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Beckfield College : Florence

(1.93/5.00)   |   21 Reviews

Beckfield College : Florence is a For-Profit, Non-Sectarian, Career, Institute established in 2005 . The campus is located in Florence, Kentucky, USA and hosts students with an endowment of .  

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Institution Type:  For-Profit, Non-Sectarian, Career, Institute

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21 student reviews of Beckfield College : Florence

  • AWFUL says:

    very rude and unprofessional do not waste your time or money

  • marissa says:

    This is the worst school known to man. They as much money from you as possible. The professors make you teach yourself. Not to mention the dean along with the staff that works at this awful college. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU! You are nothing but a paycheck to them. If a professor does not like you they will automatically fail you. I went to this school about 6 months ago. Since I have started at galen I have never been happier. This school is draining and they accept anyone! especially professors. One professor cussed constantly and the other professor is 80 years old. They also have a professor who is very mean and will not help you with any sort of issues you ay be having in class. WORST EXPERIENCE EVER! THIS COLLEGE IS FOR PROFIT! money!
    Overall Score: (1.00/5.00)

  • Nursing student says:

    Do NOT trust Beckfield College. The nursing program is not regionally accredited so none of the credits you earn at Beckfield will transfer to any other school. Beckfield does not tell you this when you become a student. However, the student manual in fine print says there is no guarantee that the credits transfer. Please believe me when I say Beckfield College does not care about you and just wants your money.
    Overall Score: (1.09/5.00)

  • James Massengale says:

    My experience at Beckfield College was incredible. My teachers were outstanding. The amount of knowledge I acquired was inestimable.

    I was in the business program. I had a chance to put my knowledge to the test at the Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference and competition. I competed against hundreds of schools big and small. Not only did I place in the top 10 in every event in which I entered, including a national championship, every other student from Beckfield College that went with me placed in the top 10 and each of their events.

    I cannot speak highly enough about my experience. I would definitely recommend beckfield college to anybody

    Overall Score: (4.27/5.00)

  • Stacey Smith says:

    Do not go to the college. Huge waste of time and money. Do go an accredited state college where your classes will transfer. This is a scam. The students act worse than high school freshmen.
    Overall Score: (1.36/5.00)

  • Former Student says:

    Went to this school for Business administration. I did graduate with an associates degree after 3 years. At one time I had to drop a class due to a promotion at work. I went to class the next week and found out that the teacher that I e-mailed to drop the course was in charge of admissions and withdrew me from college completely which resulted in a big hassle. As far transferring your credits or trying to get another school to accept your degree good luck. I am forced to go back Beckfield to finish my degree for that reason. Once I get my Bachelors degree there is no room for advancement in my education due to the fact that they have no Masters program. I will say most of the professors are great if you ask lots of questions. During my time there I witnesses a high turnover rate for the Dean of Business and Technology. The price of this school is more expensive than any school in the area. I think that the school goes after the target market of people who can get government funding for college. For example prior military.
    Overall Score: (2.45/5.00)

  • Ann says:

    My child is currently attending Beckfield and I too would agree with these other students. We did check into the reviews and talk to previous students who advised us not to attend. We then decided to see for ourself. My child works hard to pay the tuition without any assistance and it seemd this nursing program is set up for students to fail which had been overheard that ” they needed to weed out some students ” guess they ned more money. We have not addressed these issues as other students have with no resolution. The problem has been mainly with one instructor that doesnt teach from books that we had to purchase at costly prices along with not covering the material but will then test over 10-18 chapters. The leadership team at Beckfield should not allow this teacher to teach 2 very complex classes med surge and psych at the same time due to the complaints that have been addressed for a long period of time. My child is not a failure and dedicates her entire life to study and get through nursing school.We all understand it is not suppose to be eady but at least teach from a book that the students purchased and give them a chance to study…instructors need to teach not assume they ate students for a reason and pay to be taught not failed on purpose. Instructors will throw out questions after test when the entire class does bad. Well, if I was the Dean,this would concern me. I have had numerous families ask me about the nursing program because their child is graduating High School and I am sorry to say that I do not recommend this college. I hope that this situation will resolve very soon as we need great nurses out in the medical field. Just want to clarify that there are a couple of great instructors there in the nursing field but they seemed to get classes taken from them and given to the instructor that has about 90% of the class fail. There is a problem when this happens and if everyone can see it why cant the Dean and her assistant? The star reviews dont look good either so please listen to your students and open your eyes word of mouth is your best advertisement. Good Luck current nursing students.

  • LPN program students says:

    We are currently students at this school and as a class we agree that no one should ever come here. This school is full of lies. They recently went up on tuition to the point non of the current students can afford it. The dean Diane is full of crap. She is not helpful in anyway. She just yells that she cares but has no resolution or pull In any situation . She has her favorites that she will help and pull strings for but those are the people who kiss up to her. She has hired staff that are all her friends. One teacher named ms hunt who happens to be her best friend admitted to the class that she grades off emotion which is why some students got grades they deserved and some didn’t. Another teacher is ms Slat , excellent teacher who cares and is fair across the board she is wonderful!!! A teacher they just hired names mike seems like a good guy and people in his clinical group speak highly of him. Ms Binns is another teacher that really seems to care. But because of the games financial aid and Diane bennidict play I would not suggest this school. You never will get clear answers our resolutions when everybody is friends. We HATE this school. we are the current students to graduate December 2013

  • Pick a different field says:

    No doubt the professors are caring…good at what they do. Im a Nurse. But the placement they talk about is a joke. Hope you found a job in nursing on your own. If i waited for Beckfield to place me, I would have worked at Wal-Mart forever.
    Overall Score: (3.00/5.00)

  • Sarah says:

    I have attended beckfield for nursing, and I have to say, I sympathize with those of you that have had a difficult time, but I can’t agree. I have had very caring faculty. They are high quality educators that still work in their field. I appreciated that even my gen-ed teachers really geared our classes toward how we would use the information in nursing. I may agree about the cost, but I chose to go to beckfield because there was no 2-5 year waiting list, the cost was median for proprietary nursing programs, and the nclex pass rates are better than many of the other proprietary schools out there. At cinti state, one could spend 4 years getting a 2 year degree. At beckfield, 2 years means 2 years, period. To me, it is worth the extra cost to not have to wade through terms of waiting lists.
    Overall Score: (3.09/5.00)

  • Pickanotherfield says:

    Medical coders and billing…. Really?here’s the skinny!
    op, ver your loans. The highest pay in that field is 40000 a year. That’s 19 an hour. That’s the highest paid. Go into nursing or engineering. We make 62 an hour. Tuition is the same, a little longer but the payoff is worth it
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    Overall Score: (1.18/5.00)

  • Michelle says:

    DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL!!!! The organizational skills among the administrative staff does not exists. They have messed up my major numerous times. Any time I have an issue I get led on a wild goose chase. No one wants to look into your problems because they honestly do not care!! If I could go back in time, I never would have gone here and I am currently looking to see if I can transfer to a different school.
    Overall Score: (1.18/5.00)

  • Pick a different field says:

    Good luck with medical here. No jobs guys! How about a lot of money for classes, that will only earn you 35,000 a year. Really? I could make that at Wal-Mart!!
    Overall Score: (1.00/5.00)

  • Big Mistake says:

    Attending this college was a HUGE mistake. My admissions guy pushed and pestered me and was worse than a used car salesman. He didn’t care about my education or whether or not I could actually afford to go there – I bet they have numbers they have to meet. I feel totally scammed! Much cheaper options out there.
    Overall Score: (1.27/5.00)

  • sean says:

    Guys always remember that no matter what college you go to there is no gurantee that your credits will transfer. Networking jobs are hard to come by int the Cincinnati area period. Hear people always blame the school when they can’t get a job in this economy. People with masters degrees at ivy league colleges are having trouble getting jobs in this market. I have been going to beckfield for almost 3 years. They have never lied to me, notonce did they claim my credits would transfer, and they post every job oportunity they get their hands on. Cj and net guys, sorry everyone and their brother has an associates in your field. It is expensive but I bet I get a far better education than state schools in the area and the teaches care way more than gateway. In summary:good knowledge great people but expensive.
    Overall Score: (2.64/5.00)

  • Amber Owens says:

    I am currently a student at Beckfield and I have had problems there especially with my finicial aid because it is very costly to go there to only recieve an Associate Degree. Well I would have went else where but I am almost finshed and it would be a watse of my time since their credits does not transfer. I had gave them contacts of family members that might be intersted in attending school and the staff harass them by calling numerous times. The staff their is only interested in getting a bonus at the end of the year especially the admissions. I am in the CJ program and plan to be a correctional officer and so far my instrutors have helped a lot, thats about the only good thing I have to say about Beckfield!
    Overall Score: (2.82/5.00)

  • Charlotte Rogers says:

    I attended one quarter at Beckfield College at the Tri-county campus and utterly hated it! They didn’t offer night classes for the courses I was taking and I was forced to go to mornings which didn’t work out for me. Two out of three of the teachers I had were smart alecs and one was late on several occassions. What a joke. The classes had no more than ten students in them which I didn’t like either. I prefer big classes. I got out of there as soon as possible and went to a different and better community college.
    Overall Score: (2.18/5.00)

  • Anonymous says:

    RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

    I graduated from Beckfield with a 3.8 GPA in 2005 and had the same problem. When I went back for nursing in 2006, it was VERY angering that NO ONE excepts Beckfield’s credits. They are “nationally accreditted” and everyone else is regionally accreditted… I mean I called everyone in the area including NKU, UC, Mt. St Joe, Cin State, etc. They all told me the same thing. I had to retake every single class that I passed with flying colors. Maybe I’ll call this attorney. I would love to be reimbursed for a big waste of time and a giant amount of money. If you want to just have a associates forever and never pursue anything else, yeah the school can place you in a job and you’ll be fine. But if want to further your education, sorry, start over. And I’d also like to point out that numerous times, the admissions counselor himself told me in 2003 that the credits transfer and that there must be a problem with whoever I spoke to at NKU. I think it’s scandalous and I had a very hard time accepting that my 2 years spent at that school were for nothing. Good luck, current students. If you don’t believe me, call around yourself. Whether you finish your program or not, it makes no difference (with the exception of RN because once you take the state boards you can move right into a BSN) For nursing, ADN to BSN never transfers credits. But that is the one exception. Too bad I was in the paralegal program.

    Overall Score: (1.82/5.00)

  • katy says:

    I graduated from Beckfield in 2004. If I had it to do all over again, I would not have gone to Beckfield. All they care about is getting your money! The job I got after graduating, I never bothered letting them know I got a job since they never helped me get it. They found out through a friend and fellow graduate and posted my employment as if they had anything to do with it. What a joke!! It is too expensive for a diploma that is not worth the paper it is written on. Go somewhere else!!
    Overall Score: (1.18/5.00)

  • Joe says:

    Recently attended this school for some time and was going for my associates in business. Took the summer quarter off and received a letter in the mail that I was mathmatically dismissed from the program because of i did not meet the required amount of credits to graduate. The thing is i meet all required requirments but they changed the cirriculum and did not grandfather any of their other classes in replacement of those they added and took away. What a waist of money. No letter of notice that they were making any changes and how it may affect the students.
    Overall Score: (1.27/5.00)

  • peterparalegal says:

    Caveat Emptor. Remember this Beckfield is a for PROFIT college. The admissions people are the best car sales people in the world.Promise you anything you want to hear. Paralegal faculty is good. It just depends who you get. There are some attorneys which teach there just for for money.And there are those attorneys who teach there because they want to.As for Career Placement it is a joke.Make sure you ask admissions people for placement rates for 2008-2009 and 2009 and 2010. They like to use their 2007-2008 to show the success rate. And ask to speak eith paralegal alumni at least 5-10 so you can make the right decision as to go to beckfield or not.
    Overall Score: (2.09/5.00)

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OVERALL QUALITY
Stimulating Courses
Quality of Professors
Networking & Job Opps
Area Around Campus
Affordability
Housing Situation
Extracurricular Opps
Teacher/Student Ratio
Administration/Staff
HOTNESS FACTOR