B.S. in Business Management Reviews

Exceptional school! A+!

By: edwardla (In Progress) on September 4, 2009

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I don't understand why people are saying bad things about this school. I have attended so many college and/or university from the past, and WGU is one of the best! Easy to pass assessments?! Are you kidding? WGU assessments come in many forms, and they are certainly not just multiple choice questions. And with the multiple choice assessments, they still remain on moderate college level. 

The degree itself is respected everywhere with support from large corporations in USA and it has received full accreditation. It is one of the very few non-profit and private universities, so tuition itself is an attraction. This university is highly recommended!

Makin it happen

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on July 10, 2009

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So I'm in my 2nd year at WGU n I love it...yeah u have to work hard n yeah it takes a while. When you have a family n a full time job you do what you can.  My mentor is good, if she doesn't know something finds out quickly n responds. I don't know a damn thing about business but with the websites they give you that go along with the books it all comes together. You have to work at it like anything else in life.

WGU - A Good Education and a Great Value

By: Anonymous (Graduate) on June 6, 2009

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I am a graduate of the College of Business at WGU and after over 25 years of industry experience in Marketing Management I can verify that the educational standards and course of study at WGU are comprehensive and relevant. During my career I had attained the position of Director of Business Development, without a Bachelors degree, at a division of a $20B global leading manufacturer of aerospace electronics. Most of my peers hold undergrad and graduate degrees and as such advancement beyond the Director of BD level was unlikely. I graduated with a BS in Marketing Management and I am now pursuing an MBA at WGU and I am now a VP of Marketing and Sales. I accomplished the completion of the degree, received the promotion and I am continuing studies in the MBA program only two years after initially enrolling at WGU in the Spring of 2007 with only 25 credits transferred.

WGU is relevant, credible, accelerated and a great value.

TERRIBLE

By: jennifer.butler27 (In Progress) on May 21, 2009

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If you are a VA don't even think about going to this school.  I have not received my VA benefits for 3 months due to errors in their processing and finacial aid department.  Now after a year of going to school they just took back some of my financial aid saying I was getting to much because of my GI Bill.  My GI Bill is not for tuition it is for living expenses and my family depends on it right now.  DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER THEM IF YOU ARE GOING TO NEED FINANCIAL AID, THE OFFICE IS TERRIBLE.

good value and accreditation

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on April 7, 2009

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I know that some people who attended WGU have left unsatisfied, but I believe this college is/was the best option for me. If your well organised and motivated you can succeed here. What this means-Your mentor goes over your classes for the term(six months) and you start to work, how fast or slow is up to you. Your mentor(school contact) communicates with you on a bi-monthly basis or as needed. If you put the time and effort in, you can finish early and take extra classes.I average an extra two classes a term, since the college charges by the term I was able to take the classes at no cost to me! I have had a few minor glitches, but they were corrected quickly in a day or two. I am 38 years old and before discovering this school thought going back to college was a dream. I would definitely recommend this school, if you are flexible.

Great School

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on March 31, 2009

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Clearly none of the above posters actually enrolled at WGU because if they did, they would know that it is accredited by NCATE as well as NWCCU and both are recognized by CHEA and thereby the U.S. Department of Education. This is a great school for people who are self motivated and can learn in a virtual environment. I have been enrolled for five months and have finished eleven classes. That puts me more than one third of the way towards my business management degree. Tuition is the most reasonable of all the online schools as it only costs approximately $6K per year regardless of how many classes you finish. I believe I will have my degree for less than $10K and that is a bargain! If you are in the market for a school, then check out WGU and the WGU Student Hall and see what real students are saying.

I'm happy w/ WGU

By: rseccomb (Graduate) on December 27, 2008

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I see a lot of people who are upset by their experiences at WGU.  My personal experience has been pretty good...  I've been a student at 2 different universities rated in the top 10, and didn't finish.  It wasn't the difficulty that washed me out, in fact, I had a 3.7 GPA @ the one of the world's best engineering schools studying petroleum engineering, and I've found many challenges in the WGU program.  Quantitative Analysis was tough, and I worked many hours on each problem.  The math and econ stuff was at least as difficult as I had seen in other schools.
I imagine that if you publicly polled all students who went to Harvard, they would also have detractors.  I personally didn't let that stuff discourage me, rather, I took a look at the fact that they were accredited regionally, they had similar admission standards as other universities I've attended, and now that I'm 40, what the learning model looked like.  I know better today how I perform in certain situations, and found the WGU model to be adequate for me.  
I recently left my job, and started looking for work with other companies.  Not a single organization has questioned their credential.  
The school is not for everyone, if you need a lot of personal attention steer clear.  If you want to have 1:1 time with a professor, WGU is not for you.  The entire model is about your willingness to pay the price to obtain your degree by learning from a book, and then passing a proctored test that ecompasses the breadth and depth of the topic you are supposed to learn about.  
Finally, many have complained about graders.  They use a company called Taskstream.  Many other institutions use them too (Purdue is one).  Are they perfect?  No.  Do you always agree as a student?  Nope...I even was mad a couple of times.  Do they get it right?  Yes, according to the standard, they do.  Does it take some time?  It does, but 5 days was the max for me.
If I were starting again today, I would look at accreditation, acceleration, cost, and would make the same decision I made before.  Do your research...

Think Real Hard Before You Start

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on November 14, 2008

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Leave this off of your resume.  Even if the state governor is listed as one of the founders of this so called college, does not mean it is accepted in that state.

The non-traditional compentancy credit is not accepted at most businesses.

WGU

By: dred0218 (In Progress) on September 24, 2008

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I am near completion with WGU.  I wanted to say this in response to those saying WGU is a scam and employers frown on the school.  I work in business administration at a local public school district.  In the past three years, we have hired several WGU graduates and enrolled several WGU students into our student teaching program.  Prior to enrolling into the school, I contacted Texas A&M and asked if they recognize WGU courses as transferrable since it is pass/fail. I was told by the department head, WGU courses are considered passing at 80% or higher and all passing courses transfer to their program.  I then asked if I wanted to obtain my Masters from Texas A&M after I completed my studies with WGU and was assured WGU is recognized just as any other traditional university.  I then saw a representative from WGU on CNN talking to several representatives from Ivy League schools about their online programs.  WGU is legit but for your own piece of mind, do your own research prior to enrolling.  And yes, some of the courses you can google the questions and find answers, but I WANT to learn and have taken the time to research textbooks and truly understand the concepts.  My only complaint has been my mentor.  She is highly educated, but not very organized and forgets meetings, doesn't give me 100% of her time when we speak on the phone and it takes me emailing her superiors in order to get responses from her.  If I wasn't almost done, I'd switch mentors, but with it being this late in the game, I don't need much from her other than approving my request to take the final assessments.

Western Governors University

By: Anonymous (In Progress) on March 10, 2008

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Western Governors University is a complete ripoff. The program deliberately slows you down, so that WGU can charge you more. I thought that this would be a quicker way to finish my degree, but I would have easily finished by now if I had gone to a different college, and taken the traditional route.

It often takes weeks to get a simple assignment graded. And when you finally get it back, the grader is often wrong! Example: I failed an accounting assignment, because I was told revenues/expenses are not part of operating cash flows in a cash flow statement! What?? Every accounting text book confirmed I was right. Who's grading these papers??? Besides this, I was told before I enrolled at WGU that I could test out of courses that I already knew - the majority of courses turned out to be assignment based.

Of course I should have known what I was getting into soon after I enrolled. After I enrolled they refused to give me credit for my associates degree - even though they guaranteed me that everything would transfer BEFORE I paid my tuition/fees. When I threatened legal action and showed them written proof that I had received from their "mentors" BEFORE I enrolled, they were suddenly able to transfer everything.

Their "mentors" are also completely useless. My various mentors had completely no idea about business-related subjects, even though I am majoring in a business degree. If you intend to study at WGU, think of the mentors more as cheerleaders than anything else. Good luck!

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