exprience?

Matt Sutton August 7, 2009 at 5:32 a.m.

Excelsior is an excellent college in the fact that they will evaluate fairly transfer credits, and provide a road map to your degree goal. The courses that I have completed are mostly dependant upon the student to read the text material, write papers, and answer essay questions in ASA format. If one has access to email, and follows the course scedule, and reading, a tremendous learning experiance is acheived. My focus was to just complete my degree, however, the course material encouraged me to actually learn the material, and search more knowledge on the particular subjects.
As a BS-Liberal Studies grad, I can say without contradiction, that Excelsior was the best degree program for me. I have been active duty in the armed forces for 28 years, and Excelsior has helped me "pull it together" to obtaining me degree. Semper Fi.

to reviewer handyone2: October 29, 2009 at 8:23 p.m.

The credit exams aren't designed to give you an answer sheet and then have you regurgitate it for easy credit. They are designed to allow you to display your MASTERY of a subject to the point that classtime isn't necessary. It should be the culmination of your independent study and review of the topic, and the school is crystal clear that you may need to review materials beyond what they provide in order to master the topics.

To the other person who gave EC near-zero rating: Excelsior accepts ACE/DANTES credits where they can be applied toward a degree. If they did not accept yours, either it must have been because you had all your electives filled by other sources or because you didn't get the transcripts to them properly. They accepted 18 of my 24 CLEP credits. They didn't accept the 6 English because I had 6 credits in classroom composition. I didn't submit my ACE military transcript because I don't need those credits, but EC accepts them if they are applicable.

Excelsior is among three unique institutions in the US that will gather transcripts fro other universities for you with no required minimum residency. They are regionally accredited and must maintain academic standards of the transfers they accept, the courses they offer and especially the topic depth of the CBE they offer, because ACE also recommends their CBE to all other institutions.

University of Pheonix tried to sell me a bill of 15 COURSES I needed to complete my BSBA. National University matriculated me with 9 courses remaining. I will complete my degree at Excelsior with three full courses plus the 1-credit literacy course requirement, and the cool thing is that of the three remaining courses, I'm taking one at National, one at UoP. Excelsior DOES require that the capstone course for my BSBA be taken from them.

If the above paragraph doesn't make you understand how valuable an institution like Excelsior is, then you probably don't have the specific need that EC is best at fulfilling.